What Breed of chick is this?

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willows68 said:
Oh good. Thank you. I feel a little more confident to go ahead and order the eggs now. Wish me luck with the hatch!
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Before you order, I'd PM Freds Hens. He does a bunch with heritage RIR, I believe.

It looked like the boy in the ad was a bit light to be heritage to me. You can also post your ad on the link I gave you above. Those folks will help you out. I only know enough about true RIR to be dangerous, unfortunately.
 
willows68 said:
Dangerous?
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Sure. You've never heard that expression before? It means that I have a lot of surface knowledge on the subject but no true deep knowledge, so I could easily and inadvertently steer you wrong. Which is why I suggested you contact FredsHens and/or the Heritage RIR thread.
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Well I never, you learn something new every minute of the day! Thanks for your advice. I've been talking to a few RIR breeders here in Ireland and have gleaned quite a bit of knowledge. I now know that my RIR ladies are in fact hybrids - great layers, but not very good for breeding as they are usually crossed with a Light Sussex and RIR. So even if I put a pure bred RIR rooster in with them, there is no guarantee that they will produce RIRs - more likely to keep hatching mutts or "Backyard Specials". So I am in the process of purchasing some pure bred RIR chicks and/or fertile eggs from two different breeders. So, if I am lucky to hatch a rooster I can put it in the opposite camp so it is not mixing with his siblings.
 
willows68 said:
Well I never, you learn something new every minute of the day! Thanks for your advice. I've been talking to a few RIR breeders here in Ireland and have gleaned quite a bit of knowledge. I now know that my RIR ladies are in fact hybrids - great layers, but not very good for breeding as they are usually crossed with a Light Sussex and RIR. So even if I put a pure bred RIR rooster in with them, there is no guarantee that they will produce RIRs - more likely to keep hatching mutts or "Backyard Specials". So I am in the process of purchasing some pure bred RIR chicks and/or fertile eggs from two different breeders. So, if I am lucky to hatch a rooster I can put it in the opposite camp so it is not mixing with his siblings.
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Best of luck! You'll find that heritage RIR are very handsome birds that look quite different from their Production Red cousins. Enjoy your breeding project. I didn't know you weren't in the States--that makes your project a bit harder I'd think since RIR are such an American breed.

Also, you realize that there's nothing wrong with putting a heritage rooster in with Production Reds, right? As long as you don't hatch the eggs from the Production Reds you won't have mixed breed babies.
 
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