The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[jackhorn01]

Anyone have any Heritage RIR hatching eggs available that will ship?

 

[bob869007]

My intent for my future RI Reds wouldn't be for breeding to sell chicks. It would be for eggs for my family. I realize what your saying about needing an incubator in the future, especially if I want to keep the breed to standard. I guess I have visions of a true to standard personal flock with a few broody hens with chicks trailing after them. Again, I am a new to this so maybe this isn't possible?

Nice incubator by the way! Gets me motivated seeing how others have built and designed things like that. Great job.

I am doing the same in Southern Oregon. We raise rabbits for meat. I currently have hatchery RIRs and want some broody old type that are good free rangers. I can hatch eggs but only if a silkie or OEG are brooding. I am just starting up and have 2 hens setting now for my first ever egg hatch. This is our first spring with out new flock we got last year. I believe in doing things as naturally as possible so I'm going to see what nature does on her own with these 2 clutches. Not only do I want to produce eggs but I also want to produce a good amount of meat from free range RIR that were hatched by hens, taught to range by hens, etc. all done naturally. RIR has been my favorite breed of chicken. I have had the Prod type for many years. If any of y'all have any ideas on a bloodline that would suit my needs that would be great. So far I'm thinking about the Wilfred Kittle line but can't find a breeder of them. Good luck to ya

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

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If you're not planning to show your RIR and just want good dual-purpose birds, blood line doesn't matter. Any "standard" RIR will suit your needs by producing lots of eggs and make a nice table bird.

 

[cmom]

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@Fred's Hens's I believe has birds from Kittle's line. I noticed he hasn't been on BYC for awhile. He would know. Maybe shoot him a PM.

 

[bob869007]

I plan on a strain for that purpose but I really would like broody RIR hens and most everyone has bred that out of them. I have heard of certain bloodlines that are broody and would like to find some of those and I read about the Kittle birds. Thanks though

 

[bob869007]

Sent him one than you

 

[waddles99]

@cmom I candled the eggs and put them in lockdown. 2 from #1 Sonny and 3 from #3 made it out of the 14. I'm curious to see what hatches.

 

[cmom]

I'm about to have another hatch too.

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

@cmom I candled the eggs and put them in lockdown. 2 from #1 Sonny and 3 from #3 made it out of the 14. I'm curious to see what hatches.

5 viable eggs out of 14? As bad as that sounds, it's a whole lot better than the 2 out of 30 with my last batch of shipped eggs. I hope all of them make it out of the shells okay. If they do, you'll likely wind up with 3 males and 2 females. Just a hunch...

I've only got 17 chicks in the brooders so far, but if most of the 44 eggs now in the incubator will hatch, I should be close to my target of 60 chicks. I'm realistic and know not all of them will hatch, so I'll collect eggs for the rest of this week just to be sure. This should give me plenty to choose from for next year's breeders. I know these breeders will be happy to move back into their large coop and big runs.

 

[cmom]

I just candled my eggs and put them into the hatchers. Out of 100 eggs 15 were either early quitters or infertile. These eggs were about 2 weeks old when I put them in the incubator. Now to see how many actually hatch. I broke an egg while candling but the chick is moving. It went into a hatcher. I misted it. They are due to hatch on Wednesday but it's looks like some may hatch sooner.