← All breeds Rhode Island White Rhode Island White breed profile: Brown eggs, rose comb, yellow legs, medium, top layer.
Standard at a glance
Eggs
Comb Rose comb
Feather pattern Solid feathers
Legs Yellow
Skin Yellow Size, laying and temperament
Frame height medium
Egg production top layer
Broodiness rarely broody
Docility calm
Bone density medium
Foraging skill good forager
Cold hardiness very cold-hardy On the app's 1 to 5 scale. Load this breed as a goal and every bird you score is matched against it.
Crosses with Rhode Island White What a Rhode Island White hen throws with a rooster of each breed. Open one for both directions and the full genetics.
× Ameraucana Green eggs, walnut comb × Araucana Green eggs, walnut comb × Barred Plymouth Rock Brown eggs, rose comb × Bielefelder Brown eggs, rose comb × Black Australorp Brown eggs, rose comb × Black Copper Marans Brown eggs, rose comb × Blue Andalusian Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Buff Orpington Brown eggs, rose comb × Cochin Brown eggs, rose comb × Delaware Brown eggs, rose comb × Dominique Brown eggs, rose comb × Easter Egger Green or Cream/tinted eggs, walnut comb × Faverolles Brown eggs, rose comb × Golden Comet Brown eggs, rose comb × ISA Brown Brown eggs, rose comb × Jersey Giant Brown eggs, rose comb × Legbar Green eggs, rose comb × Light Brahma Brown eggs, walnut comb × New Hampshire Brown eggs, rose comb × Olive Egger Olive or Brown eggs, walnut comb × Polish Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb × Rhode Island Red Brown eggs, rose comb × Silkie Brown eggs, rose comb × Silver-Laced Wyandotte Brown eggs, rose comb × Speckled Sussex Brown eggs, rose comb × Welsummer Brown eggs, rose comb × White Leghorn Cream/tinted eggs, rose comb Now with your own birds Load the Rhode Island White standard as your breeding goal in one tap. Add your flock, set a breeding goal, and the pairing engine ranks every hen and rooster you own against it. Free for up to 15 birds.
Sources Breed standards and profiles The Livestock Conservancy: breed pages and the "Pick a Breed" comparison chart (egg colour, rate of lay, broodiness, temperament, foraging, cold hardiness) Oklahoma State University, Breeds of Livestock: chickens (comb, skin and shank colour, egg colour, weights, origin) University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension A2880, Chicken Breeds and Varieties (egg colour, skin colour, comb, class and use) American Poultry Association, recognised breeds and varieties (which breeds and varieties are standardised) The Poultry Club of Great Britain, breed pages (British and rare breeds) Checked September 2026. Hybrids and breeds no reference covers are marked approximate. Egg colour on these pages follows one rule: Brown is any shade a buyer would call brown; Cream/tinted is off-white.