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It says it right there in the first sentence. It's a Silkie chicken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkie
by teamhappy 11y ago
It says it right there in the first sentence. It's a Silkie chicken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkie
- jonah 11y agoWe had silkies growing up. I don't remember their meat being black, maybe we didn't eat those for some reason? (They're smaller than a standard chicken.)
- teamhappy 11y agoI wish we had them when I was a kid; they look pretty funky. The Wikipedia article makes it sound as if they all have black meat (not just the black ones.) I guess that would be a good reason to not eat them (convincing children they taste good might not be worth the effort if you have regular chicken anyway).
- drone 11y agoThe skin, meat, bones, and major organs are generally "black." Silkies are common at Asian markets here -- heck, I bought one this past weekend (for soup!) for $7.99, and there were literally hundreds available.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoWe tried to keep some because they have a good disposition and because they're different, but we also had some Reds and the Reds just tortured them. It was ridiculous. The meat is blue/black.
- giaour 11y agoA lot of farmers keep silkies because they make excellent surrogate mothers. You probably wouldn't eat them very often if you were using them as such.