The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[PoultryQueen101]

Yay! A place I can get opinions on my RC RIR Cockerel! Hmm . Ill try for pics sometime. Tab is acting up.

 

[jwswans]

Thought you would enjoy this and share?

Jimmy Swanson

 

[farmboss]

This is awesome the moe the better
Someday I to will have those pretty little boogers

Why do the Reds from my area all look so pale by comparison

 

[NestingHillsSC]

This is awesome the moe the better
Someday I to will have those pretty little boogers

Why do the Reds from my area all look so pale by comparison

More than likely they are production reds. Hatcheries do not sell Standard Reds. They do not breed to the SOP. There main interest is to breed to have the hens lay a lot of eggs. Hence there name Production Reds. So the type, color etc is lost.

 

[farmboss]

So it sounds like the old time ones might be fairly difficult to come by

 

[farmboss]

The Reds that are available here do have very nice uniform eggs do the heratige breed have the same uniformity

 

[farmboss]

I used to have 50 barred rocks and they were good chickens but their eggs were several shades of brown

 

[farmboss]

I know it's probably a little weird but I like all my eggs to be close to the same shade of brown

 

[cmom]

This is awesome the moe the better
Someday I to will have those pretty little boogers

Why do the Reds from my area all look so pale by comparison

I agree they are probably hatchery. Where do you live? If there are any poultry shows close to your area you will probably see some very fine Reds there. That is how I got started. I knew I wanted some and went to a poultry show and found what I was looking for. I had been going to that show for a few years. When I decided I wanted some nice pure heritage RIR's I did some research on lines. I love them.

 

[farmboss]

I live in missouri