Rhode Island Red

Their gorgeous, deep, mahogany red colouring together with their amiable nature make them a great backyard choice.

Classification: Heavy Breed

An American breed developed in the middle of the 19th century in pursuit of creating the truly dual-purpose chicken. Many, many years of selective breeding for egg production and size finally resulted in the rhode island red. A fantastic all rounder: great dual-purpose heavy breed that makes a great table bird as well as a reliable layer of brown eggs. Our rhodie girls lay consistently, not the biggest eggs, but good sized eggs on a very regular basis. They are all a gorgeous, deep, magogany red with rich red undercolour and bright yellow legs. We find them to be the ideal beginners bird: robust, friendly and calm birds and make productive backyard chickens. The cockerels also make excellent table birds.

Due to time constraints we no longer have available for sale hatching eggs, pullets and cockerels from our Rhode Island Reds.

Our line of Rhode Island Red hens have always been brilliant layers. Eggs are brown and medium in size.