Ayam Cemani Meat!

[BeLaL]

Hello.

Just wondering if anyone of you have had tried this kind of birds ?
i heard their meat are the best? is this true? Anybody?

Thank you.

 

[BlackHackle]

Hello.

Just wondering if anyone of you have had tried this kind of birds ?
i heard their meat are the best? is this true? Anybody?

Thank you.

Nope, the best meat you can find come from the Bresse and the Plymouth Rock. Ayam Cemani meat looks terrible as well

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Cemani meat is trendy due to color, not flavor

 

[IamRainey]

I couldn't make myself eat black flesh if it were the tastiest thing on earth! There's just something fundamentally off-putting about that color.

 

[chickendreams24]

The best meat is a very subjective concept.

I haven't personally eaten cemani but we have processed a few silkies and silkie mixes which are also black skinned. Silkie meat is thought of as medicinal and a delicacy in some cultures but I can't say as we've so far noticed a difference. The next time we have it I plan to cook both a black skinned pure silkie and a white or yellow skinned bird a rock or an Orpington. As of this point we haven't yet eaten a pure silkie only a mix.

Also I can't say I've been too impressed with the Plymouth Rock meat. The best meat we've had so far has been from the Orpingtons and the EE. We've also had some very meaty legbar Orpington mixes.

Note our rocks were hatchery barred and whites while our Orpingtons are all English with just a few Americans left.

I haven't gotten the chance to try Bresse but hear amazing things.

We've also tried hatchery cuckoo marans, and a number of other breeds.

 

[Compost King]

Hmong is the black meat breed chicken, I have only seen their hatching eggs on Ebay. Silkies are also used for black meat production which at first I thought was silly. Then I ended up with 2 silkies in an assortment that included LF and Bantams. The Silkie grew so fast that they were larger than the LF birds in the early months. I have Cemanis and they do have black meat but not very meaty and they are very slow growing for such a small bird. Currently I am crossing them with Red Rangers, not sure how its going to turn out. But If the offspring have black meat I will give away chicks as a novelty to anyone who wants to try a black meat chicken. Probably give them away free to people who buy Hatching eggs or chicks or chickens from me when I have anything for sale. Its just a side project... come to think of it all my chicken projects are side projects since my "day job" is the plant nursery that chickens make compost for.

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

I've had black meat chicken before but that was a long time ago, I remember them tasting really good though.

 

[MissChick@dee]

I couldn't make myself eat black flesh if it were the tastiest thing on earth! There's just something fundamentally off-putting about that color.

OMG!!!! NOoooo

 

[JiminyChristmas]

I have a number of fibro (hmong cross) cockerels I will butcher next weekend. One is a fibro EE! I dont expect black flesh, only black skin and dark meat. I can update if you'd like.

 

[EquiSally]

I have a number of fibro (hmong cross) cockerels I will butcher next weekend. One is a fibro EE! I dont expect black flesh, only black skin and dark meat. I can update if you'd like.

I would definitely like that!