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Rhode Island Red - Standard Bred

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 9:23 am
by coonhound
One of my pullets
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Rhode Island Red - Standard Bred

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 11:12 am
by thegawd
Looking good Coonhound! how old are they?

Rhode Island Red - Standard Bred

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 11:28 am
by coonhound
There last year's hatch the male was early hatch there Homers line

Re: Rhode Island Red - Standard Bred

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:54 am
by BobG
Well how did everyone do raising reds this year ? It was not one of my better years , a few old senile moments ( brain Cramps ) resulting in first 2 hatches being complete failures. Next was the coldest spell of weather Ive seen in many years and eggs frozen before I could get to them . At this moment I have around 45 @ the awkward teenage stage . A normal year would of been setting breed pens up now . Still raised 60 plus , a few will be kept the rest are chicken dinner.

Re: Rhode Island Red - Standard Bred

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:18 am
by la-chicken
As Bob G knows....I too, have started my SC RIR journey.
And hatching has begun....Well, with the unfrozen eggs that I can collect vs hens moulting. I have hatched 10 so far and more coming. I hope to hatch 50- 75. But, time will tell.
Here is my foundation stock.
These are straight from Adrain Rademachers Farm in Minnesota. And do they have size! Like all Reds- need to work on feather quality. This SOP is so detailed! Still studying and reading and comparing.
Am I stopping with the buckeye? No, Just added more work. LOL

Re: Rhode Island Red - Standard Bred

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:52 am
by BobG
Beauty @ its best the RIR, but I am biased I love the big docile giants . I am off to better start this year with just under 40 hatched thus far . I hope to turn off the incubator in the first week of May. Good luck to all the red breeders this year.

Re: Rhode Island Red - Standard Bred

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:17 pm
by kenya
Beautiful birds!

Re: Rhode Island Red - Standard Bred

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:24 pm
by Killerbunny
Hope we get to see some in October along with your Buckeyes!

Re: Rhode Island Red - Standard Bred

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:55 pm
by la-chicken
Killerbunny wrote:
Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:24 pm
Hope we get to see some in October along with your Buckeyes!
That is my plan. I may even bring my geese IF I can arrange ground transportation.

Re: Rhode Island Red - Standard Bred

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:25 pm
by Killerbunny
Fantastic!