The Barred Plymouth Rock chicken originated from a cross between a Dominique rooster and a Black Java or Black Cochin hen in the mid-19th century. The Barred Rock Chicken is truly one of the best dual-purpose birds, a hardy bird even in cold weather, it is also docile, tame and active. Barred Rocks like to run around, but they don’t require a lot of space. Also, due to their heavy builds, they don’t fly, which means you don’t need too high a fence to suit your needs. They don’t need much to thrive, so they are very easy to keep and breed. Barred Rock males and females have an upright carriage and are graceful and graceful birds. The hens rarely have young, but they are good mothers and the roosters mature early to become broilers. Barred Rocks are a great practical addition to any herd for daily use throughout the year.

Description of adult birds: Barred Rocks have long, broad bodies with moderately deep, well-rounded breasts. All of their plumage is horizontal black and white lines (except) that extend to their moderately short tails, which extend well in roosters but tend to be a bit shorter and twice as black per line in hens, which makes it much darker. . Their crests are red, medium-sized, single-crested evenly toothed with 5 well-defined points that are straight and upright. Its legs and beak feet are yellow.

Baby Chick Description: The chicks are black with a white spot on the top of the head. The tips of the wings and the abdomen are white and have simple or toothed crests. The beak, legs and feet are yellow with some black.

Origin: USA

Classification Type: american class

Temper: adaptable to confinement or outdoors, calm and docile.

Objective: dual purpose egg laying and meat production

incubation: generally not but make good mothers

Sturdiness: cold resistant

maturing: 20-22 weeks

mating ratio: 10 females to 1 male

Egg colour: Brown

Egg size: large 26-27 oz per dozen

Laying rate: Excellent

Eggs per year: 280-300

Skin color: yellow

Comb colour: red

Earlobes: red

Beards: moderately long and well rounded

Weight: Hen 7 lbs Rooster: 9 1/2 lbs

Chick 6 lbs Rooster 8 lbs

Root height: 2 feet – 4 feet

Spacing: confined at all times 10 square feet per bird. Confined at night to only at least 4 square feet of space per bird.

Life Lapse: it depends on how well they are cared for and the quality of life they have enjoyed. A standard barred Plymouth Rock will generally live for about 6 to 8 years, but has been known to reach 10 to 12 years.

Varieties: Barred— Buff– Silver– Penciled–White–Partridge–Columbian–Blue

Some other facts about this breed: are that the Barred Plymouth Rocks is commonly incorrectly known as “Dominiquer”. Both the Plymouth Barred Rock and the Dominiquer have the same black and white horizontal bar color line plumage. However, Dominiques have a slightly more angular body and a pink comb.