Barred Plymouth Rock chickens first appeared on the scene in the mid 1800's in Boston Massachusetts. Renowned for its dual-purpose traits as well as being reliable, cold hardy and well behaved. They gained tremendous popularity in the early 1900's. By the 1950s the commercial Cornish had taken its place in popularity. Today the flocks are recovering through the work of dedicated poultry men and women.
The Amrock is our version of a Barrred Plymouth Rock that can compete with today's industry, thriving on pasture, bugs, and blue sky instead of a barn. A lifetime in the making towards achieving our own farmstead independence is finally complete. Unparalleled performance now available for small farmers without a corporate overlord or breeder contract. Your own line of strong growth barred birds without the Cornish cross or shipping costs. It was part luck, and part skill in finding the key components for strong growth and equaled production working with old lines and show lines of barred rocks. Everyone here at the farm, from 8 to 80, loves these birds for their easy-going personality. The males can have some protective attitude during peak season. They are not aggressive with humans. They are heavy and powerful, and we suggest watching out for the wing flapping when handling.
We developed our Amrocks in North America using imported stock and noncommercial stock. Females are excellent layers if feed is managed properly and can lay up to 250 brown eggs per year. Our Amrocks are a composition of rocks and their cousins and founding breeds over the span of the last 14 years in development. Gender is distinguishable by 5-10 days as the males are a lighter silver than the females. This allows for splitting hatches on pasture for egg and meat purposes and or difference in finishing times between genders. Fittingly the males are ready for the table by 12+ weeks. We currently have several farms who are now vertically integrated for meat production now or have begun selling chicks from our stock as hybrids as another option to ordering Freedom Ranger broilers.
If you have tried American Bresse and found them to be more hype than type, you will find these are a success with local farmers and chefs. In 2023 we decided to test our market by putting about 60 Coq Au Vin in the freezer from that season's additional breeder males and they sold out at $6.99 per lb with amazing clientele feedback. Now there is a waitlist for 2024 Coq Au Vin. We already knew they are fantastic table birds; we just weren't prepared for such a tremendous response.
Amrocks are only available here at Spring Creek Heritage Farms.
Available also as a hybrid cross to keep your genetics in house.
It's not uncommon for our farm manager to hand deliver the Amrock and Le Grand orders. So, don't be surprised if he calls you from the airport or from the road before arriving with your basket of fluffy chicks! These are one of his favorite achievements to date and wants to make sure that clients have a full understanding of the potential and how great these work for us.
A flock of Amrocks on pasture together with some Le Grands and crosses.
For Amrock chicken & chicks for sale, please visit our Price List or Order Form page.