Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island Red rooster | |
| Conservation status | Livestock Conservancy: watch |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Use | dual-purpose |
| Traits | |
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| Skin color | yellow |
| Egg color | brown: 70 |
| Comb type | single or rose |
| Classification | |
| APA | American |
| EE | yes |
| PCGB | soft feather: heavy |
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The Rhode Island Red is an American breed of domestic chicken. It is the state bird of Rhode Island.: 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. It is a separate breed to the Rhode Island White.: 70