Rhode Island Red Chickens are excellent farm birds. The adult female chicken is called a hen, the adult male is called a rooster, and the young are called chicks.
Rhode Island Red
The Rhode Island state bird, the Rhode Island Red, is a domestic bird (chicken) and therefore has no place in Audubon's Birds of America, which is comprised exclusively of wild birds native to North America.
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Rhode Island Reds emerged in the 1890s in the Boston-Massachusetts-Rhode Island area of the USA, mainly to fill a need for a dual-purpose fowl - a good layer as well as good on the table. Its popularity probably peaked between the wars.
Rhode Island Red
The Rhode Island Red is a farm chicken.
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Chicken breeds developed in the United States tend to be dual-purpose. Plymouth Rocks (part of the Zoo's flock), Rhode Island Reds, and Wyandottes are just a few examples of general-purpose American breeds that produce both eggs and meat.
Look for the rare Lakenvelder hen who has white feathers on her body and black feathers on her head and tail. Our resident top rooster is Bradley, a Rhode Island Red chicken who can be seen patrolling the grounds with his group of hens.
 See also: Rooster, Shell, Domestic chicken, Peafowl, Pigeon
  
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