Just looked up Rhode Island Reds...

[Chris09]

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The Production Red can come in two different lines, the first of the two was bred solely from the R.I. Red as with the New Hampshire but was bred more for the egg production.
The second type of Production Red and what 90% of the hatcheries sell is a R.I. Red with Leghorn blood added to add to the egg production and for feather sexing

Now there are some hatcheries calling there Rhode Island Red/ New Hampshire cross a "Production Red" and to me there just another hybrid (cross) and not relay a Production Red.

Edited to add,
What most hatcheries call a Rhode Island Red are in fact a form of the Production Red and a true Rhode Island Red.


Chris

 

[33yardbirds]

I have a flock of beautiful deep mahogany HB RIR's from Sandhill preservation. They are calm friendly and laying like crazy. The Roo surpassed my expectations on color and stature although he started out aggressive he has mellowed in the past few months, maybe due to the 2 yr old alpha Barred Rock hen not taking his guff. I still don't let him out if children are in the yard though.

 

[Johnboy78]

2 of my eight are RIR and are from Ideal.
I haver no prior experience with chickens and have no clue whether they are production or heritage,
tho I suspect if one is desirable I have the other.

My RIR's are calm, curious, "friendly," and fairy non-aggressive.
They and the sexlinks are the most amiable of my birds.
They don't seem any more talkative than the rest of the birds.
So far they are the most consistant layers but it has only been a few months

My hamburgs are flighty, they go airborne, keep their distance...while
the other birds are underfoot they are 10-15 feet away
They are aggressive, starting up with all the other birds tho they are the smallest.

Based on my limited experience I would call them calm and fairly friendly.

 

[ridgewood chickens]

I have 7 RIR's for my first venture into keeping chickens, and find them to be very friendly and non-aggressive. There is one that will occasionally get a little on the aggressive side, but this seems to happen mostly in the morning when I first open their coop and let them into the run, or when I am feeding them. I have to say that I find them to be very little trouble, and at 27 weeks they are turning into excellent egg-layers, even though we're in mid-December.