The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[RFR of CA]

Can anyone recommend a heritage line that will lay a xl to jumbo egg? I know it is a partially an age thing but my girls are in their second season now and are still only laying a medium egg (barely).
They are huge birds, same size as my marans who lay 2.3 oz consistently, but the eggs are downright puny. I don't want to go production, I was just wondering if I can have the best of both worlds

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[cmom]

Can anyone recommend a heritage line that will lay a xl to jumbo egg? I know it is a partially an age thing but my girls are in their second season now and are still only laying a medium egg (barely).
They are huge birds, same size as my marans who lay 2.3 oz consistently, but the eggs are downright puny. I don't want to go production, I was just wondering if I can have the best of both worlds

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What line are the birds from? How old are they?

 

[RedRidge]

Can anyone recommend a heritage line that will lay a xl to jumbo egg? I know it is a partially an age thing but my girls are in their second season now and are still only laying a medium egg (barely). They are huge birds, same size as my marans who lay 2.3 oz consistently, but the eggs are downright puny. I don't want to go production, I was just wondering if I can have the best of both worlds PICS

Egg laying quantity, size, and POL are totally line dependent.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Egg laying quantity, size, and POL are totally line dependent.

X2 Line, strain and individual dependent.

 

[cmom]

I agree line and age too. My pullets started laying not too long ago and the eggs were small but surprisingly larger than some of my other breeds when they first started to lay. My line is Reese/Mohawk.

 

[RFR of CA]

They were hatched 7/13 and they are from Luckey Pickens Farm in Arkansas. George Ryan and Roy Autry stock.

 

[Fred's Hens]

I remember when Jimmy had all these strains and lines and compared the egg laying of them all.

I've only a few of the lines and strains of those lines. The individual birds are still unique, but some general statements can be made. Through your selections, you'll determine the egg laying, quality and quantity, of the birds you will have bred over the next 3 to 4 years. If you select for eggs, then you'll improve the egg laying of your future birds. If you do not, then things will stay roughly the same or even degrade. Breeding is making decisions, choices and making selective (read that as picky, fussy, particular) choices of those that go into the breeding pens.

 

[RedNewcomer]

I can only assume this isn't a heritage RiR. It's my father in laws rooster that was actually brooded by a mallard last summer. If I can recall correctly the hen was either a red sex link or production red ?

 

[RedNewcomer]

I can only assume this isn't a heritage RiR. It's my father in laws rooster that was actually brooded by a mallard last summer. If I can recall correctly the hen was either a red sex link or production red ?

 

[Fred's Hens]

Yup, hatchery grade production red. Although, I've sure seen worse.