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Rhode Island WHITE?

post #1 of 29
12/15/11 at 8:39am
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A few weeks ago, this little girl showed up at a friends house (she has no chickens) for several days and was missing her tail feathers as if something tried to catch her.  We went and caught her and brought her home.  I started wondering what breed she is and started looking through the breeds list.  She looks exactly like the Rhode Island White pic I found.  I didn't even know there was such a thing as a RI White!   Any thoughts?

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/107430_dsc_0027.jpg

Wife, Mom to 2 daughters, MeeMaw to 3 beautiful grandkids, and Mommy to 3 standard poodles, an African grey parrot, 22 hens, two roosters and 70+ chicks.   ...  RIR's, NH's, Delawares and now am raising 19 purebred Buff Orp chicks! 

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Wife, Mom to 2 daughters, MeeMaw to 3 beautiful grandkids, and Mommy to 3 standard poodles, an African grey parrot, 22 hens, two roosters and 70+ chicks.   ...  RIR's, NH's, Delawares and now am raising 19 purebred Buff Orp chicks! 

"Well-behaved women rarely make history."

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post #2 of 29
12/15/11 at 8:43am

What about a white plymouth rock?

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LES Farms

Currently breeding Silkies in White and Blue. Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Visit our COOP Page!

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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post #3 of 29
12/15/11 at 8:45am

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post #4 of 29
12/15/11 at 9:20am
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What color are the plymouth eggs, and are they about the same size as the RI's?  She is the same size and shape as my RIR's.   I guess we'll know when she starts laying eggs and they are brown..

Wife, Mom to 2 daughters, MeeMaw to 3 beautiful grandkids, and Mommy to 3 standard poodles, an African grey parrot, 22 hens, two roosters and 70+ chicks.   ...  RIR's, NH's, Delawares and now am raising 19 purebred Buff Orp chicks! 

"Well-behaved women rarely make history."

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Wife, Mom to 2 daughters, MeeMaw to 3 beautiful grandkids, and Mommy to 3 standard poodles, an African grey parrot, 22 hens, two roosters and 70+ chicks.   ...  RIR's, NH's, Delawares and now am raising 19 purebred Buff Orp chicks! 

"Well-behaved women rarely make history."

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post #5 of 29
12/15/11 at 9:37am

WR lay brown eggs.

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post #6 of 29
12/15/11 at 9:54am
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I'm looking at pictures of White Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Whites...  I can't tell the difference between the two!

I guess if my hen lays light brown eggs, she's a Rock..  If the eggs are darker brown than she's a RIW.   Can I correctly assume this to be true?

Wife, Mom to 2 daughters, MeeMaw to 3 beautiful grandkids, and Mommy to 3 standard poodles, an African grey parrot, 22 hens, two roosters and 70+ chicks.   ...  RIR's, NH's, Delawares and now am raising 19 purebred Buff Orp chicks! 

"Well-behaved women rarely make history."

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Wife, Mom to 2 daughters, MeeMaw to 3 beautiful grandkids, and Mommy to 3 standard poodles, an African grey parrot, 22 hens, two roosters and 70+ chicks.   ...  RIR's, NH's, Delawares and now am raising 19 purebred Buff Orp chicks! 

"Well-behaved women rarely make history."

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post #7 of 29
12/15/11 at 10:20am

i have this unknown hen she says lg brown eggs they look very similar
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/107824_fog2.jpg

1 rottie, 1 pit, 1 cat, 2 easter eggers,1 GLW,1 SLW, 1 RIR, 1 BR, 1 mutt hen ,  2 quail , a husband and a toddler boy and baby boy!!
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1 rottie, 1 pit, 1 cat, 2 easter eggers,1 GLW,1 SLW, 1 RIR, 1 BR, 1 mutt hen ,  2 quail , a husband and a toddler boy and baby boy!!
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post #8 of 29
12/15/11 at 10:22am

I'm not sure that RI whites are very common. Looks like a White Rock to me.

I live with my partner and our daughter in the foothills of NC. We LOVE our critters!
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I live with my partner and our daughter in the foothills of NC. We LOVE our critters!
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post #9 of 29
12/15/11 at 10:26am

I'm more inclined to White Plymouth Rock. Rhode Island Whtes should have rose combs, not single combs.

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post #10 of 29
12/15/11 at 5:50pm

Rhode Island Whites are a Rose Comb Breed there are no Single Comb Rhode Island Whites.

Chris

 

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NPIP # 31-516
Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities http://sppa.webs.com/

Breeding Large Fowl Single and Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds to APA Standard


"I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares." – 

George Washington

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