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Developed by cross breeding a Rhode Island Red and a New hampshire Red. They were also at one...
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General Information

Breed Purpose
Dual Purpose
Comb
Single
Broodiness
Average
Climate Tolerance
Heat
Egg Productivity
Medium
Egg Size
Large
Egg Color
Brown
Breed Temperament
Aggressive,Friendly,Not bear confinementwell,Flighty,Easily handled
Breed Colors/Varieties
ranges from slighty lighter than RIR to light red. Single comb and yellow legs. Sun can lighten their red color.
Breed Size
Large Fowl
Developed by cross breeding a Rhode Island Red and a New hampshire Red. They were also at one time breed with white leghorn in them. They are a dual purpose breed and mostly used for their excellent egg production, 300+. In the 1950s the Production Reds just about put the purebred Rhode Island Red into extinction.
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dpetzen
Pros: Easy to handle, relatively quiet, fantastic personalities, 300+ eggs a year
Cons: Short life span, prone to severe illnesses because of extreme breeding
I've had 12 (9 still alive) of these incredible birds. They are all rescue birds, so I've only known them from when they were 18 months old, but they are amazing birds. Fairly quiet, very active and completely hilarious; they give me so much joy. They just seem to love life.
I normally wait a few weeks before I named them, as their personalities needs to develop after they get out of the factory, but when they do, then their names are obvious ;-)
That said, the extreme breeding, which in my experience eventually ruins their internal organs and they seem to be prone to gastroenteritis. I've lost at least 2 of my darlings this way.
Purchase Price
Normally around $2
Purchase Date
2016

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Thomas Lamprogiorgos
Your chickens, those in the photo, are Red Sex Links, not production reds.
ChickaMama49
Pros: Good egg production
Cons: Aggressive
I had 3 and one was super agresssive and had an eventful ending because she attacked my dog. They were all hand raised and in a flock of 4 along with a barred rock who was super sweet. The other two production reds were aggressive also and never friendly after reaching maturity. Would never own again.
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Mary's Backyard Chickens
Pros: They lay good, friendly to me + other chickens, their cute.
Cons: UMMMM.... NONE.
I love them. They lay every day and are friendly toward me and the other chickens. Their not noisy.
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Comments

chirpchirpchook
i love this breed
i have one and she is so pretty but has quite a lot of health problems. my friend i got her (you could say i rescued her) from didnt look after which left her with mites, worms, featherloss, and she also had this earwax stuff in her ear. I've managed to fix most of that but her feathers are still growing back.
 
Chickgirl201040
we had a red production one time her name was peck:) whenn she would get on a nest she would like flaten her self so it looled like she was deadXD
 
nknkdvt
Our gold sex links sound like your reds. We have a couple of Buff Silkie hens that like to sit on the eggs.
 
Cheep Chic
I have 2 Jersey Giants, A Wyandot, A Cochin and 2 Rhode Island Reds. Hands down The Reds win for being Chatty, funny, curious, girly girls. I wish I had a best friend like Sophia, she is fabulous. Good luck with with your two new additions!
Alex
 
One Chick Two
Enjoyed your review and totally agree! We have 83 PR, 4 OEGB RRB, and one Partidge Cochin "mystery chick" (16 weeks old and still don't know if it's a s(he.) due to slow feathering in. Since PR are a mix, often they can be overlooked for the very pretty, smart, charming birds they are, with amazing personalities. Out of our 83, 24 and 16 week olds, 16 are cockerels, and only one, "Nipper" has been a tiny bit cranky on occasion. 4 of the boys are ultra sweet, and one, "Red" my happy go lucky "walking buddy" (currently has a hurt leg) is the most lovely natured out of all of the flock. Can only recommend these birds.
 
One Chick Two
LOL The photo of your daughter hugging the chicken- that is one tolerant chicken! So cute and funny. An excellent evaluation of the PRIR!

We have 80 PRIR also, and we think this RIR hybrid is kind of underrated somewhat... they are definitely high energy, rambunctious, strong minded, and can be bullies, but they can also be very sweet, cuddly, smart, pretty-- many of our roos are my favorite chickens in the flock.
 
JFreeman
They aren't a bad breed for a starter, that's for surer. I liked them, and they definitely have personalities of their own.
 
girlybirds
Great thread, I got my first flock a couple of months ago! I live in the a city just out of Boston,ma and can only have 6. 2 PRIR, 2 NHR, and 2 white?'s! One of the PR's was
bullying the others, pecking till they bled. I put her in another crate and after 3 days put
her back, no luck! So I took her out again and put her in another coop where she could
see the others, kept her in there for 2 weeks trimmed her beak a tiny bit and put her back
Everyone is good now! She is a pretty girl and so friendly now! She also likes to stay out
late and my largest white chicken with greenish legs, makes her go in, waits at the door for
her if she does not come in, the white one goes back down and tries to coax her in, this goes on every night at 8:25 and is the funniest thing to watch!
 
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SunnyCO
I have 2 RR, 1 Buff and 1 Barred Rock. The Buff went broody on my after laying very well for a 1.5 months and the Barred Rock, at 9 months old, still hasn't laid one egg. But the two little RR's do a great job! I average about 10 XL brown eggs a week from the two of them. Even now as the days are getting shorter and colder, there are still 2 eggs in the coop on most days. They're friendly and will coming running to eat treats out of my hand when I call them and they tolerate my over attentive dog very well, so I give them 2 thumbs up and a handful of meal worms!
 
Zimbabwefarmer
Yeah you cannot go wrong here - commercial layers - I have 6 which have provided my family with half a dozen eggs every day since we got them as point-of lay pullets. Now and then, one gets a bit sick but we just bring her indoors for a few days till she picks up and hey presto... the egg laying continues...
 
kyle5
I have 5 of them.
lay eggs every day. Friendly.
quiet. Neighbors laugh because they didn't know I have chickens for months, until I told them. Enough eggs to give away.
 
VistaSRJ
I have a feeling if you used the Hogan test on her you would find her pelvic bones curve in and make it almost impossible- and painful- for her to lay. This would explain the squealing and length of time it takes to lay her eggs.
 
Bek
girlybirds said:
Great thread, I got my first flock a couple of months ago! I live in the a city just out of Boston,ma and can only have 6. 2 PRIR, 2 NHR, and 2 white?'s! One of the PR's was
bullying the others, pecking till they bled. I put her in another crate and after 3 days put
her back, no luck! So I took her out again and put her in another coop where she could
see the others, kept her in there for 2 weeks trimmed her beak a tiny bit and put her back
Everyone is good now! She is a pretty girl and so friendly now! She also likes to stay out
late and my largest white chicken with greenish legs, makes her go in, waits at the door for
her if she does not come in, the white one goes back down and tries to coax her in, this goes on every night at 8:25 and is the funniest thing to watch!
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How do you trim a beak? And when would you resort to this approach? ...asking for a friend
 

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