Production Reds and RIR?

[chickendude]

Can anyone post some pics of RIRs and production reds? I am just curious to see what the difference is. Thanks.

 

[chseeads]

I think one of the main visual differences is that the heritage RIR's have a more even and really dark red color.

 

[chickendude]

chseeads Thanks for your reply. I have RIRs that were purchased at Murray McMurray. They are all beautiful birds even in coloration and pretty dark. But I wasn't sure if production reds looked any different. Also i heard production reds will lay better than Heritage Reds. Any truth to this?

 

[Freeze]

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[chickendude]

Nice pic Freeze. My birds also loved our pumpkins this past fall. They ate the entire pumpkin and left a perfectly hollowed bowl only1/8 inch of the skin was left.

 

[Chris09]

There are a lot of differences between Red's and production reds. Body type, color, size, temperament etc.
Here are some of my Rhode island Reds..

Chris

 

[Freeze]

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[chseeads]

I think we're kinda talkin' about two different things here.....

Production RIR's are not red sex-links. They're just a strain that's been bred toward egg production rather than type, so color, body, etc. doesn't match the typical heritage RIR. They don't have any white on them though.

I've got 6 RIR's from McMurray too. In their catalog they call them "production."

 

[chseeads]

Here's a couple of mine: