The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[cmom]

Yes ma'am, 100% fresh off the Ulrich farm first generation. There are only 5 males in this group of 18. In the subsequent hatches, the m/f ratio was closer to normal. I'm very happy to see this many pullets.

 

[waddles99]

I have a pair of heritage RIRs I bought last fall. They are now 15 months old. I would like some insight on their lines which are Nelson and Ulrich. Any help, history or critiques appreciated

If you are curious about the history of rhode island reds I would read this.

 

[PCquest]

I think they are beautiful birds. My birds were originally from Matt Ulrich. I got a quad from him several years ago and over the past few years have gotten other males from him. I love the birds. Around 10 years ago I went to a show and I got the same line of birds from another person. I went to another show and saw some beautiful SC RIR's so I sought out the exhibitor (owner) of the birds who happened to be Matt Ulrich. I fell in love with the birds and made arrangements to buy some birds from him and would get them at an upcoming show. The birds I have now are all descendants from those birds.
http://bloslspoutlryfarm.tripod.com/id64.html

Thanks for the input. Do you know anything about Nelson. I did read some on Ulrich but couldn't seem to find Nelson lines.

 

[cmom]

Thanks for the input. Do you know anything about Nelson. I did read some on Ulrich but couldn't seem to find Nelson lines.

Jim has has raised birds from most of the different lines.
http://jimspetsandpoultry.weebly.com/
http://jimspetsandpoultry.weebly.com/don-nelson-rhode-island-reds.html

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Thanks for the input. Do you know anything about Nelson. I did read some on Ulrich but couldn't seem to find Nelson lines.

If I'm not mistaken, Nelson and Ulrich birds are from the same line. Don no longer handles LF, only bantams, but if I knew "specifically" what it is you want to know about his line, I'd be happy to ask him.

 

[PCquest]

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If I'm not mistaken, Nelson and Ulrich birds are from the same line. Don no longer handles LF, only bantams, but if I knew "specifically" what it is you want to know about his line, I'd be happy to ask him.

I think I'm good now. Everyone has been a great help. Enjoyed all the readings and how my birds tie back to Bob the originator of this site and back to Mohawk. I really wanted to ensure before hatching I was doing the breed justice with good stock. Since I only have the pair do you all suggest I acquire a couple of hens from someone else (like you all) to make sure I don't inbreed. I've always been more of a dog guy where inbreeding is bad. I'm pretty caught up on what is good and bad as far as standards and type of the Breed should be.

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

You can successfully breed a very large flock from a pair. As I was looking over hundreds of RIR at Matt Ulrich's farm, he told me that all of those birds came from a single pair. There are line breeding charts on the web, as well as youtube videos, that show you the proper way to do it. I would prefer to have started with an unrelated trio, but I'll make it just fine with a pair of sisters. It's not a bad idea to freshen the blood with new birds all along, but it's not an absolute must. Line breeding keeeps the line pure, and makes it easier to sort out the bad qualities. If you find you can't breed out any inferior genes, then it's time to bring in some fresh birds. Just my 2c...

 

[PCquest]

Great. Just had a conversation with a gentleman not to far from me that has Rademacher line. He gave the same exact input. Thanks much!

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Some of the older chicks were out of the coop this morning, so I took the opportunity to make this short video. The oldest (and largest) of these chicks turned 12 weeks old today.

 

[cmom]

You can successfully breed a very large flock from a pair. As I was looking over hundreds of RIR at Matt Ulrich's farm, he told me that all of those birds came from a single pair. There are line breeding charts on the web, as well as youtube videos, that show you the proper way to do it. I would prefer to have started with an unrelated trio, but I'll make it just fine with a pair of sisters. It's not a bad idea to freshen the blood with new birds all along, but it's not an absolute must. Line breeding keeeps the line pure, and makes it easier to sort out the bad qualities. If you find you can't breed out any inferior genes, then it's time to bring in some fresh birds. Just my 2c...

I agree. I started out with 3 females and a male. Over the years I have gotten a couple of males from Matt. Now I have some different families. I now have another line of RC RIR that I will keep pure. I'll see how the new line compares to the other line. I have placed well with my current line of RC RIR's at shows. My RC line I started with 2 females and a male. I have a couple of families from them now. Selective breeding is the key. I have now sold all of my males except Champ. Hopefully I'll get one or two special breeding males from the chicks I have now. I have some banding to do, then I'm combining some of the older females into coops to get my bachelor coops ready for the boys, the 2017 season. Sorry for the rambling...