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Oh. Thank you for that!!!The New Hampshire was developed in the 1930's in New England...predominately New Hampshire..from the Rhode Island Red for the goal of creating a dual purpose bird that was good for laying and meat. Breeders were less concerned with coloring than quality of bird and the NH eventually arose to become a seperately recognized breed.
Although the word Red is often attached and New Hampshire Red is used by many interchangeably with New Hampshire, technically a New Hampshire Red could be a cross between a RIR and a NH.
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