The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[jaman4]

I guess I would like them thats where I got my Reds.Where are you located?I am in eastern NC.

 

[jaman4]

 

[jaman4]

Ya'll be patient with me I'm just trying to figure out how to get these pictures on here.That was at a show in Greensboro April 14th 2012.He is a 10 month old cockeral from Don Nelson.

 

[Robert Blosl]

Its normal just like brown colored eggs and light colored eggs are on the shells. I always like a dark colored chick or chocolate colored chick ore than lighter ones , but i dont kill them if you get one.

I hatched a Buff Brahma chick yesterday that was a different shade of color than the others ,but its from the best male i ever seen so I wont worry about it. In regards to the beetle green showing up in the right places you will see your first true green in the primary wing flights when they put on their final coat of adult feathers. All other colors that you see up to that point is not worth worrying about. You have to have patients with Reds on color. You must wait till they are fully mature be for you cull them out. Then some times you can take the culls and mate them to a bird with another fault and produce great colored birds. Also, you may have to save the bird for one or two years till you produce a bird to mait to such a bird for color if they have killer type or have a bad color problem. Breeding for color is tricky and that is why most people fail. The number on reason they fail is they thing they will hit the jackpot if they cross strains. That blows up both gene pools and you have a mess.

There are three articles on the Internet on how to breed for color. Do you know where they are located?

bob

 

[dinahmoe]

we have cousins.that picture makes me want to show mine.very nice.i am in middle georgia

 

[immyjay54]

I won auction for 8+ eggs from dinahmoe about 6 weeks ago on BYC. She sent me 13 eggs (bless her heart). Anyway out of the 13 eggs, 10 made it to lock down and all 10 hatched. They are now 17 days old and here they are with there hatchmates, (2 Reese line Barred Rocks). These are some of the sweetest RIR's I've hatched yet. Am still waiting for my babies from greathorse who has the Greg Chamness (Bob Blosl) lines. Thanks so much Gloria.
Jim

 

[immyjay54]

Hey Bob,
I fully know what you were saying about the dark ones. In the first picture, look at the difference in the first row of chicks. The one on the right is still so dark and the one on the left is lighter. There are 4 or 5 of them that are the darker color and the others are lighter. WOW, all nice chicks though.
Jim

 

[jaman4]

Dinahmoe you should give showing your birds a try.You will do well with them.It costs next to nothing just your gas getting there.You'll get the opportunity to see more people with your breed of choice.Also all other kinds of fowl.Just good clean fun and nice people.

 

[Robert Blosl]

Any one who has the Don Nelson line has one of the top three strains in the USA. The gene pool is old and strong and will produce good color for years. As beginners spend the first threeare years breeding for type and dont pay no attention to color on chicks or the adult birdss. Heck I spent 20 yeears shrinking down the Mohawk large fowl and not once did I worry about color. I had enough to do to make them smaller. Now 25 years latter I got females laying eggs the size of a leghorn. I can see myself showing pullets that will be 2 oz under standard weight.

New York Reds your male is moving from two pens and hatching nice small chicks.

I got a male named slim who is two years old and I swear to god he looked like Black Spirs today when I was feeding them. Flat backed, deep breast, green tails and looks like a large fowl Mohawk Red.

Just dont pay much attention to color beginners. If you foucus on vigor and type you will make it. bob

 

[Chris Herzog]

Got what I needed....

Thanks
Chris