What is a Black Rock hen?
The Black Rock hen is an extremely attractive bird, predominantly black with variable amounts of chestnut colouring around the neck. She is very productive, laying up to 280 eggs a year in ideal conditions. In most domestic situations, which are rarely ideal in productivity terms, they are still generous enough to give over 230 or more eggs a year. In ideal conditions this can be as much as 280 eggs a year. She is bred from very special and uniquely selected strains of Rhode Island Red and Barred Plymouth Rock from a single hatchery in the East of Scotland.
