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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 and Habitat
Domesticated. These birds live on farms throughout the United States.

Status
The Rhode Island red is common.