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Chickens scratching for food on a San Diego California farm. The Plymouth Rock is an American breed of domestic chicken. It was first seen in Massachusetts in the nineteenth century and for much of the early twentieth century was the most widely kept chicken breed in the United States. It is a dual-purpose bird, raised both for its meat and for its brown eggs. HTBphotos by John and Katharina Notarianni for websites print news and other media.