The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[NestingHillsSC]

Yes. When it recently dawned on me that ten of the eleven shipped chicks were male and seven of the eleven eggs I hatched were too.....It kind of made me sick to my stomach when I figured in what it was going to cost me to feed all those boys over the course of a year.

Those five maybe six pullets are highly prized as gold to me right now. I look at all those cockerels as a gold mine of choice too. My husband is looking at a lot of fried chicken. I've got to cut those boys down to a dozen pretty quick. Waiting waiting waiting...

 

[catdaddyfro]

In need of the Genetic Code that a fellow posted on this tread many months ago. If some one could back track and find it.

I wrote a article for the English Rhode Island Red Club year book on a Beginners Guide to R I Red Color and would love to put it in the article for the fun of it. There may be someone who may like to see it. Let me know or post it on the tread below. Thanks. bob

Here ya go Bob.

Pretty useful info if you know what it is and how to apply it. IMO

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11/29/12

• 3riverschick
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Hi,
All credit to: "Genetics of Chicken Colours-The Basics" by Van Dort, Hancox and friends,
There are four different colours in this "family" of "Red".
The difference with the show RIR is rb (recessive black).
Page 170:
Black-Tailed Red ; All are based on eWh.

( Because of the Mh, not an overall orange tone as in Black Tailed Buff.
Instead, a Red Brown , as in a New Hampshire) : s+/s+ Ar+/Ar+ Di/Di Mh/Mh

(Similar to above but with black stripe in hackle ): s+/s+ Ar+/Ar+ Di/Di Mh/Mh Ml/Ml

(True red form, as in New Hampshire but darker, lacking Dilute gene) : s+/s+ Ar+/Ar+ Mh/Mh Db/Db

(Exhibition Rhode Island Red) ; s+/s+ Ar+/Ar+ Mh/Mh Db/Db 'rb/rb'

Best,
Karen

Edited by 3riverschick - 11/29/12 at 2:17pm

 

[monnie662]

Well, I started my morning out good, the 1/2 hatchery and 1/2 HRIR decided for the third time to take me on and I lost my temper threw him out of the pen, went in the house and got my shotgun and stopped him for good. I had taken him in out of the goodness of my heart but enough is enough, he didn't know which side his bread was buttered on and I love my HRIRs and they are not a bother at all to be around so not messing with a crazy rooster.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

We chose to rehome our production roo last week. He was old enough that the meat would not be tender so I sold him for $5.

 

[1muttig]

I'm trying to find out how long and what months are Rhode Island Hens in season for mating.

 

[har]

I knew this elderly man in the early 70's. He had raised chickens his whole life. Him and I used to talk for hours, mostly about chickens. I was over there one day and I noticed some old roosters in individual cages on wire. He told me that he would keep the old Roos in the cages to break there muscle down so he could eat them.

 

[redrstr29]

Well, I started my morning out good, the 1/2 hatchery and 1/2 HRIR decided for the third time to take me on and I lost my temper threw him out of the pen, went in the house and got my shotgun and stopped him for good. I had taken him in out of the goodness of my heart but enough is enough, he didn't know which side his bread was buttered on and I love my HRIRs and they are not a bother at all to be around so not messing with a crazy rooster.

LOL

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Also Next Year I will be looking to purchase about 50 HRIR or more Jimmyjay, Fredhens or Chickmagnet Keep me in mind, I might have to order 25 from each of yall lol....Im not joking, I wanna bring this line to CT we got NONE, that I know of...IM building a 30 x20 ft barn with a run, for them and for my meat rabbits....

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Well, I started my morning out good, the 1/2 hatchery and 1/2 HRIR decided for the third time to take me on and I lost my temper threw him out of the pen, went in the house and got my shotgun and stopped him for good. I had taken him in out of the goodness of my heart but enough is enough, he didn't know which side his bread was buttered on and I love my HRIRs and they are not a bother at all to be around so not messing with a crazy rooster.

I had one like that I did the same to this year. But I have one, the older rooster that is awesome. I will never part with him. I can put him in with 3 day olds' and he won't touch them. Very calm and very nice to all the other hens. Actually yesterday I put a temp nesting box in the coop because I think the LB's are ready to start laying any day now. Knowing I think these hens never layed before, he went in the coop and got in the nesting box and was doing low clucking and growling noises to get the hens up there. He was actually teaching them were to lay there eggs. I even took a vid of him doing it. Quit interesting. I've seen him do this to new hens before.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Beautiful HRIR's and yummy fresh strawberry jam from my strawberry patch!!

 

[AletaG]

All right! Coops successfully wrestled to our property. Flock relocated to the one coop that was easy to set up. YAY! Two more and probably a week or 2 of wrestling to figure out the other 2 (literally built like houses, had to remove roofs, all the hardware, nestboxes and they were STILL hard for 4 adults to budge).

Will post pics later. Really!

Next challenges:
1. Find HRIR hens or eggs of the Ron Fogle strain
2. Learn how to track mating info so know who's got who's eyes or whatever
3. Find homes for the free chicks that came with the coops (all 12)
(This last will help me keep my mind off the fact I can't play with HRIR just yet)

Thanks all. Love this site!