Rhode Island Red

Not to be confused with Rhode Island White or Rhode Island Reds.

Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island Red rooster
Conservation statusLivestock Conservancy: watch[1]
Other names
  • Rhode Islands
  • Golden Buffs
  • John Macomber Fowls
  • Tripp Fowls
Country of originUnited States
Usedual-purpose
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    • Standard: 3.9 kg (8.6 lb)
    • Bantam: 965 g (34.0 oz)[2]: 71 
  • Female:
    • Standard: 3 kg (6.6 lb)
    • Bantam: 850 g (30 oz)[2]: 71    
Skin coloryellow
Egg colorbrown[2]: 70 
Comb typesingle or rose
Classification
APAAmerican[3]
EEyes[4]
PCGBsoft feather: heavy[5]

The Rhode Island Red is an American breed of domestic chicken. It is the state bird of Rhode Island.[2]: 70  It was developed there and in Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century, by cross-breeding birds of Oriental origin such as the Malay with brown Leghorn birds from Italy. It was a dual-purpose breed, raised both for meat and for eggs; modern strains have been bred for their egg-laying abilities. The traditional non-industrial strains of the Rhode Island Red are listed as "watch" (medium conservation priority, between "recovering" and "threatened") by The Livestock Conservancy.[1] It is a separate breed to the Rhode Island White.[2]: 70 

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