Rare $2,500 Chicken Is ‘Lamborghini’ of Poultry
By Justin Maiman | Daily Ticker – 8 hours ago
How much would you pay for chicken?
Paul Bradshaw, a breeder in Florida at Greenfire Farms, sells chickens for $2,500...per chicken, that is. And $4,999 for a juvenile pair. Bradshaw says the rare Indonesian breed Ayam Cemani is “my most requested bird, ever.â€
It remains to be seen if there's a mainstream market for the bird. He’s the first U.S. breeder and doesn’t expect to have chicks available until early 2014.
We asked Dana Cowin, editor-in-chief of Food & Wine, why this chicken costs so much.
"To be fair, it is an all black chicken," she says. "So it's very chic. Its feathers are black. Its organs are black. Its meat is black. So it's very special, it's a rare breed chicken."
The chicken is named after a village (Cemani) in central Java. The black coloring is the result of a genetic trait known as “fibromelanosis†and is also characteristic of Chinese Silkies, a black chicken treasured across China.
Linkback:
https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=74974.0