Color Coordinating Chickens With Ducks

[Nyboy]

guy on Craig list is selling very rare chickens Ayam Cemani. He is asking $125 for 16 week pullets. They are all black feathers ,legs, breaks and combs. I have the East Indie ducks which are also all black. I can have a Gothic flock . He is holding 4 pullets and 1 rooster for me. I love the fact of having hens no one else does, but will not be able to free range them. They also don't lay many eggs. Planning on looking at them Sunday

 

[Ridgerunner]

If you can, could you post some photos of them. Those things are weird if they are true to what they should be. They would be perfect for Halloween.

So I guess now you are designing a chicken coop based on Dracula's castle? The nests would look like coffins. With those I think Dracula would be more appropriate than Frankenstein's castle.

 

[Nyboy]

 

[ninnymary]

I have learned that exotic breeds=not good layers. A gal I know online has beautiful chickens that are not common. She said they lay about 3 eggs a week. One day I may get just one for the looks.

Mary

 

[thejenx]

Yeah these are really cool looking, I've got them on my shortlist for when I've got a garden with space for chickens. Their blood and meat is also black right?

 

[buckabucka]

I find that some chickens are for production, some are not that productive but you keep them for their beautiful egg color, and some you keep because they are beautiful yard art. (I have too many chickens, of course).

 

[Nyboy]

Yard art I love it. I think and maybe wrong but red is the only color blood comes in

 

[Nyboy]

Mary I will still have the silver lace for eggs. truth is I don't really cook so very little need for eggs

 

[canesisters]

Yeah these are really cool looking, I've got them on my shortlist for when I've got a garden with space for chickens. Their blood and meat is also black right?

Yep, black all the way through - skin, muscles, bones - just like silkies. The blood is red.

@Nyboy , is that price for several? They aren't THAT rare anymore.

 

[thejenx]

Over here I see prices for roosters anywhere from free to up to 5 or 10 Euro's. And from 15,- up to 45,- for a couple. They are mostly sold as a pair or just roosters, hardly any hens separately.