The Rhode Island Red is a popular breed in all Australian States, in fact, it is popular in almost every country where pure breeds of poultry are raised. Generally any red coloured fowl or bantam at a country sale or on a piece of linen or place mat is called a "Rhode Island Red". The breed is so strongly associated with red plumed fowls that even exhibition breeders and showmen sometimes forget that there is a specific shape, called 'type', that makes a breed a Rhode Island Red. In fact, red feathers are an attractive adornment rather than a definition.
In his book Colin Gregor sets about instructing the novice and experienced breeder and exhibitor about the correct requirements for shape and colour that makes up the Rhode Island Red. He leaves no stone unturned in this book of appreciation and instruction into the finer points of the breed. Every reader will learn something from this detailed work. He clearly and repeatedly attributes the 'lustre' of the feather as a major attraction of the breed. A facet that no breeder or exhibitor can afford to ignore.
This is an opinionated, informative and educational handbook of the Rhode Island Red!
