These chickens are known for being friendly and gentle ... allowing them to stay warm and comfortable even in freezing temperatures. The Buff Silkie bantam chicken is a variety of the Silkie breed, ...

This condition is found in breeds such as the Ayam Cemani and Silkie. Most chickens with blue feathers have the usual colored chicken meat. Curious about the other chicken breeds? Delve into a wealth ...

Buda Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care recently lost their community chicken, Princess Lay-ah, who helped provide ...

Check out the Silkie chicken, once considered part of the recipe for longevity. It lays only about one egg a week, which can sell for the high price of 6 dollars a pop.

Chickens generally stay in that phase for three years, and while production will begin to drop off at the end of that time, some chickens do continue laying well into their later years ...

Sy Montgomery loves chickens. Not only those she has lived with — the “Ladies,” whose behavior she can detail at length — but ...

Sy Montgomery offers a chicken's-eye view of how sensitive chickens are and how they can recognize 100 other chickens, ...

If you trust your pet enough and would like the chickens to roam freely during their initial meeting, it should be supervised ...

Why did the chicken cross the road? That’s just one of the poultry puzzles answered in Sy Montgomery’s slim new hardcover, ...

Eight rare chickens have been stolen from a city farm ... The remaining seven birds were made up of Silkies and Banthams. Ouseburn Farm Silkies have big tufts on their heads "Silkies have big ...

Can chickens eat bird food? It's a question you may be asking if you have a flock of feathered friends as part of your family. The best bird food makes a delicious and nutritious snack for the ...

Following Princess Lay-ah’s passing, eight-year-old Ansley Price decided to step in and donate two Silkie chickens that she hatched earlier this year. The facility gave the chickens a warm ...