So nice you keep them their whole lives! I love chickens 🐔🐓

One thing about the red star (this will be a negative for some, depending on your system) is that they are good jumpers and flyers. If you're wanting to keep them fenced, you'll need either a top or a 20ft tall fence. Another potential issue is that they're damn bold. They enjoy exploring and are not afraid of the unknown.

Well, you just landed smack in the middle of The Will! Your retirement program for the feathered ladies who gave you all they could in their "hayday" (all kinds of puns intended) just touched my heart down to my toes! That kind of valuing your girls shows a very evolved sensibility and wisdom, I believe. Please run for something so I can vote for you!♡

I have watched this video, and love the information presented. Also, my 15 month old loves to watch this video and point at all of the chickens (we are raising 6 chicks right now). This video also puts her to sleep so whenever she is not wanting to go down for a nap I just turn on this video or the video about protecting the chickens from predators, and within a couple of minutes...shes fast asleep! We will definitely look into these the next time we place an order for chicks

I like the chicken breed videos and appreciate you taking the time to tell us what you think. I like Red Stars and always have a few in my flock. My favorites are the Marans though.

Thank you for delivering this information in such a palatable format! I am raising my first red stars from mcmurray and they are just the sweetest babies that put my work ethic to shame! They are wonderful at tilling up my new garden rows for me and fertilizing along the way! Looking forward to a long happy friendship. ☺️🙏I have guineas that get along with them surprisingly well. Thank you again and happy homesteading! 🫶

I have 3 red stars in my flock and everything your saying is true. Their egg production is amazing.

We have a retirement policy here too ...thought I was the only one who kept Granny hens

I AM SO HAPPY WITH MY 2 CHICKENS THAT ONE IS TAKING FRENCH AND THE OTHER PIANO LESSONS.

Everything you say is true I've had them and they are great the eggs are beautiful the biggest I've ever seen and thear so calm thank you and God bless

Thank you for the very informative video. Red Stars are our favorite here in Alaska too. They are very hearty birds and adapt well to the severe weather here in SE Alaska. We tried starting out with the big Brahma's but they pretty much slow down on their laying after the first molt here in the cold north. Again, thank you for this information.

I agree with what you said on Red Sex-Links. I've had them for years and years too and found them to be everything you've said. I also would highly suggest them to anyone wanting laying hens. Right now I have some along with a few other breeds. I simply wanted some color and to try some breeds I haven't had before for the sake of getting to know them. But I love to keep a few Sex-Links (especially Red) for the simple fact that they're friendly and lay like crazy. Only difference in the ones I've had is that I've never had any chickens from McMurray. No reason I haven't, it's just been cheaper to ship from Ideal and I've also gotten them from TSC which uses Hoover typically. All have been great.

My family just ordered 11 chicks from McMurray hatchery. We have 11 different breeds as well... Who knows how it's going to turn out. We ordered a red star and a black star, and I'm extremely excited

Thank you for the video. At the time you made the video, you had been raising chickens for 10 years, and at the time I watched your video, it was already 7 years old, so a total of 17 years has passed from the time you started raising chickens, and I hope by this time, that you have at least tried to develop your own line of Red Stars with the hens you have, you simply had to cross them with a good rooster from a well known breed to lay eggs (While Leghorn or Red Leghorn perhaps), and focus on the chicks that looked more like the mother, and once those chicks started to lay, then you would focus on the best layers, and continue the process, by either reproducing those chick that look more like the mother and that lay better than others, with the brothers or cousins (offspring of the Red Star hens crossed with a Leghorn rooster), until you eventually have a bird that is identical or very similar to the original Red Stars you order every two years. Why would you want to create your own Red Start or something very similar? Well, Murray McMurray Hatchery might not be in business forever, and the same could be said about all the other hatcheries, and most importantly, because you present yourself as "An Extreme Prepper", and what prepper doesn't try to raise his own food? Don't take this as bad criticism, instead take it as an advice. Enjoy your chickens and experiment with them, you never know what you will get next, they are like a box of chocolates, you just never know what you will get until you try it.

They are too adorable I can’t even!

