Single Comb Rhode Island Red Baby Chicks for Sale
Hatching year round
Rhode Island Reds are our most popular brown egg layer chickens because they are great year round layers! They also serve as great dual purpose birds. RIR's were named them the official state bird of Rhode Island in 1954.
Production Rhode Island Reds are a great dual purpose chicken breed for both meat and eggs. They lay about 260 large brown eggs each year which is very good for a backyard flock. They usually start laying after they are 6 months old. This breed has yellow skin and dark colored pin feathers on the skin when processed.
Breeding RIR hens very seldom go broody.
Temperament: Some reports are that RIRs are very feisty and the males especially so, however I have not found this to be the case.
History Rhode Island Reds were developed in the 1830s in its name sake state Rhode Island and also in Massachusetts. Malays, Brown Leghorns, and Cochins were used to develop the breed. The early flocks had both rose combs and single combs because Malay was one of the breeds that it originated from.
Colors: A hatchery type Rhode Island Red is very different from an exhibition quality Rhode Island Red. A hatchery type Rhode Island Red is a light brown color much like the photo on this page. Exhibition Rhode Island Reds are a very dark mahogany color. There is also a Rhode Island White breed but they are not very popular. Chicks are a light red to tan color with two dark brown bars running down their backs.
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy Status: Non-industrial strains Recovering
Body Type: Rhode Island Reds have a very boxy body type.
American Poultry Association Class: American Class
We also carry Rhode Island Red Bantams.
