Plymouth Rocks that lay blue eggs.

[Delmar]

I was looking at the Chicken breeds index on this forum https://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/breed-chart and there are two listings for Plymouth Rocks. One listing says they lay blue or green eggs. Does anyone here have barred rocks that lay blue eggs? Are they pretty rare?

 

[punky rooster]

they are not exposed too. They only lay brown.

 

[FireTigeris]

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Was it posted April 1st?? Sounds like an error.

 

[Delmar]

Who would we report an error like that to? If it's wrong, I assume they would want to fix it.

 

[speckledhen]

The breed pages were made by our members and some of them do have errors. I can't find the one you mentioned, though. A Plymouth Rock does not lay blue eggs. If a blue egg comes out of what is assumed to be a PR, there is something else in the ancestry.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Once in a while a breeder will try to bring the blue egg gene into a breed that currently does not lay blue or green eggs. Never heard it about that with plymouth rocks, but it wouldn't surprise me

 

[Delmar]

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On this chart
https://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/breed-chart

Plymouth Rock is mentioned twice. The first one says...

Plymouth Rock, Standard, Dual Purpose, High, Large, Light Brown, Single, All Climates..


the second mention (right below the first) says...

Plymouth Rock, Standard, Egg Layer, Medium, Medium, Blue/Green, Single, Heat...

 

[Delmar]

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But, if I understand correctly, if you bring a trait into a breed, that is not a "breed standard" such birds are no longer considered "pure bred".

 

[speckledhen]

I found it and will ask Nifty to correct it. That is entirely wrong. It's not the worst thing I've seen. I once had to ask a breed page to be removed when the creator just made up a color name that does not exist for a certain breed.

 

[Sommerthyme76]

Are we certain on this? My two Plymouth rocks I got in April of this year just started laying. They are the blueish variety. One has been laying very light brown eggs. And you know how cute and tiny they are when they first lay. Tonight as I was tucking everyone in, I saw a blue egg laying randomly in the middle of the coup. I figured it was from our Aracauna, Felicia. She is our only blue/green egg layer. But she has been laying outside the coup lately and this little tiny egg was definitely more than half less the size she normally lays. I suppose she could have just layed a tiny egg, but it can’t be for certain yet. I will keep an eye out for this. P.S., our Plymouth’s names are Gandalf (the grey) and Frodo. We are fairly certain Frodo started laying first.