The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[NestingHillsSC]

This is a young Rose Comb Rhode Island Red male.

I want some!!!!

 

[Rancher3535]

Just my thoughts, but if we use common sense, the hatcheries do not have the old time reds like you find on this thread so they would have to be using the Production red etc cock bird over the hatchery barred rock hens in order to get their black stars, black sex link etc. My feelings would be that if you used this cock bird over barred rock hens that you should get the sex link chicks. Don't take this for being gospel though because I'm only giving my opinion. I've never done this.

Jimmy

Just for the heck of it I have made several crosses with different red factor birds. Barnevelder on Columbian Wyandaotte, Welsummer on Columbian Wyandotte, and a SC RIR on commercial females. The first two were great sex-linked birds but WOW RIR on the commercial birds it darkened up the girls. They were very close to good color. Didn't hurt egg production from what I could tell. Of course I marked and kept only the females and then sold them off as RIR crosses after their first year of egg production.

 

[Rancher3535]

Cmom have you used one of Matts SC on your RC's to help them along? Matt does not have RC Reds does he?

 

[RIR-YELLOWLEGS]

Just for the heck of it I have made several crosses with different red factor birds.  Barnevelder on Columbian Wyandaotte, Welsummer on Columbian Wyandotte, and a SC RIR on commercial females.  The first two were great sex-linked birds but WOW RIR on the commercial birds it darkened up the girls.  They were very close to good color.  Didn't hurt egg production from what I could tell.  Of course I marked and kept only the females and then sold them off as RIR crosses after their first year of egg production.

Sure glad you posted your results on. putting your RIR rooster in your hatchery hens your RIR male what strain line are they from just windering and can you post some pictures?

 

[Rancher3535]

Sure glad you posted your results on. putting your RIR rooster in your hatchery hens your RIR male what strain line are they from just windering and can you post some pictures?

At that time I had some from Duane Urch. I have Underwood and Carlow blood lines now.

 

[RIR-YELLOWLEGS]

At that time I had some from Duane Urch.  I have Underwood and Carlow blood lines now.

whew I know about those underwood birds these bloodlines of RIRs awesome and I also think that the reeses lines are awesome!!

 

[bluebirdnanny]

Here are some of my 3 week olds with 5 week olds. Were eating but flash sent them to corner and high alert.

 

[ronott1]

Here are some of my 3 week olds with 5 week olds. Were eating but flash sent them to corner and high alert.

They are drop dead gorgeous!

 

[cmom]

Cmom have you used one of Matts SC on your RC's to help them along? Matt does not have RC Reds does he?

No I haven't, he doesn't.

 

[cmom]

I'll try to remember to get some recent pictures of my older 6 to 8 week old chicks.They will be going out to the outer coops soon with the big birds. I'm getting their duplex coop cleaned now. I worked on it today. The thermometer said 102. I took quite a few breaks. I cleaned out the litter now need to scrub it out and put new litter in and close up the nest boxes so they won't try to sleep and poop in them.