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 ...

When a tiny Frizzle rooster was rescued from the side of a highway, his life started looking up. Abandoned with no place to call home, the little rooster was overjoyed to have a home. But when he went ...

Jackson County resident and competitive taxidermist Larry Angus recently placed in the Master’s Division at the World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships. Angus’ entry, a bearded white Silkie ...

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;” ...

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 ...