It was called Rhode island red.
The official state bird of Rhode Island is the Rhode Island Red Chicken, adopted in 1954.
The state bird of Rhode Island is the "Rhode Island Red" (a type of chicken).
I'm not sure that Rhode Island has a state animal; the only answer I got was the Quahog.Rhode Island does not have an Official State Animal, mammal or reptile. It does have an Official State Bird which is the Rhode Island Red Chicken, an Official State Fish which is the Striped Bass and an Official State Shell which is the Quahog.The Rhode Island Red chicken.
Rhode Island, hence the name Rhode Island Red.
The Rhode Island Red Chicken is the Official State Bird and the Striped Bass is the Official State Fish.
Rhode Island has the Rhode Island red hen and Delaware has the Blue Hen Several states have the Wild turkey.
A red chicken.
According to this list of state insects, Rhode Island is without one. They do have a state bird, thought. The Rhode Island Red Chicken. http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Lists/state_insects.html
While many states have an official state reptile, Rhode Island does not. The state does have a state fish which is the striped bass, as well as a state bird which is the Rhode Island Red chicken.
someone picked it to be the state tree, someone important in the state rhode island.
It has an Official Bird (Rhode Island Red Chicken), Official Fish (Striped Bass) and an Official Shell (Quahog) but it has no designated Official Animal.Rhode Island does not have an Official State Animal.
The Rhode Island Red was developed as a dual purpose breed of domestic chickens in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Adamsville, Rhode Island is considered the breed's birthplace and the founding sire was an English born black breasted Malay cock. Each hen produces between 250 and 300 eggs each year.