The Sussex is a British breed of dual-purpose chicken, reared both for its meat and for its eggs. Eight colors are recognized for both standard-sized and bantam fowl. A breed association, the Sussex Breed Club, was organized in 1903.
The Silkie is a breed of chicken named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is said to feel like silk and satin. The breed has several other unusual qualities, such as black skin and bones, blue earlobes, and five toes on each foot, whereas most chickens only have four.
The Brahma is an American breed of chicken. It was developed in the United States from birds imported from the Chinese port of Shanghai, and was the principal American meat breed from the 1850s until about 1930.
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