Talk:Rhode Island Red

Eggs

is it daily if Ÿes how much in one day (eggs)?™ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.23.248.183 (talk • contribs) .

Although she's getting on a bit now, my Rhode Island Red used to lay one egg a day. Egg production tends to reduce as the hen gets older. It also depends on the breed; Rhode Island Reds, followed closely by Sussex are the best layers, others, such as meat birds like Orpingtons are not so good. Sign your posts! CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 18:23, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

egg laying

Do the hens lay eggs for their entire life? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.194.97.11 (talk) 09:51, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

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Rooster-Picture?

Can someone verify that the bird on the big picture is really a rooster as it says in the caption. I have some Rhodies that look almost exactly like that "rooster" and they lay about 5 eggs a week. So I would suggest changing the caption to "A Rhode Island Red hen" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.164.227.7 (talk) 23:51, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

We just have to assume good faith on the part of the uploader. We can't overrule the uploader's description just because some of us (who have never seen the chicken in question personally) aren't 100% sure. CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 18:41, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok then let me put it this way: I'm 100% sure that the bird on the picture is a hen. I haven't seen the bird personally, but I also don't need to see Angelina Jolie personally to tell that she's a girl. ;-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.164.227.7 (talk)

Look, we can't alter the uploader's description of the photograph without irrefutable verification that the description is wrong. If you want my opinion, I'm 100% sure it's a male, judging by the size of the comb and the shape of the plumage. Angelina Jolie isn't the best analogy - she's the same species as us, so it's very easy for us to tell she's female even from a photo, as we're wired up to be able to differentiate between male and female humans much more easily than with other animals; I was also referring to the behaviour of the chicken, which only the uploader - Dictouray (talk · contribs) - would know about. If you need confirmation, ask him. By the way, please remember to sign your posts by typing four tilde characters (~~~~) after your message. CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 00:27, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I've seen enough Rhodies in my life to be as sure as with Angelina: that bird is most definitely a hen. I mean, just google a few Rhodie hen and rooster pix if you don't believe me, it's pretty damn obvious. But hey, it's your call, I just hate to see such an obvious mistake. But then I also don't want to get involved in all this Wiki-Bureaucracy. I'm just a guy who knows his chickens, sees a mistake and wants to help. Is maybe changing the caption to "A Rhode Island chicken" a possible compromise, that is allowed by the rules? 75.164.227.7 (talk) 07:00, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm not trying to get rid of you by piling on the bureaucracy, I'm just inclined to believe Dictouray's description - he's an editor in good standing, with no suggestion that he is uploading photographs of female animals described as being male (why would anyone do such a thing?). Dictouray would also be able to observe that particular chicken's behaviour (i.e., does it lay eggs, or does it crow?), which we can't do from a still photograph. I did do a quick check of google images, and now I'm even more sure that our photo is a male. It also looks very different to my old Rhodies (this one, for instance, who wouldn't get out of frame when I was trying to photograph the Marans, much to my annoyance). I'm going to ask Dictouray to weigh in here. CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 18:46, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Message sent. CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 18:52, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

As the uploader in question, sorry I didn't see this conversation earlier or I would have replied. To thrown my hat in the ring, I'm 100% sure it's a rooster. That makes a 66.6% opinion. From the sound of it, I honestly don't know chickens as well as you. If you think that's a hen, either you're way off base or you have some solid knowledge to stand on. I'd like to assume the latter. But from personal knowledge of this one, listening to it crow every morning for years, letting it attack my foot with its spurs, and watching it mate with the hens, it's a rooster. (PS: it never layed an egg).

As something of a photographer now, I'm rather ashamed of that picture. I would welcome anyone with a better Rhode Island rooster picture to replace it. But, it does include proof of being a rooster. If you look at the very bottom edge of the picture, the top half of its right spur is there. Also, as a matter of scale, those boards behind it are 8" wide. Its crown is over 24" off the ground. Dictouray (talk) 21:37, 12 September 2010 (UTC)