I have a dozen "ponape" South American chickens eggs for sale. $75 includes shipping. Ships from northwest indiana near Chicago.
The Ponape (Saudeleur line) is a Micronesian Gamefowl descended of the Violaceous Junglefowl (Gallus violacea Gould)and Austronesian Fighting Game. The Ponape is a wild race, completely naturalized as a feral bird in the interior island of Ponape (Pohnpei).
Trapped by the islanders for their beautiful plumage, they are prized in Micronesian villages on the coasts.
This is an unusually graceful, light-weight breed, more junglefowl than chicken. The crow is pleasant and multi syllabic but the birds are not particularly vocal.
Many birds are black boned and hence invaluable for selection breeders using their genetic stock for the creation of Cemani.
Here is an article about Rapanui (the category that Ponape fall into) from last year:
some of the pictures in the article are from my stock...
http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/13E06A05.p
The Ponape (Saudeleur line) is a Micronesian Gamefowl descended of the Violaceous Junglefowl (Gallus violacea Gould)and Austronesian Fighting Game. The Ponape is a wild race, completely naturalized as a feral bird in the interior island of Ponape (Pohnpei).
Trapped by the islanders for their beautiful plumage, they are prized in Micronesian villages on the coasts.
This is an unusually graceful, light-weight breed, more junglefowl than chicken. The crow is pleasant and multi syllabic but the birds are not particularly vocal.
Many birds are black boned and hence invaluable for selection breeders using their genetic stock for the creation of Cemani.
Here is an article about Rapanui (the category that Ponape fall into) from last year:
some of the pictures in the article are from my stock...
http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/13E06A05.p
