What is a Rhode Island Red?

Answer 1

Hello,
A Rhode Island Red is a chicken that was developed in the area of Rhode Island long ago. It is a multi purpose chicken (meat, eggs, breeding) and pretty hardy having been developed in New England. This chicken is not only solid red. Some have their share of white feathers. This may be the type with production blood introduced to get more laying days. The breed type for show is a mohogany red. Its coloring is red or medium red with the white feathers scattered about. They are fairly bright as chickens go, and as such can be a little bossy in a mixed group. They are very friendly and can be handled without fuss.

We have 3 in a mixed group and like them all very much. Attesting to their above average brightness (as chickens go) one of ours finds a way out no matter what we do to pen them in. Once when she was down, and we had to get her to drink an electrolyte drink, we eyedroppered it to her out of a small cup. She didn't care for this, and when she saw what we were doing, she just went ahead and drank straight from the cup each time we brought it to her, and got well.

A friend has too many in close quarters and it is causing them to peck each other. Give these chickens something to do (since they are bright for chickens--to keep them from boredom and bad habits) and a little space and they will be happy and productive--we use them for eggs only. Their eggs are brown, and that is why eggs are brown in New England (at least Southern NE) and they are white in most of the rest of the country. Some New Englanders will not eat white eggs because they know they are not local, have travelled, and as such are older eggs. For NE, the brown are fresher.

This is just local info I am passing along (have lived in SE MASS and learned it over the years). For more see links below. The first link is the best. The photo in the Wikipedia only shows one look of RI Reds.

Answer 2

We had a similar situation.. finished length roosters breeding with our lone frizzle on the time. She replaced into so bald, I used to comedian tale we could throw her in a fryerlator as she replaced into. We finally had to do away with the roosters. until eventually we did nevertheless. we had a fowl that regarded after her until eventually her feathers grew back. Henny Penny could actually take a seat in a nesting field with the bald frizzle below her for roughly 3 weeks or greater conserving her from the others. She did this on 2 events. We finally have been given rid of the roosters and basically shop bantam roosters with our different variety of chickens.

Answer 3

It's a rooster or a hen. Noted for rhode Island.

Answer 4

A breed of chicken. From Wikipedia:

"The Rhode Island Red (Gallus gallus) is a very popular breed of chicken. They are a utility bird, raised for meat and eggs, and also as show birds."

Check the links below for photo and more information.

Answer 5

It's a chicken.

I used to raise "Rhode Island Reds"...along with a few other chicken breeds like "English Bantoms", "Dominiques" & "Plymouth Barred Rocks".

I attached a link for you....go check it out:

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Answer 6

It is a type of chicken. If you want to see some go to the island of Kauai in Hawaii as they run around wild. There are also a lot of them running around Key West Florida.

Answer 7

HI, It's a hen or a rooster, one of the two.

Answer 8

Ooh ooh... I know this one. From watching cartoons... it is a rooster or hen.

Answer 9

It is a red-headed whore from Providence

Answer 10

It is a chicken.