Understanding Chickens & Eggs : Rhode Island Red Chickens

Watch a naturalist from the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Drumlin Farm provide information about Rhode Island Red Chickens in this free online video.

Expert: Tia Pinney
Bio: Tia Pinney is a Teacher Naturalist and Adult Program Coordinator at Mass Audubons Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• pets
• animals
• chicken
• hen
• farms
• coop
• rooster

[healthfreak18]

Chickens are so cool.

[Torwyn11]

Correct.. the Blue Hen is the one in Delaware. Strangely, not of the breed known as Delawares.

[theteamedwardtwihard]

@Ahuey88 I know a lot too :)

[FuerstenbergE]

How long will these rhode island reds take to go from chicks to being able to lay eggs

[henryfishinandhuntin]

i know people who own commerical egg laying operations and their birds are rhode island red x buff orpington cross

[rootommy9404]

i love chickens im 17 and i have 4 about to have 5 i got a blue laying hen called amercada(spelling not to good) a leghorn a road island red and a barred rock and they are over 10 months old net laying eggs but they are my friends not my food i love them.

[Ahuey88]

This woman knows a LOT about chickens...

[SilentMegaFart]

i gaot some but still not layin

[BLOODYCLQ]

Rhode Island Red Chickens dont go broody very often, lucky ones in 2 3 years.

[alexmaldonado209]

which is the chicken lays like a lite turqoise egg

[k39564]

will my rhode island still lay brown eggs if it breeds with a leghorn??

[Zeuqe400]

I'm raising two of those, and I do have a question, when can they star laying eggs age wise? mine were born in February, so I predicted early july, but I'm not certain.