In the 1880s Wilbour was running a 200-acre farm with 3,000 to 4,000 chickens, Wilbour’s grandson David Patten wrote in a 1954 pamphlet.. What and Why RI: Rhode Island has a lot of villages, and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This week marks the end of an era in our backyard — and in our food lives. After nearly two decades of raising chickens, we’ve said goodbye to Linda, our last remaining hen. A ...

A Rhode Island Red chicken — the official state bird — roams a backyard in Middletown. ... In the 1880s Wilbour was running a 200-acre farm with 3,000 to 4,000 chickens, ...