The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[cmom]

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I put 8 Heritage RIR eggs in my incubator awhile back and only 5 turned out fertile and 1 of those was a quitter. All 4 survivors are boys...

 

[cmom]

Here are my 4 survivors.

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

Does anyone know where I can purchase 7 SQ rose comb RIR Bantam hatching eggs? Thanks.

ETA: Chicks may be better in my case since my incubator is so small. I'm looking for 8. I *may* be interested in SC Bantams if that is the only thing available, but I would prefer RC Bantams.

 

[Robert Blosl]

On another site under the Rhode Island Red Club of America Forum they have a very interesting thread on the size of tails on Rhode Island Reds. For you who are lurking and would like to know what a real Rhode Island Red should look like com paired to the chicks you will be buying at the feed stores in a few weeks this his him. Look at this male on the left. He is 24 inches tall and 22 inches long. Has one heck of a head that you dream about. He is breed and owned by Mr. Foggerty of Arkansas who post on this thread now and then. His line came from a fellow named Ricky Bates who was killed in a accident a few years ago. He got his birds from a family in Louisiana named St. Romains and their son showed them for about ten years be for going off to college. They got ten chicks from me about 17 years or so ago and showed them and not only won in junior shows but beat the old men in Open Poultry Shows. Some of the best Large Reds ever seen in Louisianan and Arkansas where shown by this young men judges use to tell me. The mother led me to be leave she crossed Rose Combs onto his strain after he left home to improve the strain. I dont think this was correct and she was just feed me a line for what ever reason. There is no evidence I can see in this picture whats so ever.

Just wanted to show you the improvements in large fowl R I Reds in the past few years. If you want some you sure will enjoy them.

 

[FOGELLY]

On another site under the Rhode Island Red Club of America Forum they have a very interesting thread on the size of tails on Rhode Island Reds. For you who are lurking and would like to know what a real Rhode Island Red should look like com paired to the chicks you will be buying at the feed stores in a few weeks this his him. Look at this male on the left. He is 24 inches tall and 22 inches long. Has one heck of a head that you dream about. He is breed and owned by Mr. Foggerty of Arkansas who post on this thread now and then. His line came from a fellow named Ricky Bates who was killed in a accident a few years ago. He got his birds from a family in Louisiana named St. Romains and their son showed them for about ten years be for going off to college. They got ten chicks from me about 17 years or so ago and showed them and not only won in junior shows but beat the old men in Open Poultry Shows. Some of the best Large Reds ever seen in Louisianan and Arkansas where shown by this young men judges use to tell me. The mother led me to be leave she crossed Rose Combs onto his strain after he left home to improve the strain. I dont think this was correct and she was just feed me a line for what ever reason. There is no evidence I can see in this picture whats so ever.

Just wanted to show you the improvements in large fowl R I Reds in the past few years. If you want some you sure will enjoy them.

Thank you Bob for your kind comments!

The last few years with this line has been a very fun adventure. I look forward to working with them for very long time.

Ron Fogle

 

[NestingHillsSC]

I have some Heritage Reds coming from fogelly coming soon. YEAH!!!

 

[catdaddyfro]

I have some Heritage Reds coming from fogelly coming soon. YEAH!!!

good you will love them for sure.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

good you will love them for sure.

 

[Mumsy]

I have some Heritage Reds coming from fogelly coming soon. YEAH!!!

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[Robert Blosl]

Quote: Ron did you realize what kind of male you have there when you took that pose. First of all it was a classic pose just like the black and white standard, next I could not get over his head and the points ect near perfect, then I saw the wire which I use and counted the wires up and side was and he is 22 inches long and 24 inches tall from the ground to the tip of his comb. All he needs to get into the length of body zone is two more inches. His tail is symmetrical to his body, great green sheen just happy as can be for you to have him. I would line breed this guy back to his mother and then start a family line breeding the longer typed body females back to him for say three years. If all your birds could capture his head points and the type you will have one heck of a strain in the next three to five years. You are so lucky to have a gene pool of this caliber com paired to so many who got started as for them it would take eight to ten years to get to this level. So to you who end up with some of Ron's chicks this is a challenge for you. Print this picture out and frame it and burn this image into your minds eye. Look for chicks that may have these good traits and select one or two and start your own family line. You don't need many as if they cant pass these traits on to their off spring you dont need to keep them. Then if two or three of you can get a grip on this strain then net work with each other over the next five years. Very simple its the line breeding buddy system I talk about. A word of caution do not cross any other strain right now into this line. Clean up the faults the best you can you will be light years a head if you do.

Just nice to see the Rhode Island Red movement now moving up and the breed club which I was once National President of is got a new sectary and editor of the newsletter. If you are not a member and would like to see the latest Rhode Island Red Chronicle that was sent out send me a personnel message with your email address on it and I will send you my email newsletter copy. It is just excellent. Then you can see for yourself this club is ready to move and your dues will go to a good cause and you will get a good return for investment.