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I recall reading somewhere of a pea comb in early Rir history. Anyone know what became of them or why it never continued

A bit of history from a 1922 perspective, taken from "Blue ribbon Reds": what they are and how to produce them" Shape Diagrams of Rhode Island Reds By W. H. CARD Now that the idea of a correct color scheme for Rhode Island Reds is pretty well understood, the time is opportune to consider...

Last year at this time I was thinking about getting "a few chickens". Then I read this thread while looking for a breed to select. Next thing you know I'm spending most of my days off building stuff. The left is the coop for the hens, The right is the rooster coop, the middle is the...

They are doing great, all are healthy and eating me out of house and home. Are you sure you didn't breed some piranha blood into them? Hard to get them to stand still for a clear shot but here are some pics

Breeders that sell eggs and chicks will hatch out as many as they can then cull and select the next breeding pairs or trios that will improve the line if they happen to hatch out ones that have those qualities. The hobby can get expensive with feed and housing. Selling eggs and chicks can...

Good luck with the hatch hope they all pip I just hatched out a small batch of 10 eggs from 2 hens. I forgot to turn on the auto turner and did not realize it until 10 days later when I checked weights for moisture loss. I had one of the hens go broody in that time too, so after day 18 I...

4 more days, tomorrow is day 18. If i put another hens egg in front of her she quickly moves it under her.

Hello, I was wondering if i could move eggs getting close to lockdown in a incubator under a hem that just turned broody. And will the hen move the eggs around or will she know that they are close to hatching,.. Thanks

Picture taken at day 10. Surprised how quickly feathers come in.

It could be Perosis (slipped tendon). Does the hock have a red mark? If it is perosis and this chick is 4 weeks old, it would be too late to have it corrected and it should be culled

I can attest to this. My package came with obvious damage. But before I ordered eggs I did my research on all the potential issue associated with shipped eggs and I knew the risk. I think the biggest thing with peoples disappointments is not educating themselves and having the wrong...

Best you can do is buy a copy of this book.

That's allot of peeps. Good luck hope they are all come out perfect

I started this chicken obsession with wanting to raise heritage Rhode Island Reds. As some of you may know, you can't just go down to the local Tractor Supply Company store and get heritage birds, or even get them from a hatchery. Seeing how this website is partially responsible for my...

Good luck on the hatch can't wait for the results.

I had read several online articles regarding sexing chicks. The ones that referenced feather sexing included rhode island reds as a breed that could be sexed by feather length. The articles did not specify "standard" or "production" breeds, hence my original question. I am setup to hatch small...

Can someone tell me whether or not Standard RIR chicks can be sexed by wing-feather length. I'm at day 3 with 13 chicks and would love to know the ratio of male/female.

Day 19, early hatch. 4 new fluffy RiR in the world and more piping, fingers crossed

You can try to leave some fake eggs maybe several in the nest while you take out the real eggs until of one them goes broody.