The Rhode Island Red was bred in the Little Compton village of Adamsville, ... This was the farm of William Tripp, who in 1854 began experimenting with the breeding of Asiatic fowl.

The Rhode Island Red was bred in the Little Compton village of Adamsville, ... This was the farm of William Tripp, who in 1854 began experimenting with the breeding of Asiatic fowl.

Production Reds, a mix between the New Hampshire Red and Rhode Island Red breeds, are the best brown egg layer, according to Leslye Woodard, the owner of Woodward Mercantile in Maize.

Alternatively, the Rhode Island Red breed of hen lays brown eggs due to a hereditary pigmentation. ... a hen's breed and genetics are almost entirely the cause for differently colored egg shells.