Plymouth Rock chicken

Plymouth Rock
two grey hens with black-and-white barred plumage
Hens, barred plumage
Conservation statusrecovering
Other names
  • Rock
  • Barred Rock
Country of originUnited States
StandardAmerican Poultry Association
Usedual-purpose breed
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    • Standard: minimum 3.4 kg (7.5 lb)[1]: 241 
    • Bantam: maximum 1.4 kg (3 lb)[1]: 242 
  • Female:
    • Standard: minimum 2.9 kg (6.5 lb)[1]: 241 
    • Bantam: maximum 1.1 kg (2.5 lb)[1]: 242 
Skin coloryellow
Egg colorbrown[2]
Comb typesingle
Classification
APAAmerican[3]
ABASingle comb clean legged
EEyes[4]
PCGBSoft feather: heavy[5]
APSheavy breed softfeather
Barred cock and hen, illustration from Jean Bungartz, Geflügel-Album, 1885
Egg

The Plymouth Rock is an American breed of domestic chicken. It was first seen in Massachusetts in the nineteenth century and for much of the early twentieth century was the most widely kept chicken breed in the United States. It is a dual-purpose bird, raised both for its meat and for its brown eggs. It is resistant to cold, easy to manage, and a good sitter.[2][6]: 68 

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