Eliza
Eliza has stood out since she was a chick because she had what looked like a cotton ball on her head. As her feathers have come in, she has developed a more sophisticated look. Her namesake is Eliza Dolittle for obvious reasons. I think you can see the resemblance.
Unfortunately, her unique hair-do does not help her win any intelligence prizes. Eliza is a White Crested Black Polish. WCBP hens are known to be one of the slower breeds of chicken because their top-knot severely limits their field of vision. Poor Eliza gets lost in the yard when the other chickens get more than three feet from her. The poor girl will squawk for a couple minutes and then sit down wherever she is and waits for the other hens to find her. I have seen her sit in the same spot for thirty minutes just waiting for the other chickens to wonder back. I guess the chicken intelligence scale is a sliding scale.
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