The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[Chris Herzog]

Most of the birds in the pictures are 2 to 4 years old, the dark single comb is a 3 year old.

Chris

Thanks for the reply Chris.

Chris

 

[catdaddyfro]

A friend of mine that rides to church had some sitting around their house for Halloween so when I saw them I told her if they were going to throw them away to let me know and I would give them to the chickens. She gave them to me and the chickens love them.
It's nice to give them treats since they are so nice to give me eggs. lol Nothing like the fresh eggs after they eat scraps, grass,bugs etc. Folks that have never had them don't know what they are missing. Oh my yes, I imagine your goats really dive into them. lol I don't have anything anymore but the chickens and 3 little dogs. When we left the farm, we had 84 head of beef cattle and 165 head of hogs. And of course a flock of chickens that kept the manure piles loosened up. ha,ha Now those were some good eggs.
Jim

Hey Jim yes I know exactly what you mean here as I have a bout 50 random rogues that I let out to pasture everyday. My cousin leases my pasture land here and has about 12 rodeo bucking bulls and around 20 something Momma bucking bull makers with youngins on this property, Well all I can say is for the last 3 years I've been turning those mongrels out on the fields, he has yet to have to drag the fields down (you know what I mean here, too) and my neighbor I get my sawdust from he especially requests those banty/game whatchamacallit eggs specifically when he comes for his weekly egg order pickup. He says they taste better, those ones with the dark orange yolks that breaks your toast or tears your biscuit all-up when you make a pull through it and try and sop it up off the plate. LOL

Chris09 I was going to comment on those awesome looking girls you got posted up (finallyLOL) they sure look good and you are doing good with them too. I so hope to be there with you guys in a few years when I figure out how to put all this stuff together I get on here and from good birds too. I think I lucked up on my first go with Reds and will give it a good go-around here this spring to see what I'm able to do. Put up some of those BIG boys when you get a chance I remember the one you posted a couple of years back I'm sure you've only went ahead since then.

Jeff

 

[Chris09]

Chris09 I was going to comment on those awesome looking girls you got posted up (finallyLOL) they sure look good and you are doing good with them too. I so hope to be there with you guys in a few years when I figure out how to put all this stuff together I get on here and from good birds too. I think I lucked up on my first go with Reds and will give it a good go-around here this spring to see what I'm able to do. Put up some of those BIG boys when you get a chance I remember the one you posted a couple of years back I'm sure you've only went ahead since then.

Jeff

Hey Jiff,
Thank you,
Don't let those hens fool you on there size, there averaging 7 lbs.
That rooster that your talking about was it a single or rose comb?

This is "No Toe" He is a big boy but in a molt and looks like crap. (hi is 8 pounds in the picture but when not in molt he will be 9.5 lbs)




This is him when not in molt.

Chris

 

[cmom]

Congratulations on your Grand Champion win Matt at the Central Florida Poultry Show. Looking forward to the Florida Sunshine Classic in Lake City in January...

 

[immyjay54]

This post is mainly for melroseladi and mrheinz77:
Got 12 little fuzz butts. ha,ha I am so pleased with this hatch Jim. Got 18 eggs, 15 made it to lock down and 12 hatched. I have 2 still in the hatcher that may just be late bloomers. Not sure about them. I'll leave them in there till tomorrow afternoon. One of these Friday evening and 10 hatched out yesterday then 1 during the night last night. These are the Gary Underwood chicks from Jim Heinz. Top two pic's with flash, bottom two without.

 

[FOGELLY]

Chris,
I really like the shape of this bird. Nice front end to match the level long back.

Ron

 

[Chris09]

Chris,
I really like the shape of this bird. Nice front end to match the level long back.
Ron

Thank you Ron,

He has very good type but right now he looks like crap do to the molt. I hope to get new pictures of the birds after everyone go's through there molt and when I do I will post some pictures of the birds.

I used this rooster for some Brazen-RSL's Hybrids I had a order for last fall and all of his offspring have nice long, flat backs with deep chests.

Chris

 

[melroseladi]

Oh my goodness Jim, aren't they pretty. Congrats on a great hatch. I am even more excited now. I can not wait until mine hatch.


Penny

 

[catdaddyfro]

thats him there Chris I remember you making sure I measured him with(by) the demensions of the cage LOL you gave the specifics on the sizes of even the rectangles too LOL yeah it was a rose combed boy that looks/looked just like that one LOL

I was trying to say in my post the reason I didn't get around to commenting on the girls at the time. I just got a new set up on the computer, well.. shoot I hadn't mastered the old one in 3 years so I surely "ain't nowhere" near close to getting the new one down pat anytime soon LOL they do like nice and plump too, just the way I like my gals too LOL

Jim those look just like little reds to me, LOL glad you were so successful with those shipped eggs, you have very good luck with them evidently.

Jeff

 

[immyjay54]

thats him there Chris I remember you making sure I measured him with(by) the demensions of the cage LOL you gave the specifics on the sizes of even the rectangles too LOL yeah it was a rose combed boy that looks/looked just like that one LOL

I was trying to say in my post the reason I didn't get around to commenting on the girls at the time. I just got a new set up on the computer, well.. shoot I hadn't mastered the old one in 3 years so I surely "ain't nowhere" near close to getting the new one down pat anytime soon LOL they do like nice and plump too, just the way I like my gals too LOL

Jim those look just like little reds to me, LOL glad you were so successful with those shipped eggs, you have very good luck with them evidently.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff,
I was so bummed out on day 7 of this hatch. I don't usually touch my incubator or eggs once I put them in other then to add water with a straw through the hole in the lid but I was so excited about being able to get a few more of the Underwood line I just had to check these. On day 7 it seemed there were only 2 eggs developing. At the end of day 13 I checked them again and they were a lot different. I am totally pleased with getting 12 biddies from 15 eggs going into lock down. If the hatches from my own eggs work out this well come spring/summer 2013, I should have little RIR's from 4 different lines running all over the place. ha,ha. I might just have to put a sign out in front of my house saying "RHODE ISLAND RED HAVEN" lol. Anyway, thanks Jeff and I've bent everyone's ears enough with my gabbing.
Thank you all for putting up with me. If anyone wants to watch progress with these little ones, you can check out my site. I update it all the time.
Jim