The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[CrzyChknLady81]

Don't know about the bending from heat..the same tree that provided the branches provided plenty of protection from the sun. I'm in WV tho, we hit 95 in the summer and everything shuts down..lol

 

[NestingHillsSC]

What is it called? Heck, if the sun there in TN makes it bend on the sides, the whole roof will melt here in s. AZ where our sun is VERY intense for months at a time. I've got to build more pens so just looking at alternatives. Thanks.

It will be fine there to if installed right. I will take pic later. Build with it as we speak. Lemon aid break. Lol. Miller later. Hahaha

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Getting very frustrated!! Not sure if it's my cockerel or pullet. I'm having fertility problems. Had to throw out 4 out of 6 eggs at 2 weeks in bator for non-fertile. Checked the ones after 7 days and looks like almost all of the 7 eggs are infertile. It's not the condition feed etc. Because all my breeding areas are the same. And the pair of reds are the only ones having this issue. All other breeds I never throw out eggs for this. It's going to take me 5 yrs to get any type of flock with these.

 

[RIR-YELLOWLEGS]

Getting very frustrated!! Not sure if it's my cockerel or pullet. I'm having fertility problems. Had to throw out 4 out of 6 eggs at 2 weeks in bator for non-fertile. Checked the ones after 7 days and looks like almost all of the 7 eggs are infertile. It's not the condition feed etc. Because all my breeding areas are the same. And the pair of reds are the only ones having this issue. All other breeds I never throw out eggs for this. It's going to take me 5 yrs to get any type of flock with these.

thats a horrible run of bad luck ,is there anycway you can your rooster with another hen ???This is one of thecreasons most breeder have there breeding with a set of 3 -2 hens and 1 rooster if you could do this you may can find out for certain.

 

[RIR-YELLOWLEGS]

thats a horrible run of bad luck ,is there anycway you can your rooster with another hen ???This is one of thecreasons most breeder have there breeding with a set of 3 -2 hens and 1 rooster if you could do this you may can find out for certain.

oh BTW ask matt 1616 or jimmy I am most certain that they could tell you a way to find out if there is another way than what i suggested.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

No only have

thats a horrible run of bad luck ,is there anycway you can your rooster with another hen ???This is one of thecreasons most breeder have there breeding with a set of 3 -2 hens and 1 rooster if you could do this you may can find out for certain.

No. Only have this pair. I had 14 brahma eggs with these and didn't have to throw out one.

 

[RIR-YELLOWLEGS]

No only have
No. Only have this pair. I had 14 brahma eggs with these and didn't have to throw out one.

glad you had luck with the 14 eggs it had to work this as a hobby much lets a a high line breeding of good poultry and i have seen your pictures on your website you have some BEAUTIFUL birds and its been a long time for me and im just getting started again with RIRs I have some just for eggs and maybe some change up not sure of that just yet and I have a line up 3 of english strain that have not had there lines mixed up that came from a local breeder.Do you think it maybe your pullet?

 

[Feathyr]

@ NestingHillsSC - What age are your Reds? My Underwood trio didn't give me fertile eggs until they were over a year old. Never found out which bird(s) took so long to become fertile.

 

[cmom]

I have had this problem too not knowing if it is the male or a female. I just did my last hatch of the season and 2/3 of the eggs turned out to be infertile. I am thinking that here maybe the heat has something to do with it because for over a month now we have been pretty much in the 90's every day. I have been putting on the sprinklers I have set up in the pens. I'm even standing under them to cool off.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

@ NestingHillsSC - What age are your Reds? My Underwood trio didn't give me fertile eggs until they were over a year old. Never found out which bird(s) took so long to become fertile.

I don't think there are a year yet if I remember what he said. Just never had this problem before. My fogley roo was a breeding machine. Hahaha. Never had the reese line before so not sure how they r.