# I need a chicken suit! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 24, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703 "2006-03-24T09:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/1 "2006-03-24T09:09:04Z")
Suppose, for reasons unknown, that I needed to become a giant chicken for a day. Where could I find one of those fabled full-body chicken suits at a relatively low price? I found a few places online that have 'em, but they charge $100+ for a suit and I don’t want to pay that much for something I’m only going to use for a day. Would it be possible to rent one somewhere? Would the average costume rental place have 'em, or is this is not the kind of stuff they usually carry? I’m in the Pasadena area, if it matters, but I’m willing to travel anywhere in and around LA to find one. And does anyone know how (un)comfortable these suits are? I think I’m going to need to wear one for 5-8 hours, and I’m hoping that won’t be too unbearable. I can’t be the only one who’s had do this… right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/2 "2006-03-24T09:19:24Z")
I managed to find a few places on Yahoo and Google. Duh – I should’ve looked first. Mods, please feel free to close or even delete this thread. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/3 "2006-03-24T14:51:24Z")
Mods – pls. leave it open till s/he comes back and explains why s/he needs the suit – my mind is reeling. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/4 "2006-03-24T15:03:08Z")
Mods – pls. leave it open till s/he comes back and explains why s/he needs the suit – **my** mind _and_ my _pants_ are reeling, writhing & fainting in coils. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/5 "2006-03-24T15:54:46Z")
Mods – pls. leave it open till **Bosda** comes back and explains why **Reply** ’s need for a chicken suit sends his pants reeling. Wait…on second thought, we’re probably better off not knowing. Close away. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/6 "2006-03-24T15:58:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Where could I find one of those fabled full-body chicken suits at a relatively low price? It depends on the size of the chicken, and whether this is a black-tie affair or just a jacket/tie type event. The hard part is really finding shoes to fit. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/7 "2006-03-24T16:01:36Z")
Ask Pamela DeBarres. And I will be completely shocked if anyone catches the reference there. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/8 "2006-03-24T18:35:05Z")
Is that a Tommy Lee referance ? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/9 "2006-03-24T18:58:02Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > Is that a Tommy Lee referance ? No, it’s actually a Nicky St. Nicholas reference. He used to be the bass player for Steppenwolf, but beyond that deponant sayeth naught. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/10 "2006-03-24T19:00:36Z")
Better a chicken suit than a paternity suit ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/11 "2006-03-24T19:10:10Z")
Heh. (He) needed a chicken suit because he needed to be a giant chicken for a day! It’s for a school psych project 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/12 "2006-03-24T22:07:27Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s for a school psych project Let me guess: You’re re-creating the famous invisible-gorilla-in-the-ballgame experiment, only with a chicken? ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/13 "2006-03-24T22:17:20Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Ask Pamela DeBarres. > > And I will be completely shocked if anyone catches the reference there. I didn’t know she plaster casted poultry. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/14 "2006-03-24T22:19:47Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > I didn’t know she plaster casted poultry. You’re close … but you need to get more specific. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-chicken-suit/349703/15 "2006-03-24T22:40:59Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Mods – pls. leave it open till s/he comes back and explains why s/he needs the suit – my mind is reeling. Well, it culminates in a fowl pun… It’s hard to pullet off because most people chicken out.