Chickens are generally the stupidest-looking birds on the planet. I own two different coffee table books of chicken photos simply because the mere sight of these idiotic fowl can literally bring me to laugh-induced tears.

It must be hard to be a chicken—they’re all going to laugh at you.

That’s not to say that there aren’t some elegant chickens out there. Today we cast the spotlight on two types of goth chickens: the Black Silkie and the Ayam Cemani.
 

 
The Black Silkie is thought by traditional Chinese medicine to increase female fertility and vitality and nourish the pregnant woman’s developing child. It’s feathers and skin are black and they are most often raised as pets or for showing rather than producers of eggs or meat—though they are indeed edible and make a great noodle soup.
 

 

 

 

 

 
The Ayam Cemani is a designer breed from Indonesia, also possessing black feathers and skin—not to mention black muscles and organs. They are an expensive breed. Chicks generally sell for around $200 each.  They have been referred to in some circles as the “Lamborghini of poultry.”
 

 

 

 

 
When you are a goth chicken, you are often consumed with brooding, troubling thoughts of death.
 

 
No one really understands the inner pain of the goth chicken: