As you may or may not know, chickens can lay a variety of egg colors. From white to chocolate and everything in between. Today, we are going to discuss brown egg-laying chicken breeds. I’ve learned a ...

The Rhode Island Red is the best-known and most successful dual-purpose U.S. breed. Perhaps the best layer of all dual-purpose breeds, Rhode Island Reds can lay between 200 and 300 eggs per year.

They are also sweet, gentle bird that bond easily with their humans and other hens — ideal for beginners and families with children. Rhode Island Red The Rhode Island Red is probably the most famous ...

What and Why RI: It's filled in now, but in its prime Rocky Point pool hosted Olympians. Here's the story. A Rhode Island Red chicken — the official state bird — roams a backyard in Middletown.

Not just any chicken, mind you, but the pullet named for its heritage and hue, the Rhode Island Red. The RIR was first bred near the village of Adamsville in the town of Little Compton in the 1850s.

Any of the dual-purpose breeds, like the Barred Rocks or Rhode Island Reds, are also easy to raise, according to Beyer. You want to avoid chickens that are hard to raise ...

Not just any chicken, mind you, but the pullet named for its heritage and hue, the Rhode Island Red. The RIR was first bred near the village of Adamsville in the town of Little Compton in the 1850s.

Not just any chicken, mind you, but the pullet named for its heritage and hue, the Rhode Island Red. The RIR was first bred near the village of Adamsville in the town of Little Compton in the 1850s.