AYAM CEMANI info
for  Ayam Cemani lovers

The Ayam Cemani has unquestionably been talking enthusiastically about it throughout the most recent years.

It is an all-out blackbird – all around, so as you can envision, it has been related with the Dark Arts, particularly in its own land of Indonesia.

Currently, they have obtained a lovely uncommon status and are exceptionally difficult to get.

 In this article, we will investigate these fascinating and surprising birds and assist you with sorting them out in the event that you want them in your herd!

 

Ayam Cemani Appearance and Breed Standard

Ayam Cemanis is a stunning sight. Their all-dark plumes have a beetle green glow in daylight that is dazzling.

They are not an excessively huge fowl; the young male weighs around 4.5-6.5lb, with the young female coming in at 3.5-4.5lb, individually, so to a greater degree a medium-sized bird.

By all accounts, they are solid and strong with skintight plumes, similar to a game bird. They pose confidently and strongly and are consistently alert.

Now the main point is that the Ayam Cemani isn't recognized by the American Poultry Association. The US Ayam Cemani club is at present constituting standards for this unique and strange breed.

The standard description underneath is produced by the Dutch standard association.

•        The bird should stand upstanding, alert – nearly 'game-like.

 •        The body is of medium size, thin, firm, and muscular.

 •        It will have a genuinely broad chest with a medium back, which inclines down from the neck. The wings are long and solid, projecting wide from shoulders.

 •        The tail is held reasonably and remarkably high. Thighs are muscularly strong. The bird ought to have 4 toes to each foot.

 •        Feathers are completely jet black and are tight to the body. Skin, eyes, wattles, and comb should be dark alike. You should see no other shading.

 •        The plumes might show a beetle green to purple glow in daylight.

  

Background History of the Ayam Cemani

The beginnings of the Ayam Cemani are unclear, undoubtedly. It conceivably started in Sumatra, where the original breed presently vanishes.

The Ayam Cemani is frequently attributed to a group of breeds known as Kedu from the focal fields of Java.

It is accepted to be a branch of the Ayam Bekisar chicken, which lives on a little island in Indonesia.

It is also believed that the Ayam Bekisar was produced from crossing with the green jungle fowl with some domesticated red wildfowl.

This was an interesting step as specific crosses could be unfertile.

Indeed, even the name has befuddled meanings: Ayam implies chicken in the Indonesian language, yet Cemani can either mean the 'town of Cemani' in neighborhood tongue or 'strong dark' in Sanskrit.

It is said by certain people to be a landrace bird, yet there is proof that it was a created breed sooner or later. However, it's not a chicken of the 'common people.

Wealthy people, aristocrats, and the richest people have these birds as a status symbol.

Even they are considered a sign of good luck, and also the blood and different parts of the bird being utilized in traditional medication production.

The Ayam Cemani is also believed as having enchanting powers and acts as a communicating agent between the living and the soul world.

Ayam Cemani is also considered a bird of sacrifice to satisfy the divine beings, spirits, and gods. It is strange that its meat is seldom eaten in Indonesia.

They were first imported to Europe in 1998 by a Dutchman named Jan Steverink.

 

Temperament and Disposition of Ayam Cemani

Cemani is overall, by all accounts, an agreeable and amiable bird. They are wise, delicate, and meek – including the male chickens.

Ayam Cemani breed has been portrayed as flighty, yet a great many people who have them or raise them to say this isn't so. They are not difficult to deal with and easy to handle fowl on a low budget.

Since their origin is Indonesia, it will be obvious that they can endure heat quite well too.

 

Common Health Issues of Ayam Cemani

I have never noticed any specific health problem in Ayam Cemani yet it is discovered that it's jet black color is due to ‘fibromatosis”.The bird has a mutant fibromelanistic gene – a gene that stores inordinate dark color.

This unusual accumulation of Melanin causes the skin and tissues to seem black.

Three different birds just have this hereditary characteristic – the Silkie, the Svart Hona from Sweden, and the Kadaknath – a chicken of the Madhya Pradesh area of India.

The blood is red yet supposed to be darker than ordinary, however, the bone marrow is black.

Briefly speaking, the Ayam Cemani is a smart strong alert, and healthy bird.

It doesn't appear to be inclined to a specific chicken disease.

 

Ayam Cemani Egg Laying

The Ayam Cemani is a commonly poor egg layer. An average Ayam Cemani hen lays around 180 eggs