New Hampshire Red chicken
The New Hampshire Red is an American dual-purpose breed developed from the Rhode Island Red for rapid growth and feathering.
The New Hampshire Red is a pure-bred chicken breed in the PCGB Soft Feather Heavy class. Its origin is given as New Hampshire, USA.
It is kept in large and bantam forms. Recognised colours: Red Blue Tailed, White (Non-Standardised). Typical adult weights: cock about 3.85 kg, hen about 2.95 kg, bantam cock about 980 g and bantam hen about 737 g.
Expect roughly 160–240 eggs a year, with brown shells. It is mainly kept for eggs, for the table and for exhibition or as an ornamental bird.
Compiled from poultryclub.org, poultrykeeper.com, en.wikipedia.org. See sources
Photos
From keepers' flocks
No keeper photos yet.
Keep this breed? Add your birds on Flockstock and share a photo from the bird's page. Go to my flock
Identity
- Species
- Chicken
- Type
- Pure breed
- PCGB class
- Soft Feather Heavy
- Origin
- New Hampshire, USA
- Kept for
- Eggs, Table, Exhibition or ornamental
History
It was developed in the state of New Hampshire in the early 1900s by farmers and the state's Agricultural Experiment Station at Durham; poultrykeeper credits Professor 'Red' Richardson, around 1918. Only RIR stock was used, selected for growth, feathering and meat. It reached the American Standard in 1935 (bantam 1960) and the UK in the mid-1930s. It was popular in post-war Germany and the Netherlands. In the UK the Rare Poultry Society cared for it until the New Hampshire Red Poultry Club formed in 1997.
Appearance
Red is standardised in the UK, a lighter red than the RIR. Blue Tailed and White exist but are not standardised.
Recognised colours
Red Blue Tailed, White (Non-Standardised)
Size and weight
- Forms
- Large, Bantam
- Cock
- 3.85 kg
- Hen
- 2.95 kg
- Bantam cock
- 980 g
- Bantam hen
- 737 g
Eggs
- Eggs a year
- 160–240
- Egg colour
- Brown
Temperament
Not recorded yet.
Hardiness
Not recorded yet.
Broodiness
Not recorded yet.
Flying
Not recorded yet.
Suitability
Not recorded yet.
Conservation status (RBST)
Not on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's priority list.
Breed club
- The New Hampshire Red Club, breed-specific
Sources
This page is compiled from:
Review
Nothing is flagged on this page at the moment. Breeds and strains vary, so check with a breeder or club too.
Suggest a change
Spotted something wrong or missing? Tell us what it should say, and we'll review it.