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Owners such as Madam Ang are attracted to the docile nature of silkie chickens, which she likens to rabbits.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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SINGAPORE - On weekday afternoons, when her husband and children are at work, housewife Anne Ang sits by her balcony with her poodle, Mallow, by her side.
Before them, a brood of six silkie chickens bob about in cages, like an adorable screensaver in real time.
