Plymouth Rock Bantams Discussion Thread

[Inkheart]

This thread has certainly gone quiet! Since the bantam rocks are my true love just thought i would " bump" this and see who has some!

 

[juliechick]

I have a trio of Barreds. I love them, but I've had nothing but trouble getting chicks from them. I have one BR chick in the brooder this Spring out of at least 2 dozen eggs. They all develop, but they just don't hatch. I'm getting very frustrated. I have d'Anvers bantams hatching left and right in the same incubator, so I don't think it's anything I'm doing wrong at this point.

 

[Inkheart]

That is odd - i have never tried to incubate them - i have only hatched out chicks theole fashioned way. Have you had any luck with a broody hen?

 

[juliechick]

I'm trying that now. My Silkie went broody, so I popped some under her. So far, three eggs are developing. So, we'll see in a couple weeks if they hatch this way.

 

[Inkheart]

Well i hope that works out for you - just this week now have three broody bantam rocks - so chicks should be on their way!

 

[flcityslicker]

Here are my two girls. I bought them a couple of weeks ago, and I believe they are Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock Bantams. I had never heard of the breed, until I started trying to figure out what my new little girls were.
Sorry for such bad pictures. These girls are marathon runners, especially when you have a camera in your hand.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

They are definitely Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks. I think their shanks could be a bit more yellow. But the dull shanks could be from egg production. Did you get a male with them?

 

[flcityslicker]

They are definitely Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks. I think their shanks could be a bit more yellow. But the dull shanks could be from egg production. Did you get a male with them?

I did get a beautiful roo with them, but I can't have one in the city, so I gave him away. Why?

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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These are so rare, hatching egg sales would pay their feed bill. Can the male come for "family" visits once a week?

 

[flcityslicker]

These are so rare, hatching egg sales would pay their feed bill. Can the male come for "family" visits once a week?

Unfortunately, I don't really know the people that took him
I wish I would have kept him and just hid him in the garage, but check this out...I may be having babies
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/700350/super-eggcited