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I've named her Marilu Hen-ner and she is the sweetest girl I've ever met!

We have two hens that we bought at the local Tractor Supply Co. at a steep discount because they were getting big. They were advertised as "Production Red Pullets". To me though, they look very much like Red Sex Links. Our experience with these hens has been great! Our two PR's live with 18 Rhode Island Red hens and 3 Rhode Island Red Roosters. All are true free-ranged. Our PR's are SUPER friendly, great foragers, and quite predator wary. They lay HUGE beautiful brown eggs even through winter. We actually got a couple with a double-yolk this December They follow us around the yard scratching and eat bugs out of my sons hands, letting him get very close even though he sometimes screams and chases them (we try to prevent that!). We are very pleased with this bird and would try them again.

I love them. They lay every day and are friendly toward me and the other chickens. Their not noisy.

This is the bird that most people get when the purchase Rhode Island Reds from hatcheries or the local feed store. Great birds for the back yard flock. Attractive and amazing layers of ex large brown eggs. Friendly and totally unafraid of humans. Some can be a little aggressive to other birds but I have never had a problem with them. Mine are right at the top of the pecking order.

My girl is very friendly. She loves people. She is laying right now through a horrible molt! They really have their reasons when naming them 'Production' Reds.

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.

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Sweet Natured, Great With Kids, Lay Well, Noisy For Around 20-30 Mins When Laying, Feisty & Bossy Towards Other Birds.
I Have 4 Of These Hens And There Amazing & Each Have Different Personalities.
Peppa: Very loving, loves a cuddle when you can catch her, fights with anyone who wants her food or to be the boss, shes very feisty with all hens & cockerels, very clever.
George: She tries to be the boss but fails, pecked me a few times and run off, shes a spoilt brat.
Peppa: Loves to boss anyone new or smaller than her or the cockerels, mixes in well generally.
Fluffy Wee: Has a go at the other chickens rarely, Loves a cuddle, not very clever, got into the duck pond and had to save her.

Nugget is my chicken....follows me around, always hoping for snacks, wants to see what you're up to ...but it's really about the snacks. She was raised in a small pen with lots of other chicks then free-ranged on 10 acres until I acquired her. Yet she loves people - especially the 'bringers of snacks'! My skinny Nugget lays the biggest eggs of all my girls every day. She's a chatty cathy....UHOH is a normal Nugget phrase.

I have 5 of these girls who are coming on to a year old. They started laying at 4 months old and have continued laying strong throughout the winter with no additional heat or light. They are curious and friendly. Although I don't pick them up and carry them around, they are always come running and wander happily around my feet. Between the 5 of them they consistently lay 4 or 5 eggs a day. They didn't seem to take any time off during the winter even when the Barred Rocks slowed down their laying for a while. They don't seem to be aggressive with each other and they are all lower on the pecking order than the 2 Barred Rocks. I love their bright red color and bright orange eyes.

i got one at auction with a RIR and she has layed since the day i got her.

i have one named Mabel who is very loving and loves to eat and peck my toes.

I thought it was just 'me'. Today, at the feed store, I ran into another 'fan' and owner of Production (reds).

The two of us agreed that there just isn't a better chicken. They are sweet, personable, great egg layers, stupendous setters, and will capture your heart in a short time.

Six years ago, I adopted a year old girl, who had been raised in a family, by children. They had carried her, petted her, and made a pet out of her. I'm finding this isn't so unusual with this breed and they are really east to tame, even at an adult age.

"Bessie" has hatched out fertilized eggs for me and was an excellent mother. I recently lost a hen, and thinking it was HER, I kind of lost interest for several months until a recent move, and I discovered, Happily, that 'Bessie' was alive and well!! (She's the only one who WILLINGLY let me pick her up!) I've never been happier, and glad to have my old friend back.

I'm so impressed with this breed, that after a long search, decided to make my future flock ALL Production Reds. I'm picking up the chicks in two days!

You can't do better for all around chickens, than Production Reds.

I had a production red named Penny for over four years. She was awesome! She laid big, dark tan eggs almost every single day from about 20 weeks old on. She laid in the hottest weather (upwards of 100) and the coldest (single digits and teens!). She loved to learn new tricks for treats. Had she not been killed by a predator, she would still be going strong with laying well into her fourth year! I strongly recommend this breed for anyone who wants eggs or just a lovely chicken in general.

I got 2 girls when they were just a few days old, had one named rose and one named lola.. They were the sweetest things ever, Rose loved jumping on my lap and she loved talking to me..

Ever since her first birthday she has been a broody momma. She is about to go broody again within a month of her last brood she had. She can cover more eggs than my cochin bantam. Haha.

Red productions easily steal second place (second only to Faverolles) on my top breeds list! They are amazing layers; serving up large dark brown eggs almost every day. I haven't missed an egg for nearly a month now. I simply love these birds!
We had one of the coldest winters this year (-50 F on many nights) in history, and with an uninsulated coop and a heat lamp, they all made it through without any real special treatment. We also got eggs throughout all of winter, the only reason of getting less was that they froze solid. They are not broody one bit, only sitting on eggs a few minutes after laying and then moving about their day. They are a bit flighty, but once you have hold of them they become very gentle and quiet. If you are a beginner, red productions are the best chicken you can get to guide you into chicken business, and I mean it.
Take caution to introducing more chickens to your flock, though. The hens can become cocky roosters around new birds; pecking and squawking without an end. It's best to introduce as many birds as you already have, so they are even or outnumbered and therefore, relatively powerless. They can also be a bit loud, but unless you have the best hearing around this isn't really an issue.
If you can handle a little noise, and don't mind buying a few more than a couple chickens later on, then this chicken is a great chicken for you!

I have a production red named Tango that is a little over a year old. She is one of my favorites of my laying hens. She is really friendly and always runs up to me looking for treats. She lays an egg every day, rain or shine.

I have 3 production reds. They started laying at 4 months, while my other chickens didn't begin until 6 months or later. They are all loud and will not allow you to touch them.

I have two production reds. They began to lay right at 4 months and almost always give me an egg each a day. They have been handled a lot between me and my kids and are our friendliest chickens. Almost too friendly. If I let them out of the run they will peck at me till I feed them or hold them. My kids love them because they always approach us and they can pick them up without a chicken chase. They are loud layers, but I share eggs with my neighbors occasionally to buffer the noise burden.