Rhode Island Red Thread!

[ehunter]

I'm looking into the RIR breed for my first chickens ever... Can someone tell me if they're a good breed for extreme hot and cold climates? I'm in central Canada near the US border. We get really cold winters (down to -40 degrees Celsius), and really hot summers (up to +40 degrees Celsius). Thanks in advance for any Info!

 

[PBGGG]

Does anyone else have REALLY aggressive Rhode Island Red/production reds? Blu is such a sweet baby to me but she always attacks the other ducks. Here in this pic you can see she jumped into the nestbox where two of my ducks are hatching eggs (four more days!). She then attacked Chardonnay, using her spurs and everything. I grabbed her and gave her a smack and now she is outside of the pen.

 

[rfreedlund]

I'm looking into the RIR breed for my first chickens ever... Can someone tell me if they're a good breed for extreme hot and cold climates? I'm in central Canada near the US border. We get really cold winters (down to -40 degrees Celsius), and really hot summers (up to +40 degrees Celsius). Thanks in advance for any Info!

We are in Northern Illinois where temperatures in the summer can reach to around 100 Fahrenheit and this past winter we had one of the coldest winters ever with temperatures of minus 10 to minus 20 for days at a time and occasionally colder. The Rhode Island Reds we had at the time handled it very well, with some minor frostbite in the winter. Egg production was down quite a bit, though, in the colder days. I like them a lot and would recommend them for areas with widely varying climates.

 

[ehunter]

We are in Northern Illinois where temperatures in the summer can reach to around 100 Fahrenheit and this past winter we had one of the coldest winters ever with temperatures of minus 10 to minus 20 for days at a time and occasionally colder. The Rhode Island Reds we had at the time handled it very well, with some minor frostbite in the winter. Egg production was down quite a bit, though, in the colder days. I like them a lot and would recommend them for areas with widely varying climates.

Thanks very much! I've seen them listed for sale near me, but wanted to make sure they'd do okay. Much appreciated!

 

[3rdGenFarmer]

could this be a rooster ? all my other ones have more of a full tail that goes down

 

[nuttyboo]

could this be a rooster ? all my other ones have more of a full tail that goes down

she still looks pretty young around 7-8 weeks what colour is her comb?

 

[3rdGenFarmer]

her comb looks like the rest right now but her tail is completely different than my other ones

 

[nuttyboo]

I would give it a few more weeks looks like she's still filling in, as long as her comb doesn't turn bright coloured. Also watch her size Roos seem to be on the bigger size compared to pullet.

 

[tracy0052]

These two are 15 weeks and I'm afraid one is a roo. Can anyone tell?

 

[A1momof3]

These two are 15 weeks and I'm afraid one is a roo. Can anyone tell?

I believe they are both hens. Mine are 18 weeks today but in this pic they were 17 weeks old. This is my roo!

At about 15 to 16 weeks you will start to see a change in their comb and waddles as they are getting ready to start laying. The face starts to get darker red, their vents will get pinker and wetter, they will start doing the squat and they will start singing the egg song.... So good luck it looks like you are starting down that road.
At least that's my opinion.
I hope that's what you wanted to hear!