The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[Robert Blosl]

Penny you are a great student you took the words right out of my mouth.

This is a good looking guy and I would like to use his picture in a article I am putting together. This is a classic Production Red Male
this kind of fellow maybe not him but others are the kind that has given Rhode Island Reds a bad repetition of being mean. These males from the feed stores when this age have some kind of personality and want to spur and attach people mostly little children which is scary.
So if you ever read all the other R I Red experts that have this kind of chicken you may here this.

Normally old fashion Dark Dark Dark Rhode Island Red males are docile. I have never seen a mean one and if I did he would leave the farm.

What state do you live in?

You should be able to find some nice young birds in the next few months from many on this thread who could get you started. You only need a male and two nice females and you can hatch bunches of them next year. Thanks for your post it is a good yard stick to measure the difference between the two breeds of fowl

 

[kaylee gee]

Penny you are a great student you took the words right out of my mouth.

This is a good looking guy and I would like to use his picture in a article I am putting together. This is a classic Production Red Male
this kind of fellow maybe not him but others are the kind that has given Rhode Island Reds a bad repetition of being mean. These males from the feed stores when this age have some kind of personality and want to spur and attach people mostly little children which is scary.
So if you ever read all the other R I Red experts that have this kind of chicken you may here this.

Normally old fashion Dark Dark Dark Rhode Island Red males are docile. I have never seen a mean one and if I did he would leave the farm.

What state do you live in?

You should be able to find some nice young birds in the next few months from many on this thread who could get you started. You only need a male and two nice females and you can hatch bunches of them next year. Thanks for your post it is a good yard stick to measure the difference between the two breeds of fowl

Thanks for the disguised complement LOL! He is a good looking guy, and although production reds can be mean spirited he is as sweet as my leghorn boy. His temperment and size are what made me what to get chicks from him.

I live in southern louisiana near covington. I would like to get some birds now of course lol but my dh would probably like if i wait til i have sold my previous stock first! I am already hatching a plan - pun absolutely intended! - on how to try to be a benefit to the HRIR breed. They are such beautiful and majestic birds! I want to be sure that I am ready to be an asset instead of a liability.

 

[FOGELLY]

Thanks for the disguised complement LOL! He is a good looking guy, and although production reds can be mean spirited he is as sweet as my leghorn boy. His temperment and size are what made me what to get chicks from him.

I live in southern louisiana near covington. I would like to get some birds now of course lol but my dh would probably like if i wait til i have sold my previous stock first! I am already hatching a plan - pun absolutely intended! - on how to try to be a benefit to the HRIR breed. They are such beautiful and majestic birds! I want to be sure that I am ready to be an asset instead of a liability.

Like the pervious post stated many of us had to start over to get the real thing.
I believe Chris Herzog lives in your area, he has some very nice HRIR. He post on this thread.

Ron

 

[Jharper]

I would say that the HRIR breed is a fading breed b/c of the new production breed. So it is always a good thing for someone to help the breed.

 

[Chris Herzog]

Thanks for the disguised complement LOL! He is a good looking guy, and although production reds can be mean spirited he is as sweet as my leghorn boy. His temperment and size are what made me what to get chicks from him.

I live in southern louisiana near covington. I would like to get some birds now of course lol but my dh would probably like if i wait til i have sold my previous stock first! I am already hatching a plan - pun absolutely intended! - on how to try to be a benefit to the HRIR breed. They are such beautiful and majestic birds! I want to be sure that I am ready to be an asset instead of a liability.

Yep, I live in Covington off Lee Rd and if you like you can come by one day and I'll show you some of my birds. I'm sure I can help you get started with H birds when your ready.

Thanks Ron for the complement!

Chris

 

[RedRidge]

My Underwood RC are 5 weeks old... thought it was time to snap some more pics...
Too hot to fool with taking them outside, so I just snapped them in the coop.

 

[cmom]

Is anyone still shipping either RC RIR eggs or chicks? I'm really interested in a male.

 

[520farmer]

Hidi ho everybody, I just caught up on this thread and thought id post a pic of my HRIRs got them from DesertMarcy down here in Tucson Arizona. They are so great, from the Reese/Mohawk line I'll post better pics when they get bigger. I'll be trying to breed them up for meat and for my boys to show when they get a little older. I'm glad to have a site like byc full of so many people that are so knowledgeable thank you all so much.

 

[cmom]

Hidi ho everybody, I just caught up on this thread and thought id post a pic of my HRIRs got them from DesertMarcy down here in Tucson Arizona. They are so great, from the Reese/Mohawk line I'll post better pics when they get bigger. I'll be trying to breed them up for meat and for my boys to show when they get a little older. I'm glad to have a site like byc full of so many people that are so knowledgeable thank you all so much.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

I noticed today that 2 of my girls have a few tail feathers missing. Uniform missing. Like 1 or 2 on each side of the center feathers. Not sure at around 4 months they do this or my older production roo is pulling them out when he wants one.

Had him with them for protection. He's good at that. But decided to move him back with the 8 production girls. Can't have him pulling there feathers out.