The NPIP, or National Poultry Improvement Plan, is a voluntary program overseen by the USDA that monitors flocks and hatcheries. At the basic level, a chicken hatchery with an NPIP certification has been tested and found to be clean of Salmonella, Mycoplasma and low-path Avian Influenza diseases. We became NPIP Certified in May of 2024.
The APA creates and manages the Standard Of Perfection for standard Bred Poultry to be exhibited and judged and offers annual exhibitions for competition. Members since 2024.
The Rhode Island Red Club of America was founded on a cold blizzard of a day in a Coffee Tavern in Fall River, Mass. It was in December 1898 that a group of interested breeders of this new breed sat down to draft out this new organization. The Rhode Island Red was admitted into the Standard of Perfection in 1904. Members since 2023.
A NOTE FROM THE BREEDER…
It has been a long journey to get my Reds where they are and there is still a long road ahead. You see, a good breeder knows that quality takes time, patience, and constant learning. That is what I strive for every time I pair my birds. I take the time to work on one thing at a time, lock that in and then work on the next thing. I remind myself that I need to be patient with the process and ensure that the birds are as healthy as possible, paired well, and culled hard. I learn something new every day, every pairing, every hatch, every show. The most important thing I think I’ve learned so far is that the breeder who sold her birds to the hatchery didn’t sell her best birds. The hatchery is probably more focused on numbers than anything else. The quality of the birds I produce is therefore solely on me. By choosing the focus on one trait at a time and locking that in you perfect that trait, then the next and the next and so on. The genes are there, you just have to pull them to the surface. Sometimes you pull the wrong thing out and have to cull those birds, but the next person may have the correction in their bird or another bird from another line and start from scratch to fix that trait. Its all about the time, patience, and learning. Let that Red Train Roll!
Do you have LF RIRSC chicks for ? If so how much per chick ?
Hello Jay, we do not sell our chicks, only older birds at this time.
Hello Jay, please click on the price list link in our poultry page.
Do you still have show poultry for sale? Can you please send me your number if so. Thanks
Hi Aaron, please provide your definition of “show poultry”, what is it exactly you are looking for?
Hello! I am Brian asking if you know anyone who ships quality Rhode Island Red chicks the same what you have? I’m aware that you don’t ship. Hopefully you could help with that.
Thanks!
Brian
Hi Brian, I’m sorry, but I am not aware of anyone who ships. Are you in NC?
Hi, I’m looking for 5 young RIR Cockerels. Do you have any?
Thanks
James Tate
Alabama
I may have some in December, but usually don’t make them available until they are closer to a year old. How close are you to us?
Hi James, I will be making my selections from this years hatch in January, so I will have cocks for sale then.
We will have older males available in January.