Question About Zombie Chickens

[Skyeknight]

I’m pretty sure a moonbeam is an Ayam Cemani mixed with a White Leghorn too…my aunt breeds them and they’re zombie/moonbeam chicks. They’re the exact same thing, my family has mixed breeds for 45 years and she started doing the moonbeam chicks around 2018 and we discovered they were also called zombie chicks.

Ayam Cemani crossed with white Leghorn is a zombie (or other dominant white bird crossed with fibro birds. A moonbeam is a project bird from Danielle also called Hotofthenest on her website and social media. Unlike zombies who are a designer crossbred, Danielle wanted her birds to be able to breed true. This is why they don't have the paint feather pattern, cause they have 2 genes for dominant white isntead of 1.

 

[1stchickencoop]

Honestly, I'm quite intrigued. I ran across something called a "Zombie" chicken. Does anyone have articles or something on them? I used to raise goats and knew about fainters. I saw a single video on zombie chickens and how they are the "fainting goat" of the chicken breed Do they faint or do something odd? I certainly don't want any but now my interest is peaked and I want to know if this is an actual thing or something one person is breeding a line of. My husband thought they were cool haha! I'd like pictures if anyone on here breeds them

So I am new here and also new to the whole raising chickens, lol. I am getting my first babies next week. What I was told they are only known for there rare crossbreeding. They take a white leghorn hen and a Ayam Cemani rooster. Mine were hatched last week. I will keep you posted with pics as they grow.

Danielle