They are very beautiful =D

They are awesome egg layers, and can't be beat if you want an egg farm, but you don't want them as your only type chicken if you're prepping, they seldom go broody. That's good for producing eggs, but not only do you need eggs, you should be able to produce chicks too. Black Australorps will keep up in egg production, breed true, and raise new chicks to replace your old girls. Buff Orpingtons, and Barred Rock aren't far behind in eggs, but you won't ever need to buy chicks again. I have Red Star and Golden Comets too, almost the same sex link type of bird and they are great for eggs, Leghorns are too for skinny chickens, but I sure would never pick one of these production layers as my "only one breed" type for that reason alone when I could just as easily raise a couple more multi purpose birds to get more eggs yet. What if the chick stores were gone? Even if the stores are there, each chick you buy is probably worth at least a couple dozen eggs, that's probably about the difference per year in a "hybred producer" and a good heritage breed layer, plus mama does all the raising chores for you. As supplemental eggs high production hybrids are great, but I'd only have them in addition to my self sustaining regular flock. I still get all kinds of crossed up "mutt" chick too from these hybrids getting hatched by other chickens (x buff orpington, black Austrolorp, or Barred Rock roosters, I'm pretty accurate at spotting the true bred chicks when they get feathers), they are not sex link any more, but they still lay a lot of eggs, and I eat a lot of young roosters, and a few mixed up gene hens too Dual purposed breeds eat better. I know I could isolate different chickens and get only breeds that I want, but that sounds like a lot of work, additional coops and pens, and would eliminate a lot of foraging around a several acre farm yard. If I didn't have all the room and free range food that I have, and had to eliminate half my chickens, the skinny sex link and skinny sex link x mutts would be the first to go. I find my most valuable birds to be those who are great mothers though, and I would have hardly any if I relied on sex links alone. I'll keep a good mother hen as many years as I can, even if she hardly lays anymore because she'll raise a lot of chicks that comes to many more eggs and chicken dinners than you'll ever get from one high production layer. I also know how to breed my own sex links, but not if I only have one breed to start with, and same thing as above, more work, pens, etc, then I'd end up raising the roosters till they were big enough to butcher anyway, and you can easily spot sex by then from a block away, so what difference does it make knowing sooner? There is nothing wrong with going for more eggs, but if you're prepping for some sort of event, you could do much better than only having one breed of hybrid high production sex link egg layer.

I love my red stars!! They are very verbal!! Yes they love foraging and love to be close to me!! My black star are not as friendly. I agree Red star all the way! We are in humid hot Weatherford, Tx. And Red Star are great!

I love this video. Great many info about chickens. Thank you.

great video thank you

good information was doing research on birds that lay a lot of eggs but if we cant reproduce them they are not for us thank you for the information sir.

Nice and healthy birds mate 👌

Great and informative video. The only downside I noticed early on (and underscored later on by your "hush!" to the chickens) is that they seem like a noisier breed. Meanwhile, your video seems a little too quiet.

I agree. red stars are impossible to beat. I have bought other red sex link hens before from other hatcheries and they are ok but nothing like the red star from mcmurray hatchery!

nice Rolex mate

I just bought some Red Stars from commercial egg supplier. They are supposed to be 15 to 16 months old but they seem very, very skinny. They're healthy and active just wondering how to put some weight on them? I got them on 16% layer I wonder if I should go 18 or 20%. Must say they are very friendly! How old are the chickens in the video?

👍 Great video!

They look exactly like Golden Comets which makes me think that there are several names for the same chicken.

Good advice

I have read on various You Tube channels that cross bred chickens like isa browns red stars, etc. after a year of laying produce this shell eggs and very watery eggs. What is your opinion? You really seem to like the Red Stars. I have heard that Amberstars are a good breed also..

Agreed!

The Red Stars are awesome egg layers and are very happy birds but they are hybrids. You can not save eggs and hatch them. ~Pam

Very informative and helpful video, thank you! How many of these birds do you actually order each year? How many do you actually have to cull every year?

I recomend them too!

Personally I'd rather go with a true heritage breed because of the history and proven traits as opposed to a hybrid breed like the Red Star. We have enough of that stuff in this world of designer breeds. That's just me though. Nice job!

How are they at broodiness

How many do you get every 2 years?

Please can you tell me What is the chicken breed that has strong immunity R you in USA

Nice I like poultry

Are red stars basically the same as golden comets?

Hey , thank you so much . l want to know something , do they go broody ?

Hi. What type of rooster will i breed my red star hen to produce red star chicks. Thanks

Excellent and very informative video - thank you. I have one question that I'd like to ask, if that's OK. We have 3 chickens in our flock (all are red stars), they are extremely friendly and have never pecked one another. We are planning to extend the coop so we can get 2 more chickens (red stars). Would you expect lots of fighting, and, if so, what would be the best way to deal with it?

breed, breed, breed, breed... 5:40 not a breed, but a hybrid

So what do you get if you mate the red star rooster and hen. I don't get why you don't end up with red star chicks.

are these also called Golden Comets?

Have you ever tried McMurray's Black Stars?

Very noisy, I have some. But they are cool birds.

Noisy, if you were looking for back yard chickens

unfortunately red star do not breed true because they are a hybrid. not good for long term management