RIR Breed Thread

[annie3001]

hello! its one of my favorite photos!!!! thanks

 

[speckledhen]

James, I think you saw mine when you were here. I have three breeder type dark RIR ladies and one hatchery girl (lost the other two hatchery girls to internal laying). The breeder girls are amazons! Very large ladies, fully 50% larger than Reba, the hatchery girl. Here are some pics.

Below is Reba, who is now 4 years old, and my only remaining hatchery RIR.

 

[annie3001]

hi,
your dark almost black one is neat! never seen one quite like that in color.

 

[Chris09]

I updated my first post (post #3 ) with more imformation on the R.I. Reds and added some pictures of my Reds..

Chris

 

[kathyinmo]

Thanks, Chris, that is very informative and interesting! I like knowing the history of the breeds I have.

My plan is to start my flock from Pine Grove's stock!

Have you seen his pictures? <<<drool>>>

 

[Chris09]

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Your Welcome!

It is always good to know all that there is to know about a breed that you are planing on getting.
I wish you luck with your new Red's when you get them.
With a little luck I should have some Rose comb Reds at Ohio National this year..

Chris

 

[JamesA]

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Those are some very big and nice hens.I hope mine grown to be that big.

 

[Chris09]

Added to post #3

R.I. Reds should carry its body perfectly horizontal and should be long, approaching in shape when viewed from the side as nearly as possible to rectangle or “Brick Shape”. The line of back and keel should be both be level and parallel to one another. The base line of the wing should be parallel to the back and keel and the wing should never have a tendency to drop, as the is a defect. The back should not only be flat from front to rear, but should be flat side to side. There should be no tendency to slope from the backbone to the side, and show no indication of a ridge along the backbone. The breast must project outward in order to fill out the rectangular shape. If a line was dropped through the base of the beak it should just clear the front of the breast. The tail should be well spread and carried what would be considered low at 20* for males and 10* for females, and should not be drooping.

Chris

 

[popcornpuppy]

Wow, Chris has done a great job listing all the qualities of the breed. I have most of that info on computer print outs. I was going to look over my print outs tonight to see if I could add anything that Chris may have left out. I think he covered it pretty well though.

Myself being from MA, I chose RIR's as my first breed because I knew they would be hardy to my climate since they come from this part of the country. I got 12 pullets from Ideal hatchery in June and hatched some heritage Reds in Oct. I like the eggs from my Ideal pullets but want to trade them out at some point for all heritage. I want to stay true to the breed.

Edited to say: I would love to post pics of my Reds but I have 98% of my storage space used up on my downloads and have to delete some stuff first. Pics will come soon, I promise.

 

[Chris09]

popcornpuppy,
Thank you!
I try to add a little to it each day. I think I might try posting some on breeding next. Who knows..

Chris