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post #31 of 1413
2/13/10 at 7:22pm

Sounds great to me. I plan on getting stock from several breeders so I can have diverse bloodlines to use and chose the best ones to breed. I hope to get'm all started this year and when I get'm up and going, come on down and I'll load you up with some.

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post #32 of 1413
2/13/10 at 7:26pm

Here are the pics of King's Black and White Javas

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/37373_black_java_2a1.jpg
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/37373_white_java1.jpg

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post #33 of 1413
2/14/10 at 1:35pm

The standard calls for broken laden blue and yellow on the shanks and feet and yellow bottoms on the mottled variety!

LF Blue Laced Red Wyandottes and LF blue and black wyandottes all from Jerry Foley , white,black,blue and barred wyandotte bantams. F2 bantam mottled wyandotte project chicks, Bantam Mottled cochins blue and black.1 pair of pastel call ducks. Bunch of gamefowl chicks and a lot more chicks hatching. NPIP  # 43-705
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LF Blue Laced Red Wyandottes and LF blue and black wyandottes all from Jerry Foley , white,black,blue and barred wyandotte bantams. F2 bantam mottled wyandotte project chicks, Bantam Mottled cochins blue and black.1 pair of pastel call ducks. Bunch of gamefowl chicks and a lot more chicks hatching. NPIP  # 43-705
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post #34 of 1413
2/14/10 at 2:01pm

My Black Javas have dark shanks and the bottoms of their feet are yellow

Java and Buckeyes are my main breeds.  I also have a RIR quad,  Bantam Araucanas and two lonely Silver Sebrights hens.  2012 will be a big production year, and it's been three years in the making.

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Java and Buckeyes are my main breeds.  I also have a RIR quad,  Bantam Araucanas and two lonely Silver Sebrights hens.  2012 will be a big production year, and it's been three years in the making.

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post #35 of 1413
2/14/10 at 2:19pm

As they should! And whites should have yellow shanks and toes and bottoms of feet.

LF Blue Laced Red Wyandottes and LF blue and black wyandottes all from Jerry Foley , white,black,blue and barred wyandotte bantams. F2 bantam mottled wyandotte project chicks, Bantam Mottled cochins blue and black.1 pair of pastel call ducks. Bunch of gamefowl chicks and a lot more chicks hatching. NPIP  # 43-705
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LF Blue Laced Red Wyandottes and LF blue and black wyandottes all from Jerry Foley , white,black,blue and barred wyandotte bantams. F2 bantam mottled wyandotte project chicks, Bantam Mottled cochins blue and black.1 pair of pastel call ducks. Bunch of gamefowl chicks and a lot more chicks hatching. NPIP  # 43-705
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post #36 of 1413
2/16/10 at 9:52pm

I'm so excited!  My Java's have finally stated to lay.

Zephyr Creek Farm
Reducing my carbon footprint one meal at a time!
Black/White/Auburn Javas, Delaware, EE, BLR Wyandottes, Dominiques, Jersey Giants, RIR, and looking for Rosecomb Dorkings
2 Blue and 1 Lavender American Geese, Embden pair, and 2 French Toulouse Geese and many Muscovy Ducks
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Zephyr Creek Farm
Reducing my carbon footprint one meal at a time!
Black/White/Auburn Javas, Delaware, EE, BLR Wyandottes, Dominiques, Jersey Giants, RIR, and looking for Rosecomb Dorkings
2 Blue and 1 Lavender American Geese, Embden pair, and 2 French Toulouse Geese and many Muscovy Ducks
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post #37 of 1413
2/16/10 at 10:05pm

Oh I have always wanted to have a flock of Javas... the pics of King's Black Java flock - *sigh*  Who is King, and where can I get some eggs!

Love this thread, btw wink

Noise proves nothing.  Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid and asteroid.  - Mark Twain
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Noise proves nothing.  Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid and asteroid.  - Mark Twain
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post #38 of 1413
2/17/10 at 2:26pm
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Originally Posted by highcountrychickens 

Oh I have always wanted to have a flock of Javas... the pics of King's Black Java flock - *sigh*  Who is King, and where can I get some eggs!

Love this thread, btw wink


I sent you an email with his contact info.

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post #39 of 1413
2/17/10 at 4:35pm

This is the first I've ever heard of the Java breed.  Can anyone tell me more about them (cold hardiness, laying rate, friendliness, etc.)?

Thanks guys!

Mom to 3 dogs, 1 gecko, and 20 chickens (3 RIR, 7 BR, 1 EE, 2 BSL, 2 RSL, 2 Blue Silkies, and 3 BRxEEs)
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Mom to 3 dogs, 1 gecko, and 20 chickens (3 RIR, 7 BR, 1 EE, 2 BSL, 2 RSL, 2 Blue Silkies, and 3 BRxEEs)
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post #40 of 1413
2/24/10 at 12:59pm

Javas were one of the popular meat birds in the early 1900's (if I remember correctly).  They are cold hardy, but you may need to watch roos with large combs just in case.  They are a slow growing bird that is more independant than many dual purpose breeds.  This can be a benefit when free ranging.  They are excellent foragers and very intuned to what is going on around them.  My flock has grown more curious and friendly with me as they have matured.  Their personalities were slightly dissapointing to me until a switch seemed to be turned on one day.  Now they are like "Where'd you come from?  You're kind of interesting."  My second batch was much friendlier from the start, so this may be more of a difference in the bloodlines.  I've read conflicting opinion about layers.  My birds just started laying in the past 2 weeks and seem to be laying 5 eggs a week.  That's a good layer in my book.  The toughest thing is finding good stock.  It took me months to find hatching eggs.  Now we have two different lines that we are going to cross.  It is going to take some time, but in a few years we should have a very solid program.

Ellen

Zephyr Creek Farm
Reducing my carbon footprint one meal at a time!
Black/White/Auburn Javas, Delaware, EE, BLR Wyandottes, Dominiques, Jersey Giants, RIR, and looking for Rosecomb Dorkings
2 Blue and 1 Lavender American Geese, Embden pair, and 2 French Toulouse Geese and many Muscovy Ducks
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Zephyr Creek Farm
Reducing my carbon footprint one meal at a time!
Black/White/Auburn Javas, Delaware, EE, BLR Wyandottes, Dominiques, Jersey Giants, RIR, and looking for Rosecomb Dorkings
2 Blue and 1 Lavender American Geese, Embden pair, and 2 French Toulouse Geese and many Muscovy Ducks
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