Rhode Island White thread :)

[punky rooster]

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no hatchery bird is a true breed. so you should not expect to get true pure bred chicken from a hatchery just pet quality production birds. they just call them "Rhode island reds" or "buff rocks" they would be production birds that look similar to them

 

[MandyH]

My RIW's are huge and have the brick shaped body. They are excellent winter layers but not so good in the Summer. Mine are the true rose combed variety.

 

[punky rooster]

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where did you get them?
very nice!

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

So, I am correct in my cynicism that if one orders and purchases Rhode Island Whites from a given hatchery, it is possible, if not probable, that your birds could be either a White Plymouth Rock or a Rhode Island White?

So why would hatcheries even offer the birds if there were no possibility of proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that the birds are said breed. Seems a bit like a bum roll for the purchaser.

I'm not saying your birds are not RIW Rareroo, but I cannot understand why one would pay more for a "rare" breed when it's perfectly plausible to believe the hatcheries are, in essence, lying to the consumer.


punky, please understand that I am not a novice at hatcheries, just attempting to figure out why a hatchery would sell single combed birds, that have the same characteristics as another breed yet continue to sell it as a different breed especially to those who do not understand the different breed characteristics.

 

[punky rooster]

to make more money and there is a possibility that what they call "RIW" are their "white rocks" most white hatchery birds probably have leghorns mixed in them to enhance laying

 

[punky rooster]

welp hatchery RIW:

breederRIW:

 

[punky rooster]

plymouth rock welp hatchery

bob blosl plymouth rock:

 

[punky rooster]

from those pics i think they are the same birds

 

[MandyH]

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where did you get them?
very nice!

Thanks, mine came from a private breeder who imported them.

 

[punky rooster]

does anyone have RIW from Duane Urch?: