Fluffy chicken

Polish chickens aren’t actually from Poland. One of their most distinctive features is a huge, fluffy crest of feathers that surrounds their heads and sometimes gets in their eyes. This distinctive puff of feathers is where they got their name, as it resembles the large, square hats Polish soldiers used to wear. //Photo credit: Instagram @katieeberhart

History Silkies are a unique breed of chicken, thought to have originated in China or Southeast Asia. The first recorded history of Silkies occurs in Marco Polo’s writings about his travels to Asia in the 13th century, in which he describes chickens with fur-like plumage black skin. Silkies were admitted into the Standard of Perfection […]

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Not only are silkies the fluffiest of the fluffy chicken breeds, but they’re also renowned for being excellent brooders. Silkies are small chickens native to China. Their feathers are so fine they feel almost like hair, making these birds little puffs of fluff with talons and beaks. Unlike most other chickens, Silkies have 5 toes on each foot. Photo credit: Instagram @jerseysilkies

For Pappa G. They are 3 1/2 months old now! Guess which one crowed this morning? Blogged at joangoesgreen.blogspot.com/

Reader Pamela of the blog Sweet Peach wrote us today to share some “cute chickens” she recently photographed, and when I opened up the link, my jaw dropped. My friends, this chicken goes so far beyond cute. Here’s your dose of Friday chicken splendor. This chicken, people, is a diva, and she is named Izzy-Belle, which seems to suit her glam style.

Silkie Chicken

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