The American Cemani Breeders Club...open forum

[bluenkimchi]

The price for Ayam Cemani depends upon the quality of the bird. The is true even in Indonesia. To get top dollar, the bird must be 100% black, including the toe nails, tongue/mouth, feathers, skin, legs, comb, wattles. The price is also different for each line.

I haven't sold any of my Cemani because I personally am working to improve my line and build out my flock. My family would love me to sell some as I have about 30 or so laying age Cemani. Any that do not have black toe nails, skin, wattle, comb, tongue, and mouth are culled.

So see it is hard to tell you a correct answer as it depends upon the quality of the birds you are selling. One suggestion would be to just pass on the price you paid for the birds to someone that wants to continue where you are leaving off.

That makes sense too. I know only the best should be sold and what not, I'll see and think about it. Thanks for your input.

 

[DCchicken]

That makes sense too. I know only the best should be sold and what not, I'll see and think about it. Thanks for your input.

Good luck and whatever you do in the future, if you ever want to get back into breeding Cemani, let me know. I will help you out. I don't know what I would do if I had to move but losing my chickens would probably be devastating.

 

[bluenkimchi]

Good luck and whatever you do in the future, if you ever want to get back into breeding Cemani, let me know. I will help you out. I don't know what I would do if I had to move but losing my chickens would probably be devastating.

Sure is, just bought the bird and was going to work on it, but like I told another guy through PM, family comes first and little hobbies/fun can come later when priorities are taken care of.

For now, I will try to sell it and just keep envying this thread and your guys birds

And sure will let you and the other guys/gals here know, when ever I get back into the game.So you guys can pity me and give me your culls

 

[Phage]

I have put up 8 Ayam Cemani hatching eggs on Rarebreed Chickens Sell/Swap Auction Page on Facebook due to incubator crashing (DOG chewing cord up!!) I have a few pictures on there, or go to my Facebook page link below for Black Diamond farms and you can see more pictures. It will be eggs from Toni-Marie line cross with Greenfire Line. You may get a few culls, but you should also get some really nice ones also. This one or maybe one more batch, will be all that I sell until maybe fall while I'm waiting on my new incubator arrive.

I am also going to throw in a couple of Svart Hona eggs which will be marked to go with them since I cannot hatch them at the moment.

They sound amazing and the logical next cross. I could not find them though , but even if I could there is no way they would be affordable.

 

[bluenkimchi]

I'll upload pics later, since my camera is not with me for now.

Pics as promised

How does this now 4 month old male compare to your guy's birds?







I still haven't made my decision as what to do with it yet and time is limited

 

[Steadfast]

I will be posting updated photos of my birds.
They are getting MUCH darker in every way as they grow older.

They hatched April 1st...

 

[Pyxis]

Mike has mailed me another rooster! He should be arriving tomorrow. He'll be from the Smithsonian line so now I'll have two lines to work with.

 

[Phage]

Quote: What did yo do with him? His face looks pretty pink ( for a cemani) from the pictures.

 

[blackbirds13]

Mike has mailed me another rooster! He should be arriving tomorrow. He'll be from the Smithsonian line so now I'll have two lines to work with.

I cancelled my second pair of birds from Mike - you may have gotten my rooster.
The pullet I have is okay. Dark on the outside but pink tongue. I like her size and shape so far. She is not very friendly and quite a bit standoffish and she may start laying in a month or two. I have the 2 Toni Marie birds which I'm hoping will be a pair or 2 girls but if males (which would be how my luck runs) I'll use one of them as opposed to the male I got from Mike over his female once they age up. Their combs are still relatively small at 4 weeks but they are only a month old. One has a couple white feathers on each wing so I'm looking at using only the all black one. I'll decide for sure once I can tell more about them. My boy from Mike is too red in the face, comb and wattles and too tiny for my taste. I think even for the standard he looks too small. I'm holding out for a GFF rooster at this point. I'm not as anxious to have a GFF female and I don't want to spend the money they want for them, though the temptation is great, so I may try breeding my current male to the pullet to see what happens but I'm not hopeful. The odds just don't seem favorable, especially seeing what others have gotten and I want something with a bit more quality to it to start with if I can. I may have to wait until someone here has some reasonably decent culls or next year when the price goes down. For now I'll roll out with what I have but prefer not to spend the money on something that isn't really what I want. I do have my Legbars to keep me happy and occupied at this time.

 

[Phage]

I cancelled my second pair of birds from Mike - you may have gotten my rooster.
The pullet I have is okay. Dark on the outside but pink tongue. I like her size and shape so far. She is not very friendly and quite a bit standoffish and she may start laying in a month or two. I have the 2 Toni Marie birds which I'm hoping will be a pair or 2 girls but if males (which would be how my luck runs) I'll use one of them as opposed to the male I got from Mike over his female once they age up. Their combs are still relatively small at 4 weeks but they are only a month old.  One has a couple white feathers on each wing so I'm looking at using only the all black one.  I'll decide for sure once I can tell more about them. My boy from Mike is too red in the face, comb and wattles and too tiny for my taste. I think even for the standard he looks too small. I'm holding out for a GFF rooster at this point. I'm not as anxious to have a GFF female and I don't want to spend the money they want for them, though the temptation is great, so I may try breeding my current male to the pullet to see what happens but I'm not hopeful. The odds just don't seem favorable, especially seeing what others have gotten and I want something with a bit more quality to it to start with if I can. I may have to wait until someone here has some reasonably decent culls or next year when the price goes down. For now I'll roll out with what I have but prefer not to spend the money on something that isn't really what I want.  I do have my Legbars to keep me happy and occupied at this time.

It is so worth starting with the very best stock you can get your hands on.
Did you get Rees Legbars?