Plymouth Rock Or Rhode Island Red For Your Flock?
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- čas přidán 16. 03. 2024
- We will tell you the similarities and the differences between the Rhode Island Red And Plymouth Rock chickens, so you can decide whether one, the other or both are good for your backyard flock.
This helps in making our decision as these are 2 breeds were thinking of. I have heard from many sources that plymouth rocks are great dual purpose birds though wnd thats what they were bred for.
So glad this helped you! We have both, and enjoy both the breeds. I haven't raised plymouth rocks for meat, just eggs, but I have learned that they are great dual purpose birds also. Thanks for watching!
Neither! I think I have the very best homestead chickens. Crossing buff orpington roosters with black giant hens. Just my 2 cents, but they are huge, beautiful, and lay year round down here. All very friendly
Now that sounds awesome! Love buff Orpingtons, and that sounds like a good combination. Especially when they lay year round. Thank you for sharing and for watching us!
Many people claim Rhode island Reds are quite mean and nasty to other breeds and people. May I ask where you purchase your chicks from? You have a beautiful flock.
@kl1958 sometimes they can be, but in our experience over the last 7 yrs of raising them and others we have never had a mean one. Even our roosters are friendly. We have purchased ours from feed stores, chicken farms, and most recently we hatch our own chicks. Thank you for watching!
@@Mothercluckerschickenfarm Ok...well thank you...will need to try some with my next order...all the testamonials that you read on Murray MacMurray's website...people love them even White leghorns...maybe its where hatcheries original breeding stock started at. Thank you!
@kl1958 yes, give them a try, they may very well work out for you. Especially egg wise, they usually lay 5 days per week, good egg layers.
I love the way you broke down the differences between these birds. I learned a lot from this. Thank you for this video!
Thank you so much! Glad it helped you and we appreciate you watching!
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I have had difficulty with my Rhoades, not only curious they are always fussing, and I seem to getting more then a few egg eaters, My wife and I just caulled our last two, and our other birds have calmed down and egg production has shot up, any information on this?
Great questions Marten! In my experience chickens will eat their own eggs because they could be low on calcium. There are other reasons too, like they accidentally discover the egg and go after it. Which is what happens with us. But in your case it's deliberate and a lot of the time it sounds like, so you can remedy that by getting your feed that has oyster shells or limestone in it. We use Layena pellets with the oyster shells in the feed. Don't mix a calcium supplement in the feed, get one that contains oyster shells or limestone. That may be their issue. The Reds that we have are pretty docile, but these birds were bred at one time for cock fighting, so Rhode Island reds can be loud and aggressive sometimes. That's a great thing egg production went up after you caught the birds eating, that could very well be why it was down. Lots of reasons that egg production decreases, but one of the main reasons is stress with the birds. We have 2 ducks that were causing stress for them and with 25 hens we were getting 6 eggs a day, so we had to rehome the ducks, and the egg production went up. In your case sounds like when you caught the culprit the other hens stress levels went down, which is a great thing! Hope that helps, thankyou for the question and the comments.
Reds are not as cold hardy as most other breeds. Live in south Missouri, Rooster lost half his comb and many hens lost toes last winter.
That's definately good to know, and you speak from experience living in Missouri for sure. Sorry that happened to your rooster
and hens. Thank you so much for sharing that, and for watching, really appreciate it!
Don't choose, get some of both. I have had both and they are great chickens.
I have had both also, I agree, they both are great birds to add to a flock. Thank you for commenting!
Rhode Island reds do fine in our climate, which is down to 50 below. Never kept them for several years. After two seasons they go in the freezer. Always have consistent layers and never have to worry about them "slowing down".
Wow, 50 below! That is cold! Good to know they are that hardy in the cold weather! I agree with you, mine have always been consistent layers in the hot Temps here as well. Thank you for sharing that!
You said the Rhode Island reds are bigger and make better meat birds. Maybe I have some mutant chickens, but my Plymouth Rock was twice as big as my Rhode Island red.
Hi!
Yes generally they are, but I have some Reds that are small also and have had Plymouth rocks that are quite big also. Generally they are but not always. Thank you for commenting, good to know that's not always the case with these birds.
Awesome, my latest book involves a chicken, paramedic Chris and the runaway chicken.
You're a writer! How cool is that! Glad you enjoyed it, much success to you!
Great birds add jersey giants, buff orpington,easter eggers, golden/silver wing wyandotte, copper maran, araucana,Americana,, brahma, sex link, game, calico princess,sapphire gem, hybrid F1, lake lavender and u'll have a flock like I now have . Love my feather babies ! Will have baby chics for sale soon . Breeding production into color for that beautiful colorful backyard flock no one has not even ur neighbor .
Wow! Sounds like you have 1 amazing flock, that is awesome! Bet the baby chicks will be beautiful! Thank you for sharing and I am sure you are enjoying the variety you have!
Lovely chickens 🐔🐔
Thank you Grubterra, and Thank you for Watching!
both just because i love to have differen't 1's, i try to get as much breeds as i can find
I agree with you! Love getting different breeds, always interesting to watch them. Thank you for sharing and for watching!
Plymouth rocks have several different colors . The barred Plymouth rock is the striped gray and white chicken or black and white.
L Smith, that's definately good to note, thank you for that added info. Appreciate it!
Plymouth Rock. I have both
I did too, at one time. Don't have the Plymouth Rock right now, but do love both breeds. Thank you for watching and appreciate your comment too!
Just received the best of both breeds this morning.
My 4 Black Sex Link chicks.
Definitely a great breed! Thanks for sharing and enjoy them!
Rhode island red chickens
Thanks for watching!
black Australorp
Now those are great birds also!
You never realize when these chickens are roosters are gorgeous beautiful birds, and the Rhode Island red is actually beautiful trippy color to
They are definitely beautiful! Their tails have several cool metallic like colors. Thank you for watching!
All of my barred rocks are larger than my Rhode Island reds
Wow, sounds like they are definitely healthy ones!
I got ducks.
Ducks are great! What kind do you have?
Sapphire Gems
Thank you for watching Chris!
Hello Mother clucker enjoy your content
Thank you! Greatly appreciate you watching us!
Your very welcome
Nice except you contradicted yourself by saying each was slightly larger😅
Thank you, I do appreciate you pointing that out and I apologize for that.
@@Mothercluckerschickenfarm No problem I just found your channel and enjoy it. I also subscribed. Peace to you.❤️✝️❤️
@KingKongbabe thank you for watching and subscribing, greatly appreciate it!