Rhode Island Red chicken


Rhode Island Red chicken,

American breed of poultrypoultry,
domesticated fowl kept primarily for meat and eggs; including birds of the order Galliformes, e.g., the chicken, turkey, guinea fowl, pheasant, quail, and peacock; and natatorial (swimming) birds, e.g., the duck and goose.
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, no longer raised commercially, but still maintained for use in breeding programs. See Red Rock chickenRed Rock chicken,
the only chicken still popular to any large extent in the United States today for both meat and eggs. It resulted from a cross between a Rhode Island Red male and a Plymouth Rock female.
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