首都机场附近的某个小镇上，曾经的诗人陈小阳（廖凡）化身黑鸡养殖场场长，一心做着自己场出产的营养黑鸡蛋全部占领北京市场的梦。某日，小镇迎来陈小阳的昔日好友、失败诗人欧阳云飞（陈建斌）。在欧阳云飞眼里，宁静的小镇神秘怪诞，正与他的心境相契合。　　孤独、有许多怪癖、患有色盲症的小镇姑娘方芳（秦海潞）爱上了欧阳云飞，并期望对方能带她离开对她来说只有黑白二色的小镇，但欧阳云飞想的只是如何成名。在一张偶然买到具有神奇魔力的盗版光盘的帮助下，欧阳云飞梦想成真，可是怪事也接踵而来。

Yun Fei, a young poet, seeks the advice of an old university friend who lives in the Beijing suburbs, discovering that his friend has gone into business breeding black chickens. Discouraged about his future as a poet, Yun Fei starts a relationship with a colorblind young girl who encourages him to persevere. But even this new relationship is not enough to inspire him to write. It’s at this point that he buys a pirated record whose magical powers bring him the success he’s longed for. However, sudden fame does not seem to solve everything. The first film of Beijing theatre director Meng Jing Hui, Chicken Poets is an insightful and poetic look at materialism and the younger generation in China.