The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[OSUman]

Heres a pullet I have, I am going to try out some RIR this year.

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

Heres a pullet I have, I am going to try out some RIR this year.

I'm no expert, but that looks like a typical low-quality production Red.

 

[cmom]

It looks like a regular RIR to me but not a Heritage RIR. I can see the black on the beak and the brown running up it's toes and legs that my Production Reds don't have. I have PR's, regular RIR's and Heritage RIR's. I will take some pictures today of each type.

 

[Chris09]

OSU,

Where did you get them, how old are they and what are you feeding them?

I ask this because they still look young and need time to fill out. [less than a year maybe 8 months]


Chris

 

[mrheinz77]

OSU,

Where did you get them, how old are they and what are you feeding them?

I ask this because they still look young and need time to fill out. [less than a year maybe 8 months]


Chris

I believe these were picked up at the EIPA show last weekend directly from Mr. Underwood.

It was nice meeting you, OSU.

 

[OSUman]

Yea it was nice to meet you too Mr Heinz. I actually picked these up right before the EIPA show from another breeder, I am not sure how old they are or how they were fed, they are this years hatch so they would be under a year.

 

[melroseladi]

I believe these were picked up at the EIPA show last weekend directly from Mr. Underwood.
It was nice meeting you, OSU.

I love my little Underwoods!!!!

Penny

 

[NYREDS]

Bill I am cooking a Boston Butt in my Big Green Egg and I will go into the Craft Room where I got some old Poultry Presses and look at the judges section. Maybe this will trigger my memory who told this to me. He was real old when I talked to him in the mid or high 80s that was 30 years ago.

By the way Bill the Cockerel you sent me and his two pullets are looking good. I am going to mate him back to them and try to put together my new line called the New York Line. He came through his molt and looks very nice. The female one of them won best of breed at a show I showed at and got on Champion Row. Very happy with the gift you gave me and will try to keep his line going for many years.

For you who dont know New York Reds won Grand Champion of a show in New York last year on a R I Red bantam ckl. To win that big over all that good competition is BIG.

I just wrote a article for a new web site on how to get started with Rhode Island Red Large Fowl year one. If you are interested in the article send me a personnel message and I will send it to you. This will be a step by step series on how to get started and not to fail series.

Don't know what a Big Green Egg is. When I do pulled pork I start with a whole shoulder & smoke it for 8-10 hours at about 225 degrees.

Anxious to see some of those Red Bantams. I remember the day that cockerel first caught my eye. He had been looking the same as several other 'till all of a sudden he blossomed. I'm sure he's the best I ever raised. He my be the best I ever saw.

 

[Chris09]

Yea it was nice to meet you too Mr Heinz. I actually picked these up right before the EIPA show from another breeder, I am not sure how old they are or how they were fed, they are this years hatch so they would be under a year.

These birds look nice and I see real good potential in them.
Give them time and they will fill out nice.

Chris

 

[Robert Blosl]

The big green egg is a ceramaic barbaque pit I bought ten years ago. It has a super contorol system with vents and keeps the meat at 225 for six to 8 hours. I will take pictures of the bird soon. Got to go to work.

Bill have you seen the genetic code for Rhode Island Reds? I cant figure it out. Will it help us?

Where do they come up with this stuff if they never rasied a Rhode Island Red in their life? bob