Exported to Britain and many other countries, the Rhode Island Red may be the world’s most widely distributed chicken breed. The breed is probably the best egg-layer of the dual-purpose chickens ...

the Rhode Island Red Centennial Committee formed, and one of their ideas — in addition to a big chicken barbeque — was recommending the Rhode Island Red as the state bird. It was hotly debated ...

For many years, the mascot was represented by an actual chicken, typically a rooster ... Delaware is not the only state with a chicken as the state bird. Rhode Island is represented by its Rhode ...

Here's the story. A Rhode Island Red chicken — the official state bird — roams a backyard in Middletown. Our question-asker heard right, but we can be more specific. The Rhode Island Red was ...