Ayam Cemani Black Chicken from Central Java, Indonesia

I am so surprised this chicken color is black. It is called Cemani, due the color of chicken is all black. Cemani is a bahasa Indonesia word, which it is  meaning black. Sometimes, we found the beak chicken is not totally black. 

The chicken is very expensive . It could reach one millions rupiah, whick is ten times of common landrace chicken. Cemani is not different to other Indonesia landrace chicken. The weight ia only 3-4 kilogram for rosters and 2-3  kilogram for hen. The hen is a good sitter too. The comb is single. The roster has bigger comb with many points. 

The skin and the meat color is black. Some people do not like the black meat. I had this chicken. Not all feather is black. There is some gold yellow at the chicken back. 

The black chicken is always related to mystique activity. I do not believe this chicken  can give you fortune or money. 

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icelandic Chicken : The Chicken From Cold Region

Before I write this article, I have asked myself whether there is chicken from cold region. I think about Icelandic where is far from other country

I search and find that there is a Chicken from Icelandic. This chicken medium size. The coclrele just can reach 2,5 lbs in five month; while broiler can reach 2 kilogram ini 60 days. 

The icelandic hen is good sitter. The hen brood it's egg. 

The chicken color is variety. The comb is also such as single, pea and combination. So this landarce chicken has no standards. In my country the chicken is also not standard. There are some cross breed such as silkie, Vietnam, bantam, and others. 

 

Modern game fowl the unusual game fowl from Britain

When you see this chicken you might be surprised because it looks more like a bird such as heron and crame rather than a chicken. It has long legs, similiar to those of a heron or crane, which has long feet. The body is also slim. I wonder the bird can fly for far but the weight is heavy enough. The rosters can reach 3,2 - 4,1 kilogram in weight; while the hen weigh 2,25 – 3,2 kilogram.

The chicken is completely for show only though the bird has heavy body. The egg is so poor so people do not raise the fowl as egg layer.  According to the competition, the good modern should have iron-flat body shape, a relatively short back, fine tail, hard feathering, and a very upright carriage.

You were never guess that the modern game was breed as fighting roster. Since the british government forbad the cockfighting, Since the British goverment banned the cookfighting, the modern fanciers have kept as ornamental chicken. 

The color of modern is red black, birchen, brown red, duckwing and pyle. There are two variation of the modern: one the red eye with dark feet and others is the dark eye with dark feet. Like the game fowl, the bird has red to mulberry comb, wattles, skin. The shape of comb is single with white earlobe. 

The bird is also an ancestor of Serama Chicken beside silkie and Japanese Bantam. The Serama traits it's  broad chest from the Modern. 

I wonder some Serama traits  the high shank from the Modern. It might be a nice variant of Serama. 

Dong Tao Chicken : The Dragon Leg

UjkikjChicken I think is web from other chicken do it's Giant lake that different from other chicken is a truck me. Certainly, I Do not want to raise this expensive Chicken. The place is high as a bull price. I have no money to buy this giant chicken.

Certainly the chicken attraction paper do it it's worth like that the size of the heat is similar to mature to human or more bigger you cannot imagine that is why the chicken is difficult to walk more effort restaurant I thought this chicken cannot run like order chicken do it s big black.

The chicken also back to be said with the brother the chicken look so heavy. The skin of the roaster is red

. There is no feather at the middle of it's broad breast. The roster weight is around 5.5 to 6 while the hen ia only 4 kilogram.

The color ia black breasted red. The upper part of it's body is red and the lower is black. The hen color is yellow brown with the black color in it's . The color is similar to its ancestor red jungle fowl . I estimate the color is limited because the chicken  is also limited too. 

In Vietnam, the chicken purpose is for it's meat. The people like the giant legs. This is not a cheap cuisine. Along time ago this chicken is for King and the family.  

The breeder is difficult due to its thick leg. Some chicken may break its own egg. I thought it because the space of the chicken is limited. The owner should provide larger space. 

North Holand Chicken : The dual purpose chickwn from North Holland

Suite with it's name, the Chicken comes from Purmered, northern Holland Region. The chicken developed from Malines Chicken from Belgian that is also crossed to other native chicken. 

I don't know why the chicken blue? The chicken color is cucko . Perhaps teh ancestor of the chicken blue ? 

The roster very weigh . That is about 3,540 kilogram abd the female is less, weigh 2,25 to 2,35 kilogram. The breeder also develop bantam version which is smaller. The bantam version rosters weights around a kilogram.  To me it is very big for bantam. Java bantam weight is only one pound or half kilogram. 

The hen could lays eight 180 to 240 eggs a year. 

I am difficult to draw Chicken's comb

 To be honest, I am not good at drawing. However i like drawing event i am not good at it. It also helps me to describe something and i can imagine something from some pictures or painting. I also love drawing beside my notes.

Certainly, i also like drawing chicken too. i meet some difficult in drawing chicken. To me, it is not easy to draw the comb of chicken. I am often fail to draw the comb especially the single comb. This is the difficult to make the round shape and the edge of the single comb. to me , it is difficult to draw the point of the single combs. 

I have tried the best i can, I draw and feel free.This is the sample of my picture. There ares some types of chicken comb such as single, rose, v shape,buttercup, pea, and others

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Chinese Quail : A good Singer Quail and the aviary cleaning service

 The size is very small to common quail. This beautiful quail come from Asia. In my hometown,  the bird are raised as the cleaner in an aviary. It can clean the food waste bird such as millet, canary seed, and others. The bird live at the bottom of the aviary.

What make the bird is so interesting for me is the sound. The male sound call is small long like eagle call. Only the male has the nice sound. I have watched a flock of Chinese Quail sing together.

The male color is blue and brown. The female has duller color and it is not interesting. But you have to buy the female if you want to raise this nice quail. The female can lay some eggs.

In Aviary, the bird is a cleaner. It will eat any food that fall to the bottom of the aviary. They also use grass as their house. This quail is not good for meat production. The size is only a half of common Quail (Cotturnix Japonica).

Photo source: Nicolas Beuret