The nearly two dozen hens that now call JWU home were hatched on campus in July and consist of three breeds: Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock and “Black Star.” The enclosure will bring together ...

There's no surprise there — their colors truly do embody the beauty and diversity of nature. The Rhode Island Red hen is always a shade of red (hence the name) and is known to be a lively breed.

The Golden Comet chicken is a hybrid breed that was created by crossing a Rhode Island Red rooster with a White Rock hen. This hybridization process was done in the early 1950s by a company called ...