Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[Jucknath]

Amen, Lets stick to chickens

 

[scottcaddy]

Quote: Now what did I miss? You HAVE a BOAT LOAD? A 747 isn't big enough? and just what boat is fast enough?

Scott

 

[Phage]

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I vote ban the "G" word from the thread. It gets folk all polarized and that is not what your thread is about.

 

[Jucknath]

Oz, What is the chicken head count now?

 

[Tomtommom]

Welcome

I have yet to go to Bicol. I was hoping to drive through the Luzon portion of the province and then down through the eastern and central Visayas on the way back to Negros when Mrs Oz relocates. Unfortunately the timing won't work.

One day I too shall have Ayam Cerami. Some of my Balinese friends are coming over to the Philippines to visit us in November. I will discuss plans to get eggs with them. I hope to take my family to Indonesia in the new year.

JEALOUS! Only way to get Ayam Cerami here is through Greenfire... $5000 for a pair.

Indonesia is gorgeous, fantastic food (never been there, but it having been a Dutch colony there is a LOT of Indonesian culture seeped into Dutch culture and vice versa. Isn't that just too funny?)

Sate Ayam means chicken sate ^_^ Random fun fact of the day.

 

[Bens-Hens]

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I should probably confirm this before I write it, but doesn't Ceramani mean 'black', so the breed is 'Satay Black'? Staggering birds, I think I first saw them in this thread many pages ago and I still talk about them.

 

[perchie.girl]

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There is a thread right here on BYC of people who are breeding them in the US. Not the same blood line as Greenfire but they are Ayam Ceminis..... Indonesian bloodlines are not determined by the same Standard Of Perfection that we in the U.S. use therefore Birds considered Ceminis can have varied conformations. They are Mealanistic chickens.

Here is a thread started by a Naturalist/scientist here that goes by the Name Resolution. Anytime you see a thread by him prpare to be stunned and overwhelmed by information....

The blackest Ones

Several people who responded to his original post are breeders right here in the US.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

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Yep that would be me probably...... I am fascinated by them as well as Sumatras. Who are also a Melanistic bird. The Cemanis were in the US before the ban on importation from Indonesia. I posted a link to the thread I had been reading to

BTW Melanistic birds pop up periodically through many breeding programs especially if there is Game fowl thrown in the bloodlines. On that thread I shared The Blackest Ones

There are pictures of Melanistic birds with Varying colored feathers.... Some ALL black like the Ayam Cemini but with different conformations....

deb

 

[ozexpat]

I have spent well over a year in Indonesia if you add up all my jaunts and Saya bisa Bahasa (I speak Indonesian) LOL

Well I used to. I forget a lot now days.

 

[ozexpat]

Indonesia is an amazing place and Bali is my absolute favorite place in the world.

Most Australians us Bali as their only overseas experience/right of passage destination and unfortunately dont get to experience the real Bali. A bit like the Americans who go to Cancun and never see Tulum or other Mayan ruins and the British wo go to Majorca but never see the bronze age, roman and moorish sites.

On my first trip to Bali I met a genuine Balinese prince, his 4 daughters and son.

They have changed my life.

But thats another story.