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.

The New Hampshire chicken began as a strain of the Rhode Island Red breed and is a dual-purpose bird. It is a medium-sized chicken with a red hue brighter than its Rhode Island counterpart.

This amazing chicken breed beautifully blends the resilience and high yield of the renowned Rhode Island red chicken with a ...

Production Reds, a mix between the New Hampshire Red and Rhode Island Red breeds, are the best brown egg layer, according to Leslye Woodard, the owner of Woodward Mercantile in Maize.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This week marks the end of an era in our backyard — and in our food lives. After nearly two decades of ...

Originating in Rhode Island in northeast America in the late nineteenth century, the Rhode Island red has long been one of the most popular breeds of chicken due to its good nature and dual purpose.

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 ...

LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. — The state bird of Rhode Island is the appropriately named Rhode Island Red, an American breed of chicken. It’s a popular choice for backyard flocks because of its ...

A Rhode Island Red chicken — the official state bird — roams a backyard in Middletown. ... who in the earlier 1890s pressed Wilbour to give his breed of chickens a name.