The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[Robert Blosl]

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Red Sex Link

Oh. Thanks!

This looks like a production red chick and a classic example of the two different breeds as chicks. So if you think you have H Reds and they look like this guy you most likely don't. There is one place that sells chicks that looks like they are half production and half H R I Reds. But they still do not match up to the old time dark bird called a Rhode Island Red. What will he look like as a adult male. Like a production red or something else. I am not up on Sex Linked chickens as I have never seen one before. Thanks for the picture. bob

 

[RedRidge]

I have a couple of red sex links that are 4 months old that I got from the little girl down the road to support her 4-H project. Red Stars she called them. I'll post some pics later today.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Red Stars are big around here. Suppose to be really good egg layers from what they tell me.

 

[catdaddyfro]

If you go to the top of the page and type in RSL or Red sexlink in the search blank you will find about a gazzillion of them on this site so there not a rarity by any means for sure.

Jeff

 

[FOGELLY]

A few years ago a person we go to church with had a family member pass away. This family member had just gotten some RSL from a 4H kid. I was asked if we could give 12 of them a home. We brought them home and put them in the laying pen. They had just started laying and boy did they lay! Everyday big brown eggs.
All 12 are gone, over time they died off from problems related to egg laying.
We still have RIR that were here before the RSL and are still laying. I don't think we have ever lost a HRIR to problems related to egg laying.

Ron

 

[catdaddyfro]

A few years ago a person we go to church with had a family member pass away. This family member had just gotten some RSL from a 4H kid. I was asked if we could give 12 of them a home. We brought them home and put them in the laying pen. They had just started laying and boy did they lay! Everyday big brown eggs.
All 12 are gone, over time they died off from problems related to egg laying.
We still have RIR that were here before the RSL and are still laying. I don't think we have ever lost a HRIR to problems related to egg laying.

Ron

I bought 5 RSL pullets in spring of '09 now 4 years later I have 1 left out of the 5 all died due too overlaying oversized eggs but lots of them too. I use them to instill new blood into my pro red stock everso often. This move sorta calms down the over exertion of the RSL but throws a little extra into the pro red mix to.

Jeff

 

[Robert Blosl]

I know this breed you are talking about . In fact I tell Chicken Mamas who want to make money with chickens to get these kind of chickens over H R I Reds. They are sprinters. They lay fast and hard then blow out just like Production Reds do . That is the difference between them and H R I Reds. H Reds can lay up to seven to eight years depending on the strain. However, they don't lay the number of eggs as these Golden eggers do.

Great chicken for their purpose and are great for back yard chicken people. I bet there are 50,000 of them alive right now in the USA.

Thanks for the education. I tell you one thing I just went down to the back woods and these stupid Mottled Javas have seven eggs in their nest for two hens. For a dual pupose breed they lay like crazy. I am taking all the old breeders to a friends house this Friday afternoon. He will hatch a few from them and I got about en chicks to raise for future breeders who I will meet in Georgia in February at that show.

 

[immyjay54]

Just wanted to post a couple shots of my Underwood line birds. They are getting so nice. jmo lol Let me know what you all think. Maybe I'm just being partial since they are mine. lol

The first two pic's are of the young ones directly from Gary.These will be 4 months 6/11
Just in case some don't know, click on the first picture and they will open in another window with large pictures.



The next two is my SC Cock and Hen (will be 7 months on 6/11)
laying since 6/12



The next pic's are the 2 RC Cock's (same age as SC's) last shot is to show the width of their backs.

 

[HawaiianRoo]

A farmer from Hawaii has no choice but to either buy production leghorns, production RIR or sex link birds. I have also been able to source birds from Ideal Poultry but have not been satisfied. What to do? Sometimes quarantine turns the eggs back, not too often, but sometimes. Also, I've read pressure differential will make for a very poor hatch rate (>50%). But... this is important to me.

I understand that you have several different lines... I'm learning more about this all the time. The Bates, Horstman, Underwood, etc. How many pullets and cockerels would I need to successfully breed for decades and avoiding inbreeding. I've read rolling breeding uses two different lines. Simple enough, it seems... I would need to pullets and two cockerels from different genetic backgrounds. If I ordered twelve eggs, would those twelve eggs be related. I guess that would be a question to the specific breeder and his specific breeding operation.

I am looking for a strong dual purpose bird. So far, I have found that in the production Rhode Island Red, but I really haven't had much to compare it to with our limited genetics on the Island. I am looking for a bird that can stand on it's own two shanks... a competent forager. Dual purpose, a bird for the oven that also lays fairly well, around 200/year. Easy two work with and rather calm, I really dislike wasting time catching flighty birds.

Here are some pictures of my small farm, coop, and chickens...



Inside of coop.



Rainwater catchment off roof.



Here is my production red rooster.



Chickens love coconuts.




Thanks for any help, really appreciate this forum and especially this 'Heritage RIR' thread.

Aloha,

Troy

 

[3riverschick]

I don't know how the laws work in Hawaii. But there are Marans breeders shipping chicks and eggs out to Hawaii. if they are registered shippers or something, maybe you could get them to include some eggs or chicks for your breed in with theirs. Would still have to pass regs, of course, but might be easier if they were "known shippers".
Best,
Karen