# Are they raising Goth Chickens? Or "what do you do with an old hearse?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797 "2025-04-08T16:43:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/1 "2025-04-08T16:43:05Z")
This is creative. And creepy. [Old Hearse becomes a chicken brooder.](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/ancient-hearse-ends-its-career-as-a-chicken-brooder-1927/) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/2 "2025-04-08T17:04:33Z")
[Actual goth chicken.](https://steemit.com/chickens/@mother2chicks/goth-totally-black-chickens) > You are probably asking yourself, is it a chicken that runs super fast. Nope, it’s one that is totally black, from its tail feathers to its bones and internal organs. It’s beak (inside & outside) and tongue are completely ink black. They have a dominant gene that causes this hyper-pigmentation (Fibromelanosis). [![](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/goth-black-chicken-ayam-cemani-21.jpg) ](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/goth-black-chicken-ayam-cemani-21.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/3 "2025-04-08T17:46:04Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > This is creative. > And creepy. and very Harold and Maude [![](https://static1.colliderimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/harold-and-maude_evmypu.png?q=70&fit=crop&w=750&h=422&dpr=1) ](https://static1.colliderimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/harold-and-maude_evmypu.png?q=70&fit=crop&w=750&h=422&dpr=1) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/4 "2025-04-08T18:01:42Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Old Hearse becomes a chicken brooder Makes sense to me. The chickens aren’t going to either know or care about its previous history; they just know they’ve got shelter. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/5 "2025-04-08T18:05:45Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Makes sense to me. The chickens aren’t going to either know or care about its previous history; they just know they’ve got shelter. - It also keeps away snakes. It’s a choice of hiss or hearse. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/6 "2025-04-08T18:07:03Z")
How long have you been waiting to use that one?! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/7 "2025-04-08T18:07:44Z")
(Rooster) spur of the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/8 "2025-04-08T18:34:02Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > and very Harold and Maude Beat me to it! > [@running\_coach](#): > > (Rooster) spur of the moment. (groan) Feeling cocky today? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/9 "2025-04-08T18:48:24Z")
I think he was brooding that one but was always too chicken to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/10 "2025-04-08T19:45:43Z")
While not eggs-traordinarily funny, it did make me smile. I’m sure you were channeling your inner comedi-hen. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/11 "2025-04-08T19:49:31Z")
Fun fact - that car was destroyed in the filming. I would have thought they would have used a mockup. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/12 "2025-04-08T19:51:45Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > I think he was brooding that one but was always too chicken to use it. I’m never to afraid to use a bad pun. I’m a hard-boiled punster. A bad pun is the best kind of yolk. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797/13 "2025-04-09T01:42:56Z")
You’ve been cooped-up at home too long.