The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[vebyrd36]

Very nice coloring, RIR is one of my favorites of all my birds. VIVI
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I just took a few shots of my little Don Nelson flock. These are 6 months 3 days old today. Two of the pullets are laying. I just love this line of theRIR.

 

[vebyrd36]

My one and only RIR is finally finished molting... I may consider getting a nice RIR rooster or just keeping her as eye candy. We just happened to like the look of her a year ago when we were getting hens solely for eggs. Wondering if she is worth breeding?

Her comb is really small because she hasn't been laying for a few months.

She looks nice to me.

 

[jaman4]

Thanks for the kind words from everyone.Lucasville puts on one heck of a nice show.Hello immmyjay 54 those are some great pictures you just posted.
Bobby

 

[immyjay54]

Thanks for the kind words from everyone.Lucasville puts on one heck of a nice show.Hello immmyjay 54 those are some great pictures you just posted.
Bobby

Thanks so much Bobby, I just love them. Can't wait for spring to come. lol Hoping to have a bunch of them this time next year. The cockerel that I'm planning on using as my breeder isn't in these pictures. I have him in a pen by himself. He got a little to bossy with these two boys. He is a real hunk. I will keep one of these two pictured for a spare just in case anything happens to Mr. Cassanova. lol I will be switching them around once I fully decide which of these two I'm keeping.
Jim

 

[NYREDS]

My one and only RIR is finally finished molting... I may consider getting a nice RIR rooster or just keeping her as eye candy. We just happened to like the look of her a year ago when we were getting hens solely for eggs. Wondering if she is worth breeding?

Her comb is really small because she hasn't been laying for a few months.

She's a little short in the back but she has more strengths than weaknesses. Buy a male. What are you waiting for? Come to NY sometime & I'll give you a male.

 

[griffinkid02]

The secrets on line breeding and type for female color for male seems to be a thought many use. The female I think is important for type but I always have a male that has super type as well.

In Reds I have always felt its a 50 50 deal .

One male used with three or four females in seperate pens will work just rotate him every day to the right then on the fifth day give him a rest. You should have plenty of chicks and then you can worry about next year. Getting the new Carb for the Tiller today then dirt will fly. Got seven black berry bushes three days ago and going to plant them this weekend. bob

This is kind of what I was thinking, Bob. Like I said, I realize that was an oversimplification. I wouldn't pick color over type, as everything I have seen on these heritage threads seems to indicate that color tends to adjust itself when you get the type right. It was just an idea that I keep seeming put out and a nice, simple concept for beginers to start breeding from, which I could see that working. But then, also I was thinking, "How many of the people on this site that are "beginer" and "casual" breeders are working with hatchery stock?" Which there's nothing wrong with wanting to imporove the hatchery strains, but would such a casual philosophy actually be helpful with a strain that was already superior type vs a hatchery strain? Thanks for taking the time to answer, I do appreciate it, and like I said, wouldn't think one would ever really want to pick color over type.

edited to more obviously credit Bob's wisdom, lol

 

[cmom]

I am finally getting some eggs from my Heritage RIR girls. I am surprised how big the eggs are. Most of my pullets when they first start to lay, lay eggs under 50 grams. I got one egg two days ago that was 54 grams and an egg today that was 59 grams. They are in a run with a top on it so there is no way any of the other birds can get into that run or coop. I am just so surprised how big the eggs are for being first layed eggs.

Here is a picture of the eggs. The small egg is from one of my RSL pullets that just started laying recently and the other two from one of my Heritage RIR pullets that just started to lay..


This is an older pictures of the girls that layed the eggs.

 

[aoxa]

She's a little short in the back but she has more strengths than weaknesses. Buy a male. What are you waiting for? Come to NY sometime & I'll give you a male.

Thanks guys

I'm not sure what I'm waiting for Maybe some breeding pens. Another girl as well. Plus it's extremely hard to find any quality RIRs.

 

[Robert Blosl]

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I could not find the picture that I wanted but this cut from the German Standard will do for what I want to point out. If the picture of your fine Red is a pullet think in your mind what she will look like when she is 19 months old. A pullet or a ckl will change some as they go through their first molt. Many hens look like your bird at that age or they have more dept than length. You want to try to find a nice long body type male to mate for her and then select over two to three years young birds that are brick shaped or twice as long and they are wide. I some times think I go over board as I will look at my females and they look like a school bus but as hens they are right on the money and are flat backed and long. Moderately long Moderately wide is terms used in our Standard. If you notice the picture above the legs on these 18 month old reds from Germany are longer in length. That seems to be the fad in German as Their Langshangs look like modern games very leggy.

Excellent picture however and all the Nelson young birds look very nice. So the point I am making is think about length in your strain the male should be about 24 to 26 inches from beak to end of their tail.

 

[aoxa]

I could not find the picture that I wanted but this cut from the German Standard will do for what I want to point out. If the picture of your fine Red is a pullet think in your mind what she will look like when she is 19 months old. A pullet or a ckl will change some as they go through their first molt. Many hens look like your bird at that age or they have more dept than length. You want to try to find a nice long body type male to mate for her and then select over two to three years young birds that are brick shaped or twice as long and they are wide. I some times think I go over board as I will look at my females and they look like a school bus but as hens they are right on the money and are flat backed and long. Moderately long Moderately wide is terms used in our Standard. If you notice the picture above the legs on these 18 month old reds from Germany are longer in length. That seems to be the fad in German as Their Langshangs look like modern games very leggy. Excellent picture however and all the Nelson young birds look very nice. So the point I am making is think about length in your strain the male should be about 24 to 26 inches from beak to end of their tail.

Thank you for all that detail. My hen is definitely a hen (over a year old for sure - closer to 2). I bought her last November and she looked the same as she does now, but didn't start laying until February 2012. I was told she was a Spring 2011 pullet when I bought her. I have a source that has really nice RIRs. I think I'll get a male come spring from him, and will look for one that is long Generally she holds her tail almost flat with her back. Really not sure how to word that...

Like this. She still has a few feathers in her wings growing in. This girl took forever to molt