This is Mulan, our latest chicken. She is a Silkie. They do not have functioning barbicels on their feathers, so it is like they are covered in down. She is smaller than our other two, so she will no doubt be at the bottom of the pecking order. Follow this link for more info on silkies.
Silkies are small (bantam) - Mulan is about half the size of our other two. She used to live in a rabbit hutch with a Silkie rooster, so she doesn't try to fly much. As a result, I think I'm going to have to redesign the chicken coop to place more roosts at an accessible height.
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