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Rhode Island Red – State Bird of Rhode Island

Description: The Rhode Island Red is a popular breed of chicken used for its meat and eggs. A female chicken can produce between 250 to 300 eggs per year! The Rhode Island Red has a reddish-brown body, and conspicuous flaps of bare red skin near the bill and forehead. The Rhode-Island Red has large, yellow feet.

Diet: Grains

Range: Domesticated. They live on farms throughout the United States.