I'm relatively new (4th year) to raising chickens. I bought 25 RIRs from McMurray hatcheries but was disappointed they didn't look like the RIRs my grandad had 50 years ago. Most were a lot lighter colored and smaller. I decided to try to breed them back to original looks and have had some...
I am a relatively new (4th year) chicken raiser in Virginia who is trying to breed my small flock of RIR's back to the original beed look I saw on my grandad's farm as a kid. I've had some success so far but am now in need of a "true to breed" rooster to continue. Can anyone direct me to where I...
Got that e-mail notice saying I was missed. Thanks, just real busy at work. I'm working on presentation of my coop design w/photos of coop I built earlier this year. Still enjoy looking & reading here when I get the chance.
My first year raising chickens and wanting to keep my flock all Rhode Island Reds. Now have 3 roosters and 12 hens, 18 weeks old. I intend to reduce to 2 roosters and 8 or 10 hens and eventually hatch out new flock the old fashioned way. Would love info on how to identify which roosters/hens...