However, silkies are considered true bantams because there's no full-sized silkie breed. Bantam chickens weigh 25 to 30% of what standard chickens do. As a result, ...

Silkie Chicken. The Silkie chicken, known for its unusual silky feathers, is an ancient bantam-sized, Asian breed. The Silkie ...

Black chicken breeds have black feathers and skin. Learn about the traits, care, ... For instance, silkie chickens have black bones and skin, but their plumage can be white, ...

The silkie “black” chicken's feathers look like fluffy fur -- and it is billed as one of the gentlest, cutest chickens out there. That's why some people in America keep it as a pet. On the ...

Cold climate: Silkies. Silkies aren’t great at laying eggs (you can expect fewer than 100 a year), but they’re pretty chickens, with gorgeous feathers and a wide range of colorings.

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, ...

She has been raising this breed of bird since she was 14 years old. (Athena Balderas) Silkie chickens from Wanderlust Farm in Logan are finalists in Purina's Animals of Autumn Contest.