The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[monnie662]

Sick chickens go hypothermic--get some heat on him and try to keep it at 85 degrees.

I think I am going to bring him back inside tonight again just to be on the safe side, it is 72 degrees now so he needs more heat.
Thanks

 

[Fred's Hens]

Hope this young fella's tail comes in better. Like his width all the way back, just gotta grow that tail, we hope. 4 1/2 months old.

 

[kaiwan]

These were purchased as day old chicks. I was told the parent stock were Reese and Urch birds. They are 5 months old this weekend. Please judge them! In my opinion the cockerels are gangly and not as wide as I would have expected. The best of the bunch is pictured here.







I like the pullets better. They are all pretty much the same. These pics are all of the same pullet.







Thanks!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I think the flash is really changing the color of your birds. It also looks like the rooster's neck feathers are still coming in. I would wait a bit more before culling any of them unless you are just overrun with roosters.

 

[cmom]

I think the flash is really changing the color of your birds. It also looks like the rooster's neck feathers are still coming in. I would wait a bit more before culling any of them unless you are just overrun with roosters.

I agree. I have the Reese line. I have quite a few cockerels from my last hatch but I'm letting them grow out until the next show here which will be towards the end of October. I have a couple of boys picked out that are looking good right now. My older Reese male died a few months ago so these are his sons. He was a handsome fellow. Here is one of my Reese males when he was younger.

 

[Fred's Hens]

I'm just watching this last little trio grow out. I admit to pampering them. They're a bit late to the party as we had a horrid and looooooong winter that pushed breeding way back and limited the numbers as well.

Just feed them and watch them grow, at this point, and hope for the best.

 

[desertmarcy]

Has anybody ever seen stubs on a Rhode Island Red or am I just unlucky? I am seeing tiny stubs between toes. Culling hard and will try to single mate next year to see if I can figure out which one(s) might be throwing these. Can anybody tell me the genetics of stubs, is it recessive or dominant or ? This is what I'm seeing. Photos of a couple pullets' feet:





Otherwise they are really nice birds:

 

[NeilsHamburgs]

Many great strains in lots of breeds have stubs.

 

[desertmarcy]

Many great strains in lots of breeds have stubs.

Are you saying one shouldn't bother trying to breed it out? Because as a clean-legged breed they shouldn't have them and yes they can be pulled out for showing and no one would be the wiser, but as a poultry judge friend of mine told me, "you are only fooling yourself".

 

[NeilsHamburgs]

I ask a very very wise man one time and he said it was impossible. there's a lot of stub plucking that goes on but it depends on the person you ask as to whether they will admit to practicing it or not.