The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[cmom]

I do have some eggs available. If interested, please send me a PM. I'm filling my incubator today.

 

[TriciaHowe]

Cmom I sent you a pm

 

[enggass]

Hello all, I have some Dick Horstman Single Comb RIRs about to hatch. Any tips on early sexing? Pin feathers? Color traits? I have read a few articles on RIR sexing, but those are mostly hatchery reds in question.... Thanks,
Steve

 

[cmom]

Hello all, I have some Dick Horstman Single Comb RIRs about to hatch. Any tips on early sexing? Pin feathers? Color traits? I have read a few articles on RIR sexing, but those are mostly hatchery reds in question.... Thanks,
Steve

Large Fowl or Bantams? I raise Rose Comb large fowl RIR's that I got from Dick a few years ago. The best way for me to tell is that the females tail feathers tend to start growing out before the males do.
Male

pullet

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pullet

 

[enggass]

Large Fowl... Thanks - I'll look for that!

 

[cmom]

Dick also raises RIR bantams. I thought he was phasing out his large fowl and concentrating more on his bantams the last time I talked to him. Just curious.

 

[FourShuesFarm]

They look very simialr to week old Large fowl that I just raised. Thats not saying much, but if I had to bet, I would say Large.

 

[cmom]

They are large fowl. They are chicks I hatched out last year. Shortly after the chicks start to develop their wing feathers, the females tails will be more noticeable then the males. The males butts will be more rounded and the females more pointy. Just my opinion. Also the female chicks have primary wing feathers that are significantly longer than the coverts. The male chicks have primary wing feathers that are shorter, about the same length as the coverts. I always get pretty much a 50/50 hatch.

Sorry, the chick pictures are not chicks from any of Dick's line, they are from the Reese/Mohawk line I got started with, birds I got from Matt Ulrich. I just wanted to show the tail feathers.

 

[cabincreations]

These are my reds that I finally found after much searching. They are of no particular line, just an old guy who raised and bred them for many years

 

[ejcrist]

These are my reds that I finally found after much searching. They are of no particular line, just an old guy who raised and bred them for many years

From what I can see in the pictures their color and type look to be pretty nice. Nice looking birds.