Ribh's D'Coopage

[BY Bob]

Immensely. It will be crazy starting Monday!

On your topic of leghorns, I started out with Isabella Leghorns, the lavender ones. Way too much work to maintain the color so I sold my last breeding pair.

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Beautiful birds. Man I love that leghorn shape!

 

[RoyalChick]

There are gradients of color but the RIR only comes in red. The feathers of the RIR range from a lustrous deep red to almost black and the tail is mostly black.

There is a New Hampshire Red that was developed from the RIR in 1915. They are also red but lighter than RIRs sometimes including yellow feathers. While RIRs can have either single or rose combs, NHRs only have single combs. While the RIR is a egg producing breed, the NHR is a dual purpose breed, has a deeper broader body. Even so the NHR does come in standard and bantam.

I say this to point out that a lighter colored feather on a single comb RIR could be confused with a NHR until you look at the body characteristics. The NHR is significantly larger.

The other hen that is frequently confused with RIRs is the Production Red. True RIRs are very dark in color with the black tail and neck feathers. Production Reds tend to be lighter in color and frequently will have white feathers because they have been cross bred with, of all things, white leghorns, to increase egg production. They will have a slighter build than RIRs because of this as well.

Wow. I really do have a lot to learn. I think Maggie is truly a RIR - she is a deep dark mahogany color (which I love) and has a black tail. She is a 'substantial' chicken but not massive. Mostly I adore her because she is such a character - but I do think she is very pretty too.

 

[Grammy60]

We really did. No book so far but my new son in law arrives today and we will open more presents tomorrow so there is still hope.

How about you?

I had a wonderful time, I finally had a reason to laugh for awhile and boy did we laugh. After we ate, we played the family games with the kids . We got Shark Bite, Pop up Pirate and Ants in Pants. Katrina was fine as long as the shark didn't eat her, she loved the pirate game and ants were flying all over the place . I so miss my time with her, but we will do FaceTime again soon.

 

[featherhead007]

Sleepless night for me. Too much information to process.

I came back to California, to check on my property, my flock, and my neighbors. I'm so let down by my caretaker here. I'm gonna figure this out, and I'm flying to DC on Tuesday, to check on my home there

 

[RoyalChick]

I came back to California, to check on my property, my flock, and my neighbors. I'm so let down by my caretaker here. I'm gonna figure this out, and I'm flying to DC on Tuesday, to check on my home there

Oh! I didn't realize, I thought you lived in California with your flock. I hope you find everything OK in DC.

 

[featherhead007]

Oh! I didn't realize, I thought you lived in California with your flock. I hope you find everything OK

you are a good person RC. I have property in DC , British Columbia Canada, Calif. and Cabo Mexico. But my beloved chickens are here with me in CA.

 

[featherhead007]

you are a good person RC. I have property in DC , British Columbia Canada, Calif. and Cabo Mexico. But my beloved chickens are here with me in CA.

And that's why I own a Cessna (Not just a car)

 

[featherhead007]

And that's why I own a Cessna (Not just a car)

PS. retirement does suck!

 

[RoyalChick]

PS. retirement does suck!

Oh don't say that - I am soooo looking forward to it!

 

[featherhead007]

Maybe, I should stop by at @BY Bob's place to see for myself his wonderful Fluffy
Butt coop! I cant take birds on my airplane legally (I wish I could)