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Rhode Island Red

The Rhode Island Red is one of the most famous and popular chicken breeds. These truly American chickens are great brown egg layers and one of our best-selling breeds of day-old baby chicks.

Developed in the early part of the last century in the state of Rhode Island as a dual purpose breed, they have led the charts for brown egg layers time after time. No other heavy breed lays more or better eggs than the Rhode Island Reds.

Rhode Island Red day-old baby chicks are a rusty red color, and mature birds are a variety of mahogany red.

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Item #	Description	1-5	6-15	16-24	25-50	51-99	100+	Quantity
RIRC	Male	1-5 $3.15	6-15 $2.99	16-24 $2.84	25-50 $2.70	51-99 $2.57	100+ $2.44	Quantity
RIRP	Female	1-5 $4.76	6-15 $4.52	16-24 $4.29	25-50 $4.08	51-99 $3.88	100+ $3.68	Sold Out
RIRS	Unsexed	1-5 $3.78	6-15 $3.59	16-24 $3.41	25-50 $3.24	51-99 $3.08	100+ $2.92	Sold Out

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QUICK STATS

Type:	standard
Class:	Production
Heritage Breed:	no
Egg Color:	brown
Egg Size:	large
Egg Production:	best
Disposition:	better
Broody (Likely to Sit):	not at all likely
Free Range:	good
Heat Tolerance:	better
Cold Tolerance:	excellent
Comb Type:	single
Leg Style:	clean
Leg Color:	yellow
Skin Color:	yellow
Bird Size:	extra large
Meat Production:	better
Weeks to Maturity:	19
Male Mature Weight:	8.5 lbs
Female Mature Weight:	6.5 lbs

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Q&A

Are Rhode Island Reds heat-tolerant?
Yes, Rhode Island Reds are quite heat tolerant.

How many eggs a year do they lay?
They will average 280-365 eggs a year.

Do your Rhode Island Reds tend to go broody and set on their eggs?
Our production strain of Rhode Island Reds are not setters.

Are your Rhode Island Reds a Heritage breed?
Our Rhode Island Reds are a production strain, developed for optimal laying and less broodiness.

Will they breed true?
Our Rhode Island Reds are a production strain. They are bred for their egg production. We cannot guarantee the next generation with have the same characteristics.

At what age do Rhode Island reds start to lay and when do we need to start feeding laying pellets ?
Rhode Island Reds typically begin laying around 18-24 weeks of age. It is suggested to begin providing layer feed and oyster shell by 16 weeks of age.

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