Do the bantams go broody that much?
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Have been thinking about this seriously. Husband and I like to take road trips through Oregon and Idaho. If there are any breeders in these states that can help get me on the correct path I would be very greatful. I think education is first on my agenda. Where is my best starting point to learn more?What you need is to find a person who will not only share birds with you but be your partner and help you learn how to breed this line for color and share birds with them every five years. Be for the post office scare a few years ago on shipping I called this networking.
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Go up to the pictures where your daughter is pictured on this page. Hit the thread that shows all pictures on this thread. You will see many many pictures of the dark birds and maybe a few of the lighter ones. Great feature for us to look at. Must be a hundred of them or more.
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look at the big Red Chickens I have on this address. This will give you something to educate your mind. bob
I am glad you liked the links and on this tread is recent pictures sent going back to a long time. You can see many pictures of the dark dark dark Rhode Island Reds and these are the ones you want. I will send you a personnel message of a few people who I think can help you. Do you wish to show them or just have them to look at around the yard?Mr. Blosl,
Those links you provided for The Reliable Poultry Journal were just fantastic. I am very interested in raising and preserving HRIR. I have a strong desire to ensure that the true American heritage breeds survive. That said, I live in California and I'm not sure where to find these excellent birds. I would be very grateful if someone would be willing to point me in the right direction. Many thanks,
Dr. Brice Yocum
A beginner in my view would be better off money and time wise to get 10 Started Chicks about 10 to 14 days old shipped in a small 9 x 18 box called a single nest box over night express from the post office to your home. When the chicks get to your post office at 8 am take them and put them in their new brooder box with fresh feed and water and you are set for years. Then say in three to five years you can swap some chicks with some one else and get new blood and keep the strain going that you started. The secret is dont mix strains. Stay with the Minnesota strain or the Rhode Island -New York Strain of the Illinois-Alabama strain that I use to have.
Hope this helps you and any other future beginner who wants to take on the mighty pure breed dark dark Rhode Island Red. Forget the catchy word Heritage or Heirloom or Standard Breed.
They are just the Original Rhode Island Reds that our for fathers started for us. This tread is to educate you which are real and which are production for eggs only. bob