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;” ...

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Xi’an, often called Foo Dog, a golden silkie rooster, has new digs in Corrales, New Mexico. Named for his resemblance to the Chinese lion figurines that guard entrances, Foo Dog and ...

Barbara Blechynden is passionate about white silkie chickens. The life-long love began when she received her first silkie chick as a five-year-old girl 60 years ago. “There is no other bird like them, ...

Cache Valley • A flock of gloriously fluffy chickens from Utah seem to have won the hearts of animal enthusiasts across the country. Now, they want to win the grand prize. The silkie chickens, which ...

I've learned to eat a lot of weird-looking things. I've eaten baby octopi. I've eaten escargot. I've even eaten the weird kitchen-sink casserole that my aunt makes that literally makes us all sick ...