almost all breeds of chicken are 'production', there is no reason why it should have stuck to non show quality RIRs just because they were not bred to standard.
so almost all breeds of chicken should have the term 'production' prefixed to them. Not ALL, mind you
BR, RIR, BA, BO, B-eye, WR, NH...
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lovely birds. i suspect your meany is a non standard bred descendant of non standard bred RIRs. (Obviously though, if she is full sister to that golden comet, she isn't an RIR) I fail to see the validity in the term 'Production' Red. There seem to be some genuine logical problems with...
I no longer have these particular girls, but here are some non standard bred, non show quality RIR. These birds are not the F1 offspring of RIR/NH, but are rather the descendants of RIRs that were bred NOT for show quality or to fulfill 'standard' requirements.
BUT, the fact remains, THEY ARE...
we need to see more of these.
the term 'production red' is a rather unfortunate term, imho.
they are descended from rhode island reds, although some in some places used NH as a cross with the RIR. Why, i can't figure out, if one wanted a laying machine............
Production reds are simply...