Some of the most popular fluffy chicken breeds include: Silkies. Silkie chickens are smaller than standard chickens. Many small breeds of chickens (called bantams) have normal-sized counterparts.

Silkies owe their unusual black color to fibromelanosis, a rare genetic mutation of hyperpigmentation believed to have first arisen in China. Their Mandarin name, wu gu ji, means “dark-boned chicken;” ...

They’re not your usual yard birds. Brianne raises a type of chicken called a silkie. They’re small and seem plump because of their coating of downy, furlike feathers. Their little heads are ...