Plymouth Rock Chicken

     The Plymouth Rock is a heavy breed of Chickens from the United States of America. It originated in New England in the 19^th century from cross-breeding of Dominiques and black Javas. The Plymouth Rock was bred to be a dual-purpose fowl, for producing meat and plenty of eggs.

     Plymouth Rocks are cold-hardy birds and good general farm chickens. They have single combs of moderate sizes, red earlobes and bright-yellow legs. There are also several color varieties for the Plymouth Rock with the barred, white and buff being the classic ones. Other color varieties include penciled, triple-laced, partridge, columbian, buff columbian and blue-laced.

     Plymouth Rock hens lay plenty of brown eggs (190 – 240 eggs per year), and continue laying all through the winter with decreased production. They also tend to go broody and make attentive mothers. The Plymouth Rock is one of the most popular chicken breeds around the world, and was the base for developing a lot of dual-purpose farm fowls in addition to the famous white hybrid Broilers. A bantam version is also available for this breed.