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  2. Rhode Island Red - Wikipedia

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    The Rhode Island Red was developed as a dual-purpose breed, to provide both meat and eggs. Since about 1940, it has been selectively bred predominantly for egg-laying qualities, and the modern industrial Rhode Island Red is a layer breed. [6] Rhode Island Reds have been used in the creation of many modern hybrid breeds. [citation needed] The ...

  3. Miss Pepperpot - Wikipedia

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    The Miss Pepperpot is a crossbred variety chicken. It is the result of breeding a Rhode Island Red with a Marans and a Plymouth Rock chicken. [1] References

  4. Poultry farming in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Following the Treaty of Wanghia between the US and China in 1844, oriental poultry breeds were imported to New England, and Rhode Island became the nation's first major poultry center. [3] Cross-breeding between English and Asian birds created new breeds still common today, like the Barred Plymouth Rock .

  5. Chicken breeds recognized by the American Poultry Association

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    A Black Java hen; the Java played a role in the creation of some of the American class breeds, such as the Rhode Island Red. The American Class contains thirteen breeds which originated in Canada or the United States. [1]: 11 All are heavy breeds, and most lay brown eggs; [1]: 11 most are cold-hardy: [2] Buckeye; Chantecler; Delaware; Dominique ...

  6. Rhode Island Red Monument - Wikipedia

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    Though the second monument was never built, another memorial was. In 1954, the 100th anniversary of the Rhode Island Red, the same year that the Rhode Island legislature voted the Rhode Island Red the state bird, the Rhode Island Red Club and local residents installed a plaque at the location where William Tripp raised his famous chickens, at the intersection of William Sisson Road and Long ...

  7. Poultry farming - Wikipedia

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    Meat chickens, commonly called broilers, are floor-raised on litter such as wood shavings, peanut shells, and rice hulls, indoors in climate-controlled housing. Under modern farming methods, meat chickens reared indoors reach slaughter weight at 5 to 9 weeks of age, as they have been selectively bred to do so. In the first week of a broiler's ...

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