The Silkie chicken, known for its unusual silky feathers, is an ancient bantam-sized, Asian breed. The Silkie chicken’s feathers have barbs without any barbicels. Barbicels hook together to keep ...

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 ...