The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[Jharper]

I finally got a picture of her here.

 

[Jharper]

Here is my broody. Would y'all call her heritage??

 

[Jharper]

I can get a better picture of her tomorrow.

 

[ronott1]

I would like to share some photos of my HRIR babies. They were hatched by Ron Ottman (Ronott1) who kindly shared 4 of these lovely birds with me; which I am feeling quite fortunate about. They are San Romain/Ron Fogel bloodlines.

In the past, I did have HRIR, as well as Orpington, and Yokahama chickens, where they added joy to my life, and many lived to be 11-12 yrs. old. Needless to say; I love and adore Heritage breeds, and appreciate all their virtues.

The photos below were taken in my studio under artificial lighting which diluted some of their beautiful coloring such as their feet. In person, their feet are corn-yellow : ) They will be confined for a while, and will post more photos when they are able to free range.

Dear Ron (Ronott 1), thank you very much for these gorgeous birds. Finally, after a year long search, I have my own Heritage Rhode Island Reds.

Your Welcome Lual!

Thank you for sharing the pictures--They look great at 11 weeks old. I can't wait until they are fully grown.

 

[kaylee gee]

Please comment on my boy here. His name is Boss and I bought him from a local breeder. He is 7 months old. I was originally wanting to use him for breeding until I stumbled upon the awareness of heritage RIR! I am now convinced that I want to be a HRIR breeder, to improve upon the stock in my area. Should I bother with my gentleman here, or start over from scratch? Thanks for the comments!

 

[Fred's Hens]

Kaylee, so glad you made it to this thread.

If it were me? I'd get me a dozen eggs or a box of 8 chicks from one of the breeders on this thread. Unfortunately, most have broken up their breeding pens because the heat of summer is soon upon us. But, stick around and enjoy the thread. It is a great resource. Welcome aboard.

 

[Jharper]

Please comment on my boy here. His name is Boss and I bought him from a local breeder. He is 7 months old. I was originally wanting to use him for breeding until I stumbled upon the awareness of heritage RIR! I am now convinced that I want to be a HRIR breeder, to improve upon the stock in my area. Should I bother with my gentleman here, or start over from scratch? Thanks for the comments!

If you don't want to get rid of him you can get some darker HRIR hens and let them breed and weed out the bad ones.

 

[catdaddyfro]

If you don't want to get rid of him you can get some darker HRIR hens and let them breed and weed out the bad ones.

And then in maybe 8/10 generations you might be on the right track to getting closer to a real RIR. Its just much easier to start off with the good/real stuff and just go from there.
That male shown is a typical example of a Production type chicken in the red color there are lots of variations of such. See the Leghorn type (rangey/lanky) in the body, it would take a person eons of breeding and out crossing to ever get that breed out and the heavy frame of a true dual purpose type instilled completely into a line.

Just sayin' and tryin' to save you a little time + $$$

Jeff

 

[Jharper]

And then in maybe 8/10 generations you might be on the right track to getting closer to a real RIR. Its just much easier to start off with the good/real stuff and just go from there.
That male shown is a typical example of a Production type chicken in the red color there are lots of variations of such. See the Leghorn type  (rangey/lanky) in the body, it would take a person eons of breeding and out crossing to ever get that breed out and the heavy frame of a true dual purpose type instilled completely into a line.

Just sayin' and tryin' to save you a little time + $$$

Jeff

Haha yeah!

 

[melroseladi]

Please comment on my boy here. His name is Boss and I bought him from a local breeder. He is 7 months old. I was originally wanting to use him for breeding until I stumbled upon the awareness of heritage RIR! I am now convinced that I want to be a HRIR breeder, to improve upon the stock in my area. Should I bother with my gentleman here, or start over from scratch? Thanks for the comments!

Many of us on this thread have been exactly where you are, including myself. With the help of the pros on this thread I soon realized that no matter how much I tried to get my inferior birds to be better they would never make it to the quality of the Real Reds. From my experience I would suggest starting over with a good blood line and working towards improving them to fit not only the SOP but to also fit your needs.

Penny