Reviews by ageranger361

My first chickens were Delaware’s from McMurry, so some of this could be inexperienceand some could be hatchery, but I was only moderately pleased with this breed. They laid large to xl eggs daily their first year. Started late their second year and never ramped back up to full production. They were great foragers, and the hens are mostly docile with a flighty hen now and again. Not a starting breed in my opinion. Not bad birds, just not beginners birds.

Excellent for meat if you like a full flavored almost gamey bird and A little tough, but they lay decent and eat ok. Dual purpose for sure.

All around good birds. Very docile and easy to manage. I fell in love with chickens all over again when I got them. I also learned more about handling them and taking care of them when I got this breed. Because they’re so easy to manipulate I learned how to palpate the birds to determine breast size, girth at wings, breast bone width, and laying bone!? spacing, lol.

It’s a perfect starting out breed. If you’re not sure what breed to go with, you almost can’t go wrong with RIR’s. Even the rooster is fairly docile. Very prolific eggs layers of medium to large brown eggs. One thing they don’t like is being interrupted in the nest box, and they will actually YELL at you in sort of an angrily surprised yet comical high pitched voice, almost like you walked in on a butt naked woman in the rest room. Haha! Smallish frame for meat, but could do in a pinch, but the real bonus of these birds is how friendly and mild mannered they are. Two thumbs up. Get some!!