Chicken breed is completely black on the outside and inside

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AYAM CEMANI

a.k.a. "Completely Black Chicken"

This chicken originated in Java, in Indonesia, and was introduced to Europe in 1998, by a breeder in Holland. The Ayam Cemani gets its black colouring from a genetic trait known as 'fibromelanosis', that produces black pigment cells.   Every part of this bird is black: inside and outside.  These chickens do however lay cream-coloured eggs, but they do not sit on their eggs.   Eggs are therefore hatched by artificial incubation.   Ayam Cemani are one of the world's most expensive chicken, with single birds having cost up to $2,500, and they are so exotic that it has been called the "Lamborghini of poultry".   They can be sourced online in Canada.

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