RIR'S, SHOULD THEY LOOK LIKE THIS?????

[hatchaholic]

Does anyone have a pic of the heritage RIR that they could post? I'd love to see it.

 

[jmc]

Helpful thread for me:

One thing is certain, the 'RIRs' i got through local feed store simply AIN'T rirs!! Big hatcheries sort of have their own rules--well intentioned, but.........

 

[speckledhen]

Sometimes, you dont realize how different they are till you put them side by side. The last pic is in the bright sunshine, so appears lighter than they actually are.

 

[the1much]

i go through about 560 or so rirs a week lol ,, only got 3 roos that are 9 months old,, the rest just go to fast for me to get a hen to grow,,lol ,, but all of mine are hatchery rirs,, imma on the look out for REAL rirs,, them are the ones i wont sell.

 

[mikarod]

*drools all over again for speckledhens birds*

 

[speckledhen]

I love my original hatchery RIRs, too. Great layers and sweet ladies. My head hen was one, but I lost her this year to internal laying. The heritage RIRs are not only much darker and richer colored, but also, larger/taller birds than my hatchery birds.

 

[L&Schickens]

I just got some Bantam RIRs. They are going to be show birds.

Strawberry and Rose:

Strawberry, Rose and Petunia:

 

[the1much]

ya its funny when you see hatchery pics of RIR's there almost black,, but ya end up with red ones lol

 

[hatchaholic]

Thanks for sharing the pics. They are all really pretty. Heritage or hatchery, I think all the RIRs are nice, but very different from each other.

 

[ginbart]

I was doing a lot of research on good layers that’s why I chose RIR’s. I love my birds and the eggs I am now getting from them. I had 8 hens, now I only have 7 but I have made enough money to buy my first bag of feed so they are now paying for themselves. HOOT HOOT.

I may try to get some heritage ones. Do they lay as good as hatchery ones?

And if I bread the RIR's to my White Rocks what will I get? I am trying to get sex links.

L&Schickens and speckledhen I love the color of your birds. They are beautiful.

Now if I could only get my EE's to stay laying. They are 19 weeks tomorrow. I want a green/blue egg.