RIR Breed Thread

[dinahmoe]

here are some pictures of some of my reds.i hope to be breeding and hatching a few this spring.they are 8 months old and are from Don Nelsons' line.

thanks Bob for all your help with this beautiful breed.

here is the roo.

a couple of the girls.

 

[Robert Blosl]

Love these Reds and a great job raising them up. How many males and females do you have left of the Nelson blood line? Love the males type and color. bob

 

[dinahmoe]

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thnaks bob,
i have him and 4 girls from the nelson line.i hatched 13 boys and 4 girls-go figure.this is the male i had my eye on since he was about 2 months old.very happy with this line of Reds.can't wait to start hatching some babies.

 

[Robert Blosl]

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This is a very common subject brought up by people who have hatchery or feed store production reds. The Rhode Island Reds that are very dark almost black I have never seen a mean male in 22 years. bob

 

[mopargal1972]

Hey all. I don't remember if I posted here yet or not. I just wanted to show off my rosecomb RIR bantams. I am looking for more if anyone knows where I can find some.

 

[western edge]

sorry. having trouble uploading pics from my PC

 

[HopemillsNC]

Does anyone have any Purebred RIR day olds or hatching eggs near Fayetteville, NC? I would prefer to pick up instead of shipping.

Thanks

Mike

 

[dldolan]

I am seeing mostly darkish brown RIR hens in the pics here...My RIR lead hen is a vibrant red color. (Thus named Fiona...) Here she is, but I have to say that in the sunlight her color is so stunning! And she is a GREAT lead hen, smarter by far than my other girls, checks out new situations, lays an egg 9/10 days, and firm but reasonable in dolling out discipline! She is even watchful of my Cochin's new chicks...

On the far left, you could guess...

Whoo--too close! but funny

And my avatar... Riding around under my arm. Hysterical!

 

[Robert Blosl]

Your female looks very alert and I bet she lays tons of eggs for you. There is a difference in the dark Rhode Island Reds and the one you have pictured.

Yours are breed for super high egg prodution and they wil be very light in color compaired to the Red Bantams and large fowl strains today. In the Dark Rhode Island Reds today they are very rare maybe only 150 good large fowl birds alive right now and maybe only 50 of the Rose Comb Large fowl.

In Rhode Island Red bantams there may be 500 right now they are pretty popular.

Your girl there may be 10,000 alive during the January winter time.

I found two strains of Reds like your girl that lay about 250 eggs per pullet year and many want these kind of chickens for selling brown eggs to make a few dollars during these tough times. The dark Rhode Island Reds that we raise are more breed to keep the old breed from dieing out. So many old breeds of chickens today are so rare as they have been converted to egg laying chickens and have lost their shape and color . That is why when you raise them up they do not look like the pictures in the catalogs that where painted by the Artist. Does your red hen every go broody? They make great sitting hens to. bob

 

[Robert Blosl]

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You got some nice large fowl reds. What strain are they from? Thanks for posting the pictures. bob