chicken breed chicken named developer sir oldest recorded british true meaning miniature bird corresponding large version breed created 19th century selective breeding program designed produce ornamental breed breed specialist club enthusiasts admitted exhibition standards long establishment today popular breeds despite popularity difficult breed inheritance certain unique characteristics breed carries studied scientifically largely ornamental chicken lay tiny white eggs kept meat production history background sir 7th member parliament addition breeding chickens cattle animals sir john wrote influential pamphlets animal keeping breeding art improving breeds domestic animals observations observations instinct animals read sir john pamphlet impressed passage elaborated weak live writings darwin correspondence mutual friend aided darwin inception darwin theory natural selection darwin seminal work published cited sir john experiments breeding recalled sir respect produce given feather years years obtain head darwin cited sir john extensively dog breeding work variation plants animals descent man selection relation sex book natural selection published lifetime development breed carries intentionally set create small chicken laced plumage similar laced variety polish chickens exact makeup breed uncertain thought crossed british polish birds base achieving laced chicken breed true breed establishment circa founded individual breed association chickens breed appeared edition today breed popular chickens according characteristics accordance intentions creator ornamental commonly seen competitive shows true small stature males weigh average grams females short backs large breasts downward pointing wings combine create angular look plumage laced edges evenly black base dark gold whitish silver legs slate blue skin dark horn color carry rose covered fine points small spike sweeps head called leader originally purple colour referred fancy today bright red desired according standards countries breeders consider adverse effect fertility male use don carry trait breeding purposes despite automatic disqualification shows chicken breeds meaning long shaped feathers common appear tail neck saddle unique characteristic molecular found useful model organism study sex carry causes tissues skin convert unusually large male sex female sex kind birds male protective turn owners like light nature best contained smaller area live happily living breeds prolific expected produce white eggs season prolific egg layers outstanding meat birds prove particularly difficult raise especially rarely chicks usually high mortality rates adults generally hardy birds especially susceptible disease temperament friendly actively social birds males known aggressive general like small chickens somewhat birds small size relatively large wings minority chicken breeds retains strong flying ability keepers confinement allowing free range genetic males occasion born breeding
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