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Really? The exibition Rhode Island Reds I've seen all had black in their tails. They were at APA sanctioned shows.
I have a RIR cock and he has black tail feathers (so black they are a shiny green)...but RIR feathers are a much deeper red than the chicken in question in this post. New Hampshire's have a little bit lighter red to their feathers. Sometimes RIRs do not have black in their tail feathers, but the two I've had do (cocks, that is, not pullets); however, on the MyPetChicken.com site it shows RIRs WITHOUT black tail feathers, and they are even a DARKER red, so maybe there is some mixing somewhere in my cock's breeding lines.