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Silkie meaning
A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers, blue-black skin and bones, and five toes per foot (instead of the usual four).
Example sentences (6)
One-year-old Silkie hen Coco and her tiny one-week-old chick, Macchiato, have been named the Mustang and Co Pet of the Month.
Silkie, 49, is an environmental engineer who grew up in Portland and now works for the city.
The Hunter-based, family-run organisation was shaken when a visitor allegedly plucked the silkie chicken from her enclosure and threw her to a nearby alligator pen, where she was killed.
Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said: "It's extremely worrying to see that the Government doesn't have a basic grip on data protection, and that people receiving some of the highest honours have been put at risk because of this.
And there is Reid, a boyish-looking 54, holding a dustpan, as silkie chickens scoot around the yard, not clucking loud enough to drown out his indignation.
Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, said: "As with all mass surveillance tools, it is the general public who suffer more than criminals.