Silkie chickens are known for being extremely broody, and anyone who keeps them in their backyard knows they'll try to hatch just about anything once their maternal instincts kick in. Nikki of ...

Parade Pets and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. I never grew up around birds, so I wasn't aware of how many different types of chickens exist in the world until adulthood.

At Olsen Farm we know all chickens are special, but there is something particularly magical about the silkie breed. We were gifted a few silkie eggs to incubate when we first started raising chickens ...

A silkie chicken named Banana has become a local legend at a Tucson Dutch Bros location after regularly visiting the ...

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 ...

Some backyard routines look a little more official than others. The filmer, Daisy, recorded the scene in Frankford, West Virginia. A Silkie chicken moves around the yard with a pair of toy-like arms ...

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;” ...

Silkie chickens are becoming a favourite pet for many Vietnamese wealthy families, with a six-month waiting list for the birds. Silkie chickens are becoming a favourite pet for many Vietnamese wealthy ...

Burger King Japan's "Goth Burger" needed a lot of special tricks and ingredients to get it's unique (and slightly creepy) all-black look, but the all-natural black meat option might be even scarier ...