The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

[nivtup]

I just happened to have the Standard laying here when the question was asked.

 

[eggdd]

that's what amazes you? alright, then.

leg color in breeds i currently work with are important and people are constantly striving to better them (welsummer, as an example).

 

[FOGELLY]

I need to apologize for my earlier post it came off as rude. Yes leg color is important. Thank you for your input.

 

[lucky123]

I have to say that I'm guilty of over looking leg color on certain breeds. I culled some orpingtons last year for wrong leg color, but as my other post stated, I am more interested in color and type when it comes to the heritage rir. I had a member of this forum who asked me the question I asked in the earlier post, and I wanted to give him the correct answer is the reason I asked. Ron, your right about leg color changing. I have two sister production reds who both had yellow legs, and now only one has dull yellow. I also noticed last year that many had yellow legs when hatched and after a few months they really lightened up.

 

[FOGELLY]

No problem Billy, I had no intent on offending the members that responed to your post. I should have worded my response differently.

 

[Robert Blosl]

Leg color in Rocks boy that's a thing you got to work on. About 22 years ago my large fowl White Rocks started having white leg color. I used a male that had something I thought might help me. I fought this for three years. I had to select females and males with More yellow pigment then in five years I had good yellow legs. You can screw yourself up some times in breeding a it will take for ever to breed out a fault. That is why when you cross strains sometimes you end up getting something that may pop up not the first year but three to five years latter.

In dark Rhode Island Reds Heritage type leg color is not going to loose you a champion American class. Its bad head points, tilted top line or rainy day red slopes, sawed off fronts no extended keel, or non fully furnished tails. I breed my birds to have quill color that is black, their main tail feathers on the outside are beetle green no brown or red. On the inside I try to get the green to go all the way to the quill goes into the body. When you do this you take the leg color you get. You then have a bird or Red that when he or she is three years old and walking around on the ground is solid EVEN red in color. So drop the leg color and what the standard says. Sometimes you cant get everything the standard writers wants in a bird. It just wont happen as color is a art and a science to breed. I will just keep breeding like I told you as this is what Harold Tompkins did it in the 1950s. bob

 

[FOGELLY]

Well said Bob.
This thread is for Preservation of the RIR. I hope it stays that way.

 

[eggdd]

i think all who are reading/contributing to this thread have that same common goal. it isn't a me vs them, or we vs them thing. i think everyone is on the same side.

 

[immyjay54]

These reds come from an old man in Burgettstown around Dick Horstman area. I've never seen his name listed on here but I hear he is in the Poultry Press etc. His name is Mr. Wolford Kittle and has been raising these Red since 1938 and is still raising them today. I have 10 pullets and 1 cockerel at this time. They are really dark and do have the nice yellow legs. They are really nice quiet birds.
These photo's are of the birds at 6 - 61/2 months old. Last photo was taken today.

 

[adam24]

Can someone tell me who has some single comb RIR chicks for sale at this time. I really want the show quality birds. A name and phone number would be nice.