The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[Irishhenman]

Irish hen man, sometimes my computer skills lack a bit. I changed out that photo for this.

Ahh fair enough, it was just confusing me a little bit

 

[bluebirdnanny]

In the neck there is a lot of lacing, that lacing will give you a ton of head aches down the road when working on color.  

Chris I can not handle more than my ONE good Nelson Cockerel. I think he will be a Cock in August or September.... I'll have to check back with Fred on his hatch date. They are headed for the freezer, except the for sure pullet on the far right. She will probably end up in the layers but time will tell if some of her young may end up in the Kittle breeding group project.

What I really want is to proliferate my Nelsons but I only had one trio and lost a pullet.

My original plan was Kittle eggs for sale/eating and Nelsons for breeding. I can't afford to show. And I don't think any of mine yet are the quality to win the best of show. I will weed out everything else once I get enough Nelsons of laying age here.

Then the real work will begin.

 

[Lewis Farms]

Thank you so much everyone! Our rooster was an accident and he is so sweet I was hoping there was something special about him other than his personality. I know nothing about the exact standards of perfection. There aren't enough forums for the heritage breeds or information on how to buy show level chickens and who the good breeders are. As we expand our new hobby it would be good to get more of that info. Thanks again!!!!

@ Lewis Farms These birds show what a true bred, Rhode Island Red, and this thread is all about. Long, oblong, brick shaped bodies, rich, dark mahogany feathering, Perhaps you'll be able to get started soon with some real Rhode Island Reds.

 

[monnie662]

Well, nothing gets the adrenaline pumping faster than you gathering eggs and nearly pick up a snake. Then I couldn't figure out how I was going to shoot it without shooting into the coop where my young ones are so got up on some saw horses and shot down into the nest, raked it out, took it outside and it had an egg in it and since it had a hole blowed in it I got the egg out, and guess what it was a plastic egg so I helped that snake whether I wanted to or not.

 

[gander007]

Well, nothing gets the adrenaline pumping faster than you gathering eggs and nearly pick up a snake. Then I couldn't figure out how I was going to shoot it without shooting into the coop where my young ones are so got up on some saw horses and shot down into the nest, raked it out, took it outside and it had an egg in it and since it had a hole blowed in it I got the egg out, and guess what it was a plastic egg so I helped that snake whether I wanted to or not.

 

[immyjay54]

Well, nothing gets the adrenaline pumping faster than you gathering eggs and nearly pick up a snake. Then I couldn't figure out how I was going to shoot it without shooting into the coop where my young ones are so got up on some saw horses and shot down into the nest, raked it out, took it outside and it had an egg in it and since it had a hole blowed in it I got the egg out, and guess what it was a plastic egg so I helped that snake whether I wanted to or not

Oh my gosh, could only happen to you. lol You can keep all those crawling things your way. I don't think there are many things that I absolute any worse then a snake. I don't care if they are 5 inches long or 5 feet long. To me a snake is a snake. I just hate them. Glad you got it taken care of and hope you don't have that happen to you again.
Jim

 

[smarsh]

Poor snake. As a ute (youth), I was gathering eggs after dark, reaching in each nest and feeling about. A large, what we called cow snake, was curled up in one. I dropped what eggs I had collected in my tee shirt held up by the tails for a basket.

 

[immyjay54]

Poor snake. As a ute (youth), I was gathering eggs after dark, reaching in each nest and feeling about. A large, what we called cow snake, was curled up in one. I dropped what eggs I had collected in my tee shirt held up by the tails for a basket.

That would be me. Also, tears of joy would be running down my legs. lol

 

[smarsh]

as dirty as I was by the end of the day, that would have resulted in muddy legs.

 

[monnie662]

Oh my gosh, could only happen to you. lol You can keep all those crawling things your way. I don't think there are many things that I absolute any worse then a snake. I don't care if they are 5 inches long or 5 feet long. To me a snake is a snake. I just hate them. Glad you got it taken care of and hope you don't have that happen to you again.
Jim

I'm surprised I haven't found one before now, have seen one crawling through and I got after it with the gun and a hoe and it disappeared but never like this, my husband said go get your gloves and just catch it and pull it out and of course I looked at him like he had two heads. Didn't hurt the nest much has a hole in it but it is fixable, but this has made me real cautious when I go in there, this nest is about eye level so I'm standing up real high now to look in there. Too bad you don't get to enjoy snakes and fire ants, Jimmy, you'd learn to move real fast sometimes especially if those fire ants get up your legs and you can see how fast you come out of your clothes.