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.

Cinnamon Queen – New Hampshire rooster x Silver Laced Wyandotte hen ISA Brown – Rhode Island Red rooster x White Leghorn hen Black Sex Link – Rhode Island Red rooster x Barred Plymouth Rock hen ...

A handsome Rhode Island Red rooster named Randy struts his stuff at A Downtown Auto, dining on lettuce, tomatoes and chicken scratch and acting like he owns the place.

No one was watching 18-month-old Carol Krieg when she crawled into a chicken yard in Hood River, Ore. one day last week. But a big Rhode Island Red rooster was soon angrily aware of the intrusion ...

5 ) With 25 billion chickens in the world, there are more of them than any other bird species. 6 ) There are dozens of chicken breeds, such as the Dutch bantam, leghorn and Rhode Island red.

When Normand Leclair died Sunday, a piece of Rhode Island history went with him. His Red Rooster Tavern, founded in 1969, was legend.

One of the last things I expected to become in my advanced age was a faithful friend of several Rhode Island Red hens — “Rhodies” to us initiates.

Flanagan, who raises exhibition Rhode Island Reds, donated 10 hens and one rooster to Heritage Village, so visitors would see birds as they were way back when. (Cathy Gleason) ...

With contributions from John Macomber from Westport, Massachusetts, he crossed Cochin China hens with Malay and Java cocks, according to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.