Many birds breaking leg, following silence (6)
I believe the answer is:
gaggle
'many birds breaking leg following silence' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'breaking leg following silence' is the wordplay.
'breaking' indicates anagramming the letters (back).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'silence' becomes 'gag' (gagging is a kind of silencing).
'leg' with letters rearranged gives 'gle'.
'gle' put after 'gag' is 'GAGGLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gaggle that I've seen before include "Colective noun for geese" , "Group of geese" , "Collective noun for geese" , "Alternative name for a flock of geese" , "flock of birds" .)