Buff Plymouth Rock chickens are an American Class, dual purpose, breed. Hens lay approximately 280 eggs per year making them ideal for egg production. The following information about Buff Plymouth Rocks includes class, weight, comb type, comb color, leg color, feather color and egg color, how to tell the difference between Buff Orpingtons and Buff Plymouth Rocks and more.
About Buff Plymouth Rocks
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The Buff Rock is best known for their beautiful bright golden marbled colored feathers, bright yellow legs and beaks and bright red comb, wattles, and ear lobes makes them a joy to watch as they scratch the ground looking for insects, dust bathe, or play. Good nature and hearty egg layer's, they usually go broody in the spring.
Class: American
Male Mature Weight: 9.5 lbs
Female Mature Weight: 7.5 lbs
Comb Type: Single/Five Point
Comb Color: Bright Red
Leg Color: Bright Yellow
Egg Color: Light Brown
Class: American
Male Mature Weight: 9.5 lbs
Female Mature Weight: 7.5 lbs
Comb Type: Single/Five Point
Comb Color: Bright Red
Leg Color: Bright Yellow
Egg Color: Light Brown
Origin of Buff Plymouth Rocks
"The Plymouth Rock was developed in America in the middle of the 19th century and was first exhibited in Boston, Massachusetts as a breed in 1849. These first specimens seemed to “lose their identity” and the breed disappeared for two decades until it reappeared at another poultry show in Worchester, Massachusetts in 1869. These later birds are considered the progenitors of the Plymouth Rocks we know today. Several individuals claimed invention, using crosses of Spanish, White Cochin, Dominique, Buff Cochin, Black Java, and Brahma. The original Plymouth Rock chicken was of the Barred variety and other color varieties were developed later including: White, Buff, Silver Penciled, Partridge, Columbian, and Blue. The breed was accepted into the American Poultry Association’s Standard of Excellence in 1874". ----Livestock Conservancy https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/plymouthrock
How to Tell the Difference Between Buff Plymouth Rocks & Buff Orpington's
Buff Plymouth Rocks, Buff Minorcas, and Buff Orpington chickens are almost impossible to distinguish the difference when they are baby chicks but when they become adults you can see a definite feather pattern difference as the Buff Rock's feather's are light and dark gold giving them a marbled appearance whereas the Buff Orpington feathers are usually fluffier and calmer than Buff Plymouth Rocks or Minorcas and have a more solid gold feather appearance.
Buff Plymouth Rock Hen. Vlad (the Impaler). (2018). Flickr. Retrieved 18 May 2018, from https://www.flickr.com/photos/29278394@N00/28267883291
