Distinctive chicken has black skin and furry feathers. A male White Silkie chicken is seen in this undated photo. Mark Clifford/Barcroft Media/Getty Images — -- The silkie “black” chicken's ...

In the spring 14 years ago, Dickson County resident Judy Lee went out to check on her chickens – though the fluffy birds could have been mistaken for a small dog or cat. Lee didn’t know it yet, but ...

Signs around the small town of Dufur show local support for 5-year-old Ayla Macnab, who was ordered to get rid of her Silkie Bantam rooster, Dallas. The girl's family says she bought the bird a month ...

Jackson County resident and competitive taxidermist Larry Angus recently placed in the Master’s Division at the World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships. Angus’ entry, a bearded white Silkie ...

When a tiny Frizzle rooster was rescued from the side of a highway, his life started looking up. Abandoned with no place to call home, the little rooster was overjoyed to have a home. But when he went ...

ay you all have the same joy I have had -- knowing a chicken." So says West Palm Beach homemaker Karin Estrada as she plants a kiss atop the head of Cotton Rooster, her self-described "soulmate," near ...

DEQUINCY, La. (KPLC) - Although she only started competing three years ago, Adrianna Gibson’s silkie birds have taken her across Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. “It’s pretty ...

Keeping a garden well and keeping free-range chickens are not the most naturally compatible of pastimes. Pecking beaks will wreak havoc with delicate, emerging flower buds, and dust-bathing, a ...