Black-boned silkie chickens with black plumage have high breeding value.

The black-feathered silkie is a type of local breed among silkie chickens whose plumage is black, with glossy black feathers, and it mostly has characteristics such as black skin, black meat, and black bone. In some areas, the silkie type with black silky feathers is also called the Black Phoenix chicken. It is mostly small to medium in body size and relatively docile in temperament, and is one of China's traditional nourishing poultry breeds.

Compared with the common white-feathered silkie, the black-feathered silkie looks closer to an ordinary native chicken, but internally it still retains the traits of the silkie. Its meat is tender and delicious, and among the people it is often used for stewed soup as a nourishing food. It has a certain level of recognition in the specialty poultry meat consumer market and is suitable for development as a specialty breeding project.

When raising black-feathered silkie chickens, attention must be paid to warmth and ventilation during the chick stage, because silkie chickens generally have weak vitality and disease resistance, and unstable temperatures during brooding can easily trigger disease. In daily management, the coop should be kept dry and clean, density should be controlled at a reasonable level, feed nutrition should be balanced, and vaccinations should be carried out according to schedule to increase the survival rate.

After entering the laying period, stable lighting duration and a quiet indoor environment help increase the laying rate, and calcium and green feed can also be appropriately supplemented. As long as refined management is carried out, black-feathered silkie chickens can both meet meat needs and bring certain egg production returns, making them a local breed with both ornamental and economic value.