EditorialJennifer Wilcox checks in on her Silkie chickens in their coop at her home in Philadelphia on May 1, 2022.(Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times)
EditorialSilkie or Silky cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Lady Gwydyrs pair, first prize in any variety class at Bristol 1871. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W. Ludlow from Lewis Wrights The Illustrated Book of Po...