plymouth rock chicken for sale
The Plymouth Rock is one of Americas’ oldest breeds. It was the hen that was seen from coast to coast before the end of World War 2 and it became the nation’s main source of chicken meat and eggs.
As a dual purpose hen it excelled in good quality meat production as well as good egg production, the only hen that could rival it was the Rhode Island Red.
Plymouth Rock was first seen in Massachusetts in 1849. No one is quite sure what happened to these original birds as they seem to have disappeared for around 20 years or so.
The trail gets hot again in around 1869 when a Mr Upham of Worcester, Massachusetts was breeding with barred males and Java hens. It’s claimed he was trying to breed selectively for barred plumage and clean legs.
It’s now thought that these birds are the likely ancestors of todays’ Plymouth Rock.
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