The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[cmom]

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I really didn't want to eat them but would as a last resort. I really need the pen for some breeders.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

We put a few of our RIR roos in the freezer this past fall. so far every one of them has tasted great.

 

[cmom]

We put a few of our RIR roos in the freezer this past fall. so far every one of them has tasted great.

We just did several cockerel RIW's and some RSL's. I do have some of the RIR boys sold now and hopefully the rest. They are soooo nice I hate to send them to freezer camp. They would make good breeders for anyone even if it were for barnyard mixes. They are really nice boys.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I have often thought of getting the whites to make a RSL. I opted instead for a pair of barred rocks for the BSL just because the barred rocks were so easy to obtain.

 

[cmom]

I have often thought of getting the whites to make a RSL. I opted instead for a pair of barred rocks for the BSL just because the barred rocks were so easy to obtain.

I have been thinking of breeding RC RIW females to RC RIR male and making RC RSL's.

 

[desertmarcy]

I have often thought of getting the whites to make a RSL. I opted instead for a pair of barred rocks for the BSL just because the barred rocks were so easy to obtain.

The Delaware is a good option to breed to Rhode Island Red for RSL.

 

[cmom]

Quote: I did that a few years ago. I bred Delaware females to a Rhode Island Red male. The male chicks looked like the Delaware females and the female chicks looked like the Rhode Island Red male. There was no white on the Del/RIR females, they looked like RIR's.

 

[TriciaHowe]

Happy to take some of them off your hands

We have ours with our delaware hens now..... Have great fertility with your boy and all are developing great in the bator right now

 

[cmom]

Happy to take some of them off your hands

We have ours with our delaware hens now..... Have great fertility with your boy and all are developing great in the bator right now

When I did the Del/RIR cross I was surprised because I thought the females would have white on their tails but they didn't they looked like RIR's.

 

[RedRidge]

Is there a group with the same passion for RIR working towards pasture/foraging genetics?


Thank you!

A group?  Do you mean a thread here on BYC?   I don't think so.

However, what you use your birds for and the style in which you raise them is up to you.  I can tell you this.  I was just talking with my friend down in the Tennessee who is a top breeder of Rocks, but someone who I have gotten started in Reds.  He mentioned it in passing that the Reds are the first ones who bolt off when being let out to range.  They're off in a dash to forage and scratch and will traverse an amazing amount of ground in search of a fresh pasture area to work.

The birds, in my experience, with our lines, are excellent, excellent foragers.  And, welcome to BYC.

Totally agree. Mine are rotationally grazed daily around 50 acres here in TN for all but 3 months of the year. They rotate easily, forage great, and are not flighty so electronetting and a good maremma is all I need.