I was given 6 hens and was told they are RIR's; one is a deep rich copper color and she is lowest in the pecking order yet biggest in size and most tame, she loves to be held; the other 5 are lighter in color with some varigation mostly at the tips of their feathers, they look like the pictures...
I'm relatively new to raising chickens. I've wanted to do so for some time, I was given a chicken coop kit for my b-day; a cousin provided me with 6 RIR yearlings and the madness began. I've since turned half of my10x14 shed into a permanent coop with a 10x10 PVC run outside where the older...