What is Sultan chicken?
[[File:A White Sultan (chicken).jpg|thumb|A white Sultan chicken.]] The '''Sultan''' is a type of chicken. It is a [[breed]] of [[poultry]] known for its beauty.<ref name=LC>{{cite web|url=https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/sultan|accessdate=July 21, 2021|publisher=Livestock Conservancy|title=Sultan Chicken }}</ref> ==Appearance== Sultan chickens have bright white feathers and blue [[shank]]s. They carry their wings low and stand straighter than most chickens. An adult male chicken weighs six pounds and an adult female weighs four pounds.<ref name=LC /> ==History== The Sultan chicken came to [[Europe]] from [[Turkey]], where it is called ''serai taook''. People put them in the Sultan's gardens because they were so beautiful and because they did not damage the grass as much as other chickens did.<ref name=LC /> In 1854, Elizabeth Hempstead of London wrote an article about Sultan Chickens in the ''Poultry Chronicle''. A friend in [[Constantinople]] had sent her a few Sultan chickens. The first Sultan chickens came to the [[North America]] in the 1860s.<ref name=LC /> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Domesticated animals]]