![]() ![]() In Bali, the birds are used for cockfighting, an age-old cultural tradition regarded as an ancient religious ritual and not a sport for entertainment. They are prized for use in folk medicine as they are believed to treat cardiovascular and respiratory disease, and are used for ritual ceremonies. While in their native land of Java, many superstitious Javanese believe these chickens have magical properties. In Indonesia, the Ayam Cemani chicken is used for eggs and meat production. Some are even born silver or have grey coloration around their mouths because the black coloration relies upon a recessive gene. Still, even when two completely black parents are used, it is common for their offspring to be tainted by a white wingtip, toes, or chest. ![]() North American breeders are working hard to refine the true Ayam Cemani breed and retain its desirable black coloration through a strict breeding program. However, it is still challenging to find hatcheries that supply them, and the chicks are often flawed, not pure, or not entirely black. These exotic birds were selling for more than $2000 each due to their rarity, but today the prices have dropped significantly, and you can buy an Ayam Cemani chick for under $50. They then appeared in Europe and the United States in the 1990s and became an overnight sensation. The Ayam Cemani chicken breed was first discovered and documented by a Dutch colonist living in Java during the 1920s. Highly regarded for their mystical powers and magic blood.Rare breed that can be difficult to find, and very expensive.Every part of the Ayam Cemani chicken is black, even its meat and bones.I wanted calm, friendly, chicks of some variety, but this mixture is crazy, I haven’t a clue to what I got! I’ve called to inquire, but apparently they don’t know what the shipping department sent and I have to wait till that person returns next week to “maybe “ help identify these 3 month old Bantus by the pictures I’ve sent to their website. I wound up with at least two roosters, pretty, but rowdy! A pint size and one twice the others size, had to remove them from our brooder pen, they were try to take the females tooo early, lot of squealing and squalking going on! The immature hens were not ready for the “haunching”!Īlso wound up with 6 black Cochins chicks of which I’m suspicious of 3 being “roosters “ so far I’m guessing I got possibly 5 “roosters “ out the back of 12 chicks! I purchased a group of Batam chicks known as a hatchery special collection, was told it was a popular collection and like by many of their customers! I went ahead with the order but, these are not what I thought I was asking for! I hope these tips help you with your own flock, whether you buy them or raise your own barnyard mutts.ĭon’t forget to PIN this to your Chicken or Homesteading board for later, you never know when you’ll need to play barnyard sleuth!Ĭheck out my Chicken page for more ideas or start with these: One of my favorites was a Buff Orpington X with something that gave him gorgeous blue feathers in his tail. I have ended up with some really pretty birds over the years. I do have a lot of birds that lay tan eggs so there are a few options and I might get a better idea as time goes on.Īt this point I have so many types of chickens and a few generations of crosses that it’s anyone’s guess. I think it’s part Welsummer, part… I don’t know but I’m pretty sure it came from a tan egg. I’m sure it’s a rooster (it was!) because that’s how life goes on a farm. It’s the same size as the Silkies right now. It was freezing and wet outside, she also has a terrible track record as a mom! The little tan guy is about a week younger than the others. She hatched one chick and I stole it from her. If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen the Appenzeller Spitzhauben hen that went broody. It worked out though I did have a hen laying beautiful olive eggs. Had I planned ahead I could have penned up my Welsummer rooster with my EE hens but I didn’t. In my quest for olive eggs I hatched out the darkest brown and bluest eggs hoping for a Welsummer/EE cross. This one is only helpful if you hatch the eggs and know what shells the chicks come from. ![]()
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