Rhode Island Red is a breed of which bird?
Rhode Island Red Rhode Island Red The Rhode Island Red is an American breed of domestic chicken. It was developed in the late nineteenth century in Massachusetts and Rhode Island by cross-breeding birds of Oriental origin such as the Malay with brown Leghorn birds from Italy. It was a dual-purpose breed, raised both for meat and for eggs; modern strains have been bred for their egg-laying abilities. The traditional non-industrial strains of the Rhode Island Red are listed as "watch" by The Livestock Conservancy. The Rhode Island Red is the state bird of Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Red was originally bred in
Rhode Island Red Association in 1879 or 1880. Poultry expert Nathaniel Borden Aldrich of Fall River, Massachusetts suggested the name "Golden Buffs" around 1890, but by 1895 they were being exhibited under the name "Rhode Island Red." Before this they were known as "John Macomber fowls" or "Tripp fowls." The first breed standard was drawn up in 1898, and was approved by the American Rhode Island Red Club in Boston in 1901; the breed was admitted to the Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association]] in 1904. In 1925, the Rhode Island Red Club of America donated funds for a monument to