spelled silky breed chicken named plumage said feel like silk breed unusual qualities black skin bones blue toes foot chickens exhibited shows appear colors addition distinctive physical characteristics known calm friendly temperament exceptionally care young fair layers laying eggs week commonly hatch eggs breeds bird species nature history unknown exactly singular combination attributes appeared documented point origin ancient china occasionally encountered bird chinese silk chicken places southeast_asia named possibilities india java earliest surviving written account comes wrote chicken 13th century travels asia writer naturalist italy published comprehensive treatise chickens read admired today spoke wool bearing chickens ones clothed hair like black cat likely way west maritime trade breed recognized officially north_america acceptance common west myths early dutch breeders told buyers offspring chickens rabbits promoted having actual fur 21st century popular ornamental breeds chicken kept ornamental pet chickens backyard keepers commonly raise offspring chickens like ducks game birds characteristics considered breed countries varies according region breed standards class officially large actually separate variety time north american strains breed sized europe standard sized original version standard relatively small chickens males weighing pounds females weighing pounds calls males females grams plumage unique chicken breeds recent years developed breeds notably britain netherlands compared silk fur overall result soft appearance feathers lack functioning similar birds characteristic leaves unable fly appear distinct varieties non extra feathers area covers separated according color colors recognized competitive showing include black blue buff grey white alternative red splash exist standards perfection small colored dark blue addition defining characteristics toes foot breeds exhibit rare trait include sultan black skin bones grayish black meat chinese language meaning black chicken extends skin animal tissue rare trait chickens caused rare believed begun asia breeds descended asian stock possess color breed generally produce common meat breeds chicken lay fair number eggs cream color production interrupted extreme tendency produce eggs ideal year capacity bred bred especially egg production exploited keepers allowing raise offspring birds addition good mothers universally renowned calm friendly temperament confinement interact children cause bullied active aggressive birds kept mixed flocks standard male weight female british standard smaller australian standard weights males females british standard weight males females known usually additional foot genetic cause extra digit formation shown gene called regulatory sequence causes expression anterior developing limb leading increased tissue growth feet display wings standard digit arrangement japanese initially develops additional wing embryo lost prior hatching genetic cause differs cause chicken breed expression secondary effect cuisine black meat generally considered unusual attribute european american contrast asian consider meat food chinese cuisine especially values breed common ingredient japanese vietnamese korean dishes areas chinese cuisine strong influence malaysia cook early 7th century traditional chinese medicine held chicken soup meat food usual methods cooking include traditional chinese soup uses ingredients mountain orange fresh fusion restaurants metropolitan areas west cooked traditional american french cuisine
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