Silkie chickens are a prized breed of chicken with a beautiful and fluffy (yet misleading) set of white feathers and black skin. The chicken flesh itself is a dark bluish-gray or even black, and ...

From mini goats, to champion chooks, and ‘the pigeon man’ - the Townsville Show was full of an unusual range of animals.

A study by Professor Yinhua Huang’s team at China Agricultural University has for the first time constructed a “graph-based pan-genome” for chickens, ...

Silkie chickens require some specialized care compared to other chicken breeds, primarily due to their unique feathering. Their fluffy plumage lacks the natural waterproofing of normal chicken ...

As egg prices remain stubbornly high, the humble backyard chook is enjoying renewed popularity in urban areas. Here’s how to ...

Whether for consumption of the bird or the eggs it lays, chickens have played a vital role in the survival of humans for ...

Photo / Catherine Fry Waikato Poultry and Pigeon Club president Fiona Taylor with one of her Black Silkies. Photo / Catherine Fry The Waikato Poultry and Pigeon Club was established in 1902.

See also Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 4. Summary Dr. Herbert Friedmann (1900-1987), an ornithologist specializing in African and American parasitic birds, stands in Bird Hall in the United States ...

In a slightly offbeat groundbreaking effort, students from Shenzhen University in Guangdong province are using artificial intelligence to transform Silkie chicken farming. So far, they've increased ...

In a Xiaohongshu video, two pedestrians were spotted carefully guiding a fluffy silkie chicken bird across the road at night saving it from possibly becoming roadkill. It is unclear where the incident ...