Production Red vs. Rhode Island Red

[IDIOT HUSBAND]

I know nothing about the production reds. I do want to defend my RIRs temprament. I bought mine at southern states in June. My family and I have taken care of them played with them. My children catch them all the time and they have never hurt them(we don't have a roo). Our two pet rabits have scratched the children more in two months than my reds ever have. As far as egg production goes we average 9 eggs a day out of 12 hens. We have enough eggs for ourselves and our parents. I couldn't be more pleases with my first chickens. I do want to try other breeds and I will in time but my reds are really making a good impression on me.

 

[Chris09]

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You don't need Electric to hatch eggs in a incubator, just the right incubator Kerosene Powered Incubator or 12 volt incubator.

Chris

 

[matte]

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You don't need Electric to hatch eggs in a incubator, just the right incubator Kerosene Powered Incubator or 12 volt incubator.

Chris

True, but I've read the kerosenes are very hard to regulate and turn out poor hatches...and how would the amish charge a 12 volt battery?

 

[Chris09]

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You don't need Electric to hatch eggs in a incubator, just the right incubator Kerosene Powered Incubator or 12 volt incubator.

Chris

True, but I've read the kerosenes are very hard to regulate and turn out poor hatches...and how would the amish charge a 12 volt battery?

Solar charger and a lot of the Amish around here have electric at there jobs where they use everyday power tool, fork lifts the whole nine yards.
Amish cant have electric in the homes and some barns. If the barn is used for a business like selling milk or eggs etc. to stores then some Amish are allowed to have electric and one phone in that barn.
I'm good friends with a Amish auctioneer down in Mt. Hope Ohio and he is able to carry a cell phone for work..

Chris

 

[norcal]

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Okay, is this true? 'Cause everything else I've read here says that Production Reds are the cross between NHReds & RIR's. !!!! ???

 

[Chris09]

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Okay, is this true? 'Cause everything else I've read here says that Production Reds are the cross between NHReds & RIR's. !!!! ???

I found this on a very good website put out but Robert Blosls.
http://bloslspoutlryfarm.tripod.com/id29.html
I believe the was all so printed in the Rhode Island Red Chronicles.

In the 1930s, a movement to produce another dual-purpose fowl, which could compete with the popularity of the Rhode Island Red of the time, was started. The New Hampshire breed was originated in New Hampshire by local commercial farmers and made very popular by a master breeder of Rhode Island Reds, Kenneth Bowles of Canandaigua, New York. (Mr. Bowles not only made this breed popular, but also made a living from providing thousands of chicks to people all over the country in the 1940’s and 1950’s.) The New Hampshire was founded upon Rhode Island Reds that were selected heavily for fast feathering and early maturity. This was done at the expense of traits unique to the breed, such as the brick shape and deep red coloration.
The next spin-off is a bird that today tries to carry the name of the Rhode Island Red - the popular hatchery Production Red. Production Reds were developed to compete with the Rhode Island Reds in egg laying contests. Crossing Leghorn blood into the standard Rhode Island Red gave an edge on the resultant offspring, which would be used in competition. The ROP egg laying contests held in the North East were supposed to have strict standards; only allowing 10 purebred pullets, that were true to the breed in competition, to be entered by any poultry farm. But it appears the officials of many of the contests did not enforce all the rules. Perhaps they allowed the Production Reds into competition out curiosity? Perhaps they felt a more productive commercial line of brown egg-layer was needed?

Now, I will have to look around and find the imformation on the line of Production Reds bred soly from the R.I. Reds...

Chris

 

[Illia]

I always consider Production Reds as 90% of all "Rhode Island Reds" you see: Hatchery RIRs.

REAL Rhode Island Reds, you can't go wrong with, as even Chris said. . . Beautiful birds, great egg laying, and a LOT more meat for dual purpose use as they were originally bred for.

 

[norcal]

Okay, I'm confused, do you mean that most RIR's are Production Reds? But then you talk about REAL RIR's. How would you know?

 

[lilchick]

here are pics. of a production red versus the true rhode island red. I love the dark mahogany color of the true rhode islands! Both types have been calm and gentle birds for me. For years I did not even realize there was a difference..

 

[littledel]

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I don't know about a lot of RIR's but the ones I have had have been VERY nice birds. Even my rooster is nice and only gets upset if something bothers his ladies. He is very protective of his flock, but had never even acted like he wanted to flog me or anyone in my familv. Actually he will run up to us, while calling all his ladies, looking for a handful of corn. My flock loves corn and I feed it to them as a treat daily.