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 ...

About 200 veterans and active-duty service members wearing silkies banded together for a night of bonding during a hike in Washington on Saturday with the Irreverent Warriors — a veterans organization ...

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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;” ...

If you need a good laugh today, look no further than this Silkie Chicken’s viral “glow-up.” The fluffy bird got a set of googly eyes—and the result is both hilarious and completely wrong in the best ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Silkies, inspired by the breed of dogs of the same name, came together unexpectedly after life thwarted the group’s initial plans: The pandemic forced their original indie rock outfit to split.