I get a lot of people linking to things on The Art of Doing Stuff Facebook page. Stuff they want me to see.
Most often it's either about potato chips, chickens, or pizza.
On rare occasions it's about something that doesn't have to do with food. I don't like those rare occasions. They make me itch.
Pizza can make you itch too but only if you eat it while sitting in a patch of poison ivy. Which would be worth it for even the worst piece of pizza.
So when Julie put up a chicken link on my Facebook page the other day I thought … Huh … a chicken link! Actually I said …. Huh! A chicken link! outloud and sprayed potato chips all over my computer.
What I opened up when I clicked on that link was a whole new world.
Allow me to introduce to you via Julie, via Geekologie ...
This photo is not Photoshopped. This is what the actual chicken looks like. Every single bit of it is black.
Everything.
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This chicken's skin, bones and organs … are black.
You might think it's ugly. Horrifying even. A freak of nature. I love it.
The Ayam Cemani is a breed of chicken from Indonesia. And I want one.
Which is a shame because you can only buy them in pairs. And they're $5,000 per pair. Unless you do some REAL digging on the Internet in which case you can pick up a pair from Green Fire Farms for the low, low price of $1,999.
On the other hand a black Sharpie only costs a couple of bucks.
So. What do you think? The Ayam Cemani.
Breathtakingly Beautiful or Shockingly Scary?
Maureen
Kickstarter?
Karen
LOL! ~ karen
Susan
You ordered some...didn't you?
Cheryl
Like so many others, I was hoping for black eggs. Not that I'd ever eat a black egg, but they would certainly work in Halloween Baskets!
Ev Wilcox
What a beautiful bird! Though I prefer them alive, I do love me some chicken dinners! After contemplating my recipe file, I would coat the individual pieces in mayo, then bread crumbs, then bake till done! Maybe I'd tint the crumbs red with some smoked paprika and cinnamon. But seriously, the bird is very pretty and I wish they weren't so $$ so you could get a pair. Thanks for the picture!
Judy
Karen - in case you need some inspirationg, I wanted to let you know that your man Idris Elba is on the cover of the September issue of Details magazine. I too find him VERY inspiring!
Karen
Good lord he's a looker. ~ karen!
Ronda
Give Tiki and Ronde Barber a peek on Google...
Joanne
I think they are absolutely gorgeous... but I can see where some scary horror movie facial makeup motivations might have been gleaned from looking at these chickens face on!
Not thrilled about the black meat, but I supposed one could "stew" it and it wouldn't really matter... Like a lot of others, I wonder about the egg color, and was hoping for a "dark chocolate" from these hens.
Amy in StL
I think they're weird looking, but my mom is afraid of birds - especially chickens - and I'm sure if I showed her this picture it would be terrifying to her. Kind of like when people on Facebook posted pictures of giant spiders from Iraq. Terrifying!
Jamieson
They are stunners, and more importantly they complement your black henhouse. I cannot see how this acquisition can possibly be avoided.
Karen
LOL. Well, my Black Copper Marans do the same thing, albeit with a little less panache. And pesos. ~ karen!
Kate
Just went to black chicken farm source, cream colored eggs. Tres disappointed!
Kate
Beautiful! Think eating it wouldn't work for me. As living art to visually enjoy, breathtaking! I am hoping for black eggs too!
maggie van sickle
Beautiful creature and I can see why you would want one. I am not sure if I could eat one and I am curious about the colour of the eggs.
Jacquie O'H
Eggs are brown. Check Kigigi their price has come down alot . You should be able to get eggs to hatch really cheap then all ya need is a silky hen to do the sitting for ya.
Beckie
I think it is stunning. Nature is amazing. It makes me wonder *why* they have turned completely, totally black.
Jenny
WOW! Black chickens and chocolate eggs. You are the goddess of chickendom!
Karol
Ew, ew! Total turn off on the black chicken meat.
Su
Yes beautiful alive... unappetizing dead.... color of the eggs??
Karen
Cream. ~ karen!
Su
oh cool!
Isabel
In Brazil we have african brazilian religions with rituals called macumba. Or magic, if you will. Well, most of the recipes call for a black chicken. So if the macumbeiros from my country find these, they will flip!!!!!
Chris
Funny, I just saw these for sale at the local market the other day for the first time. I thought they had dyed the skin for whatever reason. Didn't see what they were charging in comparison to the regular chickens, mainly because they looked scary to me and not something I could see eating. The live ones, however, are quite beautiful.
DanniJ
Very beautiful and would make a handsome fellow for cuddles :)
Tori
There's a blackened chicken joke in here somewhere...
Heather
Tori, I was thinking the same thing. This gives new meaning to blackened chicken.
I don't think I could bring myself to eat that black meat.
Jules
I think I have a feather duster and some lampshades in those black feathers... but thinking of what I paid at Hobby Lobby, maybe they're just dyed. Hey Clairol, does she, or doesn't she? Only her hen-dresser knows! DEFINITELY get 2 of those beauties, they are just gorgeous! So majestic looking. I'd get two if my neighborhood would allow them, they totally match my decor!