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 ...

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 ...

The Chinese chicken's mandarin name is wu gu ji, or "dark-boned chicken." Got a black silkie chicken to make into soup since I'm still sick. Wasn't expecting to see claws.

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;” ...

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, ...

Silkies come in several different colors of feathers: black, white, gold, and gray, but all have black faces and skin, and their beaks, legs, and meat are dark gray or grayish-blue. They also have ...

The Ayam cemani chicken may be the most deeply pigmented creature on earth. Not only are the bird’s feathers, beak, comb, tongue, and toes a striking, blue-ish black, but so are its bones.

The silkie chickens, which roam on Athena Balderas’ Wanderlust Farm in Logan, are finalists in Purina’s Animals of Autumn Contest. If they win, Balderas will secure a $500 coupon from the ...

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 ...