This is a Rhode Island Red hen. Rhodies are a nice breed. Calm, business like; a flock of 8 or 10 of them can look quite pretty scratching about the yard. They are good layers, pulling their quota of laying an egg per day for their first year of laying. Like I said... strictly business. "I'm a hen, leave me alone and let me hunt bugs. What;s that? Oh you have food?" is their motto. They lay brown eggs and one Rhode island red looks pretty much like the next which makes it difficult to tell stories about how Hen Rhodie-X did this or that. If you are intent on telling stories to your grandchildren about how your chicken went on a vacation trip to Las Vegas and came back married to a used car salesman it might not be in your best interest to have a flock of Rhodies. They are pretty predictable, pretty ordinary, but still they are pretty. You won't be able to tell one from the next unless you dress them up in little hats or something. Then you would be telling your grandchildren stories about how you used to dress up all of your chickens in little hats and things. That might be fun too!