Can you put up a couple pictures of your rosecomb cockerels.
Charlie
Charlie
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Can you put up a couple pictures of your rosecomb cockerels.
Charlie
can any RIR historian confirm this info?Rhode Island Red Chicken (Non-Industrial)
The Rhode Island Red is not only America's best known breed, but is perhaps the world's best known fowl. It is the most successful dual purpose bird, and remains an excellent farm chicken. Originally developed in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the 1880's and 1890's, its ancestors include Malay (hence the deep color), Shanghai, Java, and Brown Leghorn chickens. Its distinctive color and good production qualities helped it to spread rapidly. The single combed variety was admitted to the American Poultry Association's Standard of Perfection in 1904 and the rose combed birds were accepted a year later in 1905.
The originators of the Rhode Island Red wanted to create a bird that could lay a good number of eggs yet dress out nicely as a table bird. These birds are very good layers of brown eggs, perhaps the best layers of all of the dual-purpose breeds. They can lay 200 – 300 eggs a year starting as early as six months of age. Since the 1940's, the Rhode Island Red has been selectively bred for more efficient egg production, becoming smaller, lighter colored, and less broody as a result. Of greatest conservation interest are the "old-type" Rhode Island Reds which are larger, darker, and more broody. These birds are becoming rare as the breed is “improved” to meet industry needs.
The hens of this breed weigh over 6 pounds and the roosters over 8 pounds. The Rhode Island Red is known for its hardiness and its ability to handle marginal conditions while still producing eggs. Some roosters may be aggressive at times. Most hens are peaceful and can become broody except within the strains that have been heavily selected for egg production
bob
Malay -- Yescan any RIR historian confirm this info?
nicalandia, I'm don't think there is anyone in the world that is more of a historian of Rhode Island Reds than Robert Blosl. If you will notice he is the person that posted it. He is a former President of the Rhode Island Red Club, is in the Rhode Island Red Hall of Fame and has spent the last 40 years researching the history of the Rhode Island Red.
Our R.C.Reds were obtained from Tim Bowles. This was an old strain that had been around Ohio for a lot of years. We also had a trio from Rick Bonds. I did buy a pair from Adrian Radamacher but these birds were not used in our breeding pens.
Our R.C.Reds were obtained from Tim Bowles. This was an old strain that had been around Ohio for a lot of years. We also had a trio from Rick Bonds. I did buy a pair from Adrian Radamacher but these birds were not used in our breeding pens.
Even Bob posts on his own web site states that the Leghorn may not have been used.
There are a quite a few of the great Red breeder that state that they have no reason to believe that Leghorns were bred into the Red.
Chris