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Hi guys!
I think my hen, Blu, is a production red. I honestly cant tell the difference between that and Rhode Island Reds, but I think she is a production red. Here are some pictures of her.
Cute photos! Your girl does look like a pretty Production Red. She looks so relaxed and happy!
She is darker in hue than many PR, who are often pale golden brown tones to almost chocolate hues, but she does not actually appear to be a heritage RIR.
Heritage Rhode Island Reds are a very dark, mahogany/ brown-red color, and are often 1-3 lbs heavier in weight than PR hens. Production birds usually have a higher tail set, and the hybrid hens often have pinched tails usually from a lack of breeder selection. Heritage RIR hens most often bred to have low tail sets, with a wide tail tent. Their feathers often are silkier, while some PRs can have brittle feathers. Heritage should lay a large, brown egg.
In our freeranging PR flock, we have both light and darker chickens- and they lay anything but a brown egg, lol. (Lots of pastels- pink, peach, pink-purple, ivory, white, tan, beige. Just few brown, lol.) Most lay a medium sized egg most of the time. I think PRs are highly underrated. They are high energy workaholics but they can be very friendly and affectionate!
