How To Raise A Brood of Chicks or Baby Chickens - Barred Rocks
Channel: Joseph Kennedy
Date: 25/09/2015

Learn how easy it is to care for and raise your brood of chicks after they have hatched. Discover what to use for bedding, lighting and heat. See what and how to feed and water the baby barred rock chicks so they grow into healthy chickens capable of laying their own eggs and hatching their own chicks.

The Plymouth Rock was developed in New England in the early 1800s by crossing Dominiques and Black Javas. John C. Bennett (1804–1867) has been credited with either creating or popularizing the breed. The Plymouth Rock was bred as a dual-purpose fowl, meaning that it was valued both for its meat and the egg-laying ability of the hens. It is a cold-hardy bird. The hens lay brown eggs, and continue laying all through the winter with decreased production.

In the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, seven color varieties of the Plymouth Rock are recognized: Barred, Blue, Buff, Columbian, Partridge, Silver-penciled and White. In Australia, the Barred variant is split into two separate colors, Dark Barred and Light Barred.[5] The difference between these colors is highly noticeable, with the bars of white color wider and the grey lighter in the Light Barred than in Dark Barred.