Rhode Island Red
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The Rhode Island Red is an American breed of domestic chicken. It is the state bird of Rhode Island. It was developed there and in Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century, by cross-breeding birds
Rhode Island Red cock
Hen
Rhode Island Red bantam
Chick, 9 days old
Leghorn chicken
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The Leghorn, Italian: Livorno or Livornese, is an Italian breed of chicken originating in Tuscany, in central Italy. Birds were exported to North America in about 1828 from the port city of Livorno, o
Rhode Island Red
…It was developed there and in Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century, 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…
Cockerel and hen
Rose-combed brown cock and hen, illustration from the Geflügel-Album of Jean Bungartz
A brown hen
A brown cock