The Rhode Island Red was developed not by fanciers but by poultry farmers in the area of Little Compton, Rhode Island, beginning about 1830. From the beginning, the breeders’ goal was a utilitarian, ...

It turns out it’s not a good deal to be a rooster in a hen house. That’s what Bob Stamp, 50, was telling me the other day. He runs a Rhode Island Red egg farm in a state known for founding the breed. ...

BRIDGETON — How can six chickens garner so much support? Ever since Jamie Warner took her guilty conscience before city council to let them know she was harboring six Rhode Island Red chickens at her ...

BRIDGEPORT -- The handful of Rhode Island Red chickens crossed their backyard coop as Sue Blagys approached. "So these are our girls," said the proud owner, who with her family has been raising the ...

A flock of exhibition Rhode Islands Reds, an American heritage breed, was donated to Dallas Heritage Village. The original flock, so-called production Rhode Island Reds, do not look like the RIRs ...