Barred Plymoth Rock

An excellent dual purpose breed, known for for their effecient production of large brown eggs. Standard weights at maturity are 9.5 lbs for males and 6 lbs for females. Barred Plymouth Rocks are one of America's oldest and most popular breeds. All of their plumage is black and white barred which is the result of the barred (B) gene. Because males are the homozygous sex, they have two barred alleles (BB) and are therefore lighter in color than the females, which are the heterogametic sex and have only one barred allele(B_).