The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[NestingHillsSC]

Yea she's 2 weeks older than the rest. The others molted there tail feathers, so they are just now growing back.

 

[Robert Blosl]

Nice to see New York Reds on need your impute. Nice length of body on that male. bob

 

[NestingHillsSC]

I do believe he is my breeder this coming year.

 

[arthury]

Do Rhode Islands get into their dark red color after they mature? When they are younger, say under 1 month old, they are lighter brown?
May I see some photos of young heritage RIR under 2 month old, please?
Thanks!

 

[immyjay54]

Do Rhode Islands get into their dark red color after they mature? When they are younger, say under 1 month old, they are lighter brown?
May I see some photos of young heritage RIR under 2 month old, please?
Thanks!

I just took these pictures from today to 10 days ago. These just hatched and they do get really dark. If you go to my site you will see all ages. lol Some have darker down then others but they aren't real dark until they get start getting their feathers especially after the juvenile molt. 12 to 15 weeks.

 

[ronott1]

Do Rhode Islands get into their dark red color after they mature? When they are younger, say under 1 month old, they are lighter brown?
May I see some photos of young heritage RIR under 2 month old, please?
Thanks!

This is hatch:



At a Week old



Keeping warm on the cat at a week old



Getting dark feathers at several weeks old



Enjoying the grass at 6 weeks old or so



A Pullet at 16 weeks old, photo taken this afternoon. She still has a final molt to go through.



This is a picture of a Pullet that I hatched from the same line last Spring. The 16 week old pullet will look like this in about 10 weeks.

 

[MumsyII]

Do Rhode Islands get into their dark red color after they mature? When they are younger, say under 1 month old, they are lighter brown?
May I see some photos of young heritage RIR under 2 month old, please?
Thanks!

My Ron Fogle strain from first week to two months.












The last picture is what they look like today at three months old.

 

[cmom]

Here are some chicks that are around 8 weeks old. There are some Heritage Rhode Island Reds, Rose Comb and Single Comb Rhode Island Whites, Red Sex Links and some 2nd generation Red Sex Links (2nd generation RSL's do not breed true so you can get about any color). The Heritage RIR's are descendants of the Reese/Mohawk line.

 

[cmom]

Here are a few more pics of the chicks when they were younger.

 

[Robert Blosl]

some strains of Rhode Island Reds are darker than others. Some are washed out and are light years away from being the top blood lines in the USA. Walt says it's so easy to get a bunch of birds and within two to three years you screwed them up. We have seen master breeders die and have some hot shot come in a and buy the birds and within three years he is out of them for not knowing how to breed them for color or type. It has happened for years so that is how color can be darker or less dark but don't worry about it right now. If you are a begninerer you have no idea what your birds will look like till they are adults. You are lucky in some cases that some nice person shared his H Rhode Island with you. If you do not plan on showing hem and just want them for personnel use that ok as you are practicing and latter when you get a idea what you are looking for by seeing these pictures on this board you can reorder from someone else and raise ten or so more and if you like hem better get rid of the first ones and move on.

Hope this helps you on that issue. Look at this little chicks beak color. See how dark it is. To me I can look at a chick like this and say he will be a dark dark red when he grows up, This chicks looks like some of the ones I use to raise and I use to watch these guys as they grow up to see how dark they would grow. Sometimes I was pleased to see dark black quill colors when they where adults. That to me means I can't get them any darker and I am going to have two and three year old adults who are even in color and not faded out adults which is a secret to breeding color. Breed from hens and cock birds that are dark and they will all be dark and even as young birds and when they are three to five years old. Breed from ckls and pullets yaear in and year out and you will never know. That's what the old boys did in the fifty's and sixty's.