<Ul> <Li> Chicken </Li> <Li> Gallus gallus domesticus </Li> </Ul> <Li> Gallus gallus domesticus </Li> <P> The Rhode Island Red is an American breed of domestic chicken . It was developed in the late nineteenth century in Massachusetts and Rhode Island by cross-breeding birds of Oriental origin such as the Malay with brown Leghorn birds from Italy . It was formerly a dual - purpose breed, raised both for meat and for eggs; modern strains have been bred for their egg - laying abilities . The traditional non-industrial strains of the Rhode Island Red are listed as "watch" by The Livestock Conservancy . </P> <P> The Rhode Island Red is the state bird of Rhode Island . It is one of only three state birds that is not a species native to the United States . </P>

Where did the rhode island red originated from
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