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.

Rhode Island Red Chicken Rhode Island reds are popular birds, both with commercial chicken keepers and hobbyists, due to their prolific egg-laying capabilities, producing around 200 to 250 eggs ...

Donnelly has owned birds for years. She currently has three hens: Lily, age 7, an Orpington; Edith, 7, a Rhode Island Red; and Pearl, 3, a Plymouth Rock. She bought them as chicks from a feed store.