These are great birds! I am new to this and ordered a couple with my first day old chick order in spring 2012. From the beginning the red girls were the friendliest. They are easily handled and if we leave the door open they and our Delawares come in the house and are likely to hop up on the coffee table and ask for a snack.
They are inquisitive and fun to watch. My two started laying at 19 and 20 weeks and now in early Dec. I can count on an egg a day from each of them. I have only been disappointed twice. But they are still young, My Delawares and Autralorps didn't start laying until week 29 so if the Red Star girls want a day off from time to time I have no problem.
The eggs are a beautiful red brown and they have given me couple of double yolkers. The white tipped red feathers make these very pretty birds as well.
As long as I have a flock of chickens, I plan to have Red Stars in it
ETA..They have now been laying for 6 mos and I have had an egg a day from each with only three exceptions.
They are inquisitive and fun to watch. My two started laying at 19 and 20 weeks and now in early Dec. I can count on an egg a day from each of them. I have only been disappointed twice. But they are still young, My Delawares and Autralorps didn't start laying until week 29 so if the Red Star girls want a day off from time to time I have no problem.
The eggs are a beautiful red brown and they have given me couple of double yolkers. The white tipped red feathers make these very pretty birds as well.
As long as I have a flock of chickens, I plan to have Red Stars in it
ETA..They have now been laying for 6 mos and I have had an egg a day from each with only three exceptions.