Chickens like the Rhode Island Red and Plymouth Rock are famed for their brown eggs. The depth of brown coloring can vary from light to dark chocolate, attributed to the pigment protoporphyrin ...

Here are some of our favorites: Leghorn, Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock, Ameraucana and Red Sex Link. These have proven to be excellent layers except during molting season when chickens lay few ...

The chickens that saved Western civilization ... straight forward means “no.” But the Rhode Island Red, weighted down by its disproportionately large breast, always fell straight forward ...