Rhode Island Red (RiR) 100% pure breed Available Hassan ch poultry farm in Gujrat (online buying)
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The Rhode Island Red was originally bred in the town of Little Compton, Rhode Island. One of the foundation sires of the breed was a black-breasted red Malay cock - it was common for New England sailors to bring exotic fowl back from ocean voyages, to improve the local flocks. Early flocks often had both single and rose combed individuals. It was from the Malay that the Rhode Island Red got its deep color, strong constitution, and relatively hard feathers.
The name Rhode Island Red is ascribed to Isaac Champlin Wilbour of Little Compton at an unknown date, or to a Mr. Jenny of the Southern Massachusetts Poultry 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 the Rhode Island Red in Adamsville, and the monument is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Another monument was erected by the state in 1988 commemorating the farmers who grew them commercially in Little Compton; it is located about a mile south of Adamsville.