The Rhode Island Red was originally bred to be a dual-purpose chicken, and is one of the most well-known chicken breeds. The egg-laying strain is now most abundant.

In the 1880s Wilbour was running a 200-acre farm with 3,000 to 4,000 chickens, Wilbour’s grandson David Patten wrote in a 1954 pamphlet.. What and Why RI: Rhode Island has a lot of villages, and ...

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — In a small, penned area in the back corner of a museum lot is a flock of chickens seen by some as a savior, of sorts, for this small state. Months ago, residents concerned ...

A Rhode Island Red chicken — the official state bird — roams a backyard in Middletown. What’s the history of the Rhode Island Red? Our question-asker heard right, but we can be more specific.

Rhode Island law leaves municipalities to govern who can have chickens and how many. East Providence, for example, voted down an ordinance that would have allowed people to legally keep chickens ...

The 6-year-old Rhode Island Red chicken started her life in a Houston apartment before moving in with a new family that showed her the great outdoors Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She ...