sent a message ... id love to get some of your breeding either chicks or hatching eggs... i have rir... my son has new hamps.... you have beautiful birds.... how is the egg color of your rir... im dissapointed w mine... flannigan... my heritage on left... heritage roo on hatchery rir hens on right..... im thinking of scrapping my whole flock and starting over heritage have been bred for comb, confirmation.. feather quality ect, hatchery birds have been bred for egg production quality and color ect... i want my cake and eat it too...lol
There are other posts on different threads on BYC addressing chicks with chipmunk markings. With most any breed the chicks can have chipmunk markings but as they loose their down and get their feathers their chipmunk markings disappear. I also have Reese/Mohawk Rhode Island Reds. I do refer to the pure RIR's as heritage. The chicks do vary somewhat in lightness and darkness of their down but as they get their feathers the darker red/mahogany color is apparent. Bob Blosl (RIP)the starter of this thread named it "The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site". I believe his intentions was to show and educate people that there is a difference in the pure (heritage) Rhode Island Reds. I know I have posted this before, http://bloslspoutlryfarm.tripod.com/id64.html. I also raise Rhode Island Whites. Rhode Island Red Club of America.
Have a slightly bad feeling 4 are red sex links... do they have the mahogany on their beaks? The wings on 4 are lighter and have lots of marks. The wings of the one are dark red with no marks.
I’m still raising Rhode Island Red and New Hampshire largefowl and shipping eggs. I’m glad to see this thread is still going. I sure wish Bob and others were still alive to post their knowledge on here.
Hi there. Any chance I could buy some hatching eggs from you in the Spring? Interested in both your RIR and your NHs. They look great! Hard to find quality anywhere.
