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Can you breed an Australorp with a Rhode Island red to get a chicken that lays a lot of big eggs?
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The Australorp and Rhode Island Red chickens both lay plenty of eggs. By interbreeding the two chickens, it is very probable that you will get a chicken that lays large, frequent eggs.
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What chickens are are able to be with Rhode Island red chickens?
Any breed can get along with Rhode Island Reds. But you can only intruduce this other breed and more chickens when they are little. If you don't do that, there will be severe fighting with the chickens.
The champion egg-laying breed of bird is the?
The bird that is on the record for having lay the most eggs in a recorded year was a Black Australorp.
Can you breed black austrolorpes and rhode island reds?
Yes Both breeds have genetic traits desirable for meat and egg production.
What breed of bantam chicken lays the largest eggs?
The dutch bantam lays more than an average large fowl. (At 270 a year plus.) But is still one of the smallest. The rhode island red bantam is large, so should lay large eggs.
If you cross white leghorn rooster with rhode island red hen will the chicks be sex links or mixed?
NO, neither breed is sexlinked. What you need to do is breed a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster with a Barred Rock(Black Stars) or Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a Silver Laced Wyandotte, Rhode Island White or Delaware hen(all Red Stars) and you will get sexlinked chicks. The chicks that hatch out solid black are pullets(hens) and the chicks that hatch out black but with a large yellow dot on top of their heads are cockerels(males).This answer is wrong. The rooster has to be the Rhode Island Red and the hen the White Leghorn. The pullets will have reddish fluff and the males will have yellow fluff leading to white feathers.
What are different kind of breed of chicken?
There are a few different breeds of chicken. There are the Australorp, Black Shumen, Cubalaya, Silkie Bantam, Rhode Island Red, Delaware, are just a few of the breeds.
What breed of chichen lays jumbo eggs?
Rhode Island Reds, Buff Sex links, White Leghorns, Black Australorp.
Which chicken breed lay more eggs?
There are several breeds that lay a large amount of eggs. The most common breed that are readily available. Leghorns Rhode Island Reds Australorp New Hampshires Sussex These are considered good to excellent laying hens.
What breed is the Kellogg's chicken modeled after?
rhode island red
What kind of animal is a rhode island red a cow chicken or sheep?
It is a breed of chicken.
Is Isa brown a crossbreed chicken?
Yes, Isa brown chicken is a cross breed of a Rhode Island red and a Rhode island white.These chickens layover 300 eggs per chicken per year.
What are some animals found on Rhode Island?
Rhode Island is not an island, it is a state in the northeast U.S.A. and would have the same animals as the rest of the northeast. The most famous animal would the Rhode Island Red, a breed of chicken known for it wonderful color and excellent egg production.
What is a Rhode Islands chicken?
A Rhode Island chicken can be two different types - Rhode Island Red and Rhode Island White. They come in both rose comb and single. They are actually recognized as two different breeds. They are known, especially the reds, for "prolific" egg production. The cocks are natoriously aggressive, and the breed tends to be cannibalistic at times - especially the production (NOT show quality) breeding lines.
What is Rhode Island Red chicken time line?
The Rhode Island Red breed dates back to 1854 from a chicken bred in the section of New England that is located between Buzzard's Bay and Narragansett Bay Rhode Island. The name Rhode Island Red was given the breed to honor of the state where it originated.The breed was developed by crossing the Red Malay Game hen and LeghornThe earliest Rhode Island Reds had single, rose combs and pea combs depending on hatch., bred primarily for market purposes both egg and meat capabilities made it an all purpose bird. This breed became an important dual purpose breed, capable of excellent egg production. The skin color is yellow and the eggs shells are brown to dark brown.
What is a Rhode Island Red?
The Rhode Island Red chicken breed was developed from Maylasian chicken breeds in the USA. A duel purpose bird producing good meat quality and a good laying capacity they are a hardy stock suitible for colder climate. A good natured breed, they are among the favorites of small flock owners all over North America.
Can you see a picture of a Rhode Island Red rooster?
Here is a link to Hendersons Chicken breed chart. From there you can narrow down your search for RIR roosters.
When and how did the red chicken become the state bird of Rhode Island?
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.
