Pecking, flapping, waddling birds,
R.I. Red's our bird.
Producing our fresh, brown eggs,
Or so I have heard.
R. I. Red
A male weighs eight-and-a-half lbs. A female weighs six-and-a-half
pounds. The rooster is brownish-red with a red comb and wattler with a
blackish-green tail. A female is just brownish-red and has no comb or
wattle.
A R. I. red lives in a wire coop or a wooden barn. They eat water,
corn, soybean-oil, fish, bone meal, milk, meat scraps, salt, and other
minerals and vitamins.
Their special adaptations are feathers to keep warm, claws to grab
things, and a beak to eat. The R. I. red became the state bird of Rhode
Island in 1954. It is raised for its meat and mostly for its eggs which
are light tan.
For the Birds |
Cardinal |
Goldfinch |
Gull |
Jay |
Rhode Island Red |
Robin