Black Rock
A variety of the Black Rock
Chicken · Brown eggs · Laying
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About the Black Rock
The Black Rock's plumage is a glossy black carrying a green-blue iridescent sheen, broken by warm gold-bronze feathering through the neck hackles and breast, with the exact amount of gold varying from bird to bird. A sex-linked first cross of Rhode Island Red over Barred Plymouth Rock, the genuine strain descends from a single Scottish line (Muirfield/Crosslee), bred over decades for hardy outdoor free-ranging, even temperament and longevity as a dependable layer of brown eggs.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Brown
- Eggs per year
- About 280
- Purpose
- Laying
- Sizes
- Large fowl
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Broodiness
- Low
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Purity
- Hybrid
- Auto-sexing
- Yes
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Scientific name
- Gallus gallus domesticus