Rhode Island White Thread

[732phil]

Some of these chicks hardly have wing feathers still and then some are over an inch long.
Sorry for the split post.

 

[ronott1]

Some of these chicks hardly have wing feathers still and then some are over an inch long.
Sorry for the split post.

It is fine!

They are very cute little guys too.

 

[732phil]

I know when a bug flies into their brooder they know what to do with it.

 

[732phil]

I finally put my pics on the computer and decided to go ahead and post it from a week ago. I left Kansas with 54 a week ago and still holding at an even 50.

 

[732phil]

I would like to hear from people with RCRIW chickens ! Just a paragraph or two of how they like them and maybe an estament of how many eggs they lay and how good of a meat bird they are. I would love to know the opinions of the people that own these birds.
I will say I have 50 chicks & so far they seem very easy going in the brooder. They are 2 weeks old and are growing very quickly. I am curious to see if they lay 250-300 eggs/yr and grow to 6 pound+ hens. Very interested in this breed and would love to hear from some of the people that have them.

 

[cmom]

I would like to hear from people with RCRIW chickens ! Just a paragraph or two of how they like them and maybe an estament of how many eggs they lay and how good of a meat bird they are. I would love to know the opinions of the people that own these birds.
I will say I have 50 chicks & so far they seem very easy going in the brooder. They are 2 weeks old and are growing very quickly. I am curious to see if they lay 250-300 eggs/yr and grow to 6 pound+ hens. Very interested in this breed and would love to hear from some of the people that have them.

They were a bit harder to process (skinning if you skin your birds) than others. The only others in my freezer are Sex-Links which were a bit easier. Just my opinion. I would say probably in the egg department closer to the 250 eggs/yr.

 

[732phil]

Thanks Cmom
When I get a good incubator I will be ordering eggs from you. I would love to just come get about 25 chicks from you but that's a long drive with chicks in the car!!!

 

[732phil]

These are 6 weeks old and love them some bugs!

 

[cmom]

These are 6 weeks old and love them some bugs!

I hatched out a few Single Combs to experiment with and also some Rose Comb. Now I have to band the Rose Combs so I can keep track of the chicks I hatched from the eggs I got from Rob. They are in a separate coop with some of my RIR chicks. They grow so fast.

 

[732phil]

Cmom
I let mine peck each other too much I hope their tail feathers come back in soon. I swapped horsed midstream and I guess over crowded them too much. I am very impressed how well they grow and alert they are. I figure the ones that are getting a bright red comb right now are the roosters and they are larger too.Mine are 6 weeks old and so far after loosing 4 in the first 2 days I am 50 for 50. They were out of the pin for 4 hours yesterday and they really hung with the shade until bed time then they started chasing bugs. I could loose a crop watching them. I painted their house and trimmed some brush and mowed and my cows drifted in late yesterday and I think that was the first time the cows had seen chickens and the chicken had seen cows they just stood and stered at each other.