One of my production RIR hens
my heritage RIR's. These aren't grown yet. Getting there but not quite. :-) But you can see the difference in the colors.
I have noticed this to and my heritage ones are only about 2 months old now. I have been raising RIR productions since spring of 2013 and I have NEVER yet had one of them to climb up on my arm let alone my back or shoulder. My heritage ones will jump up on my arm and on my back and shoulder when...