True RIRs have a beautiful red, I don't much care for the red of hatchery "RIRs". It's just not as nice of a color. Honestly my favorite chicken has been my cuckoo Marans roo. He was a giant baby. He loved eating mealworms and crickets right out of my hand. We gave him to a friend of the family cause a fox got their roo. Here is a pic of him right before we loaded him up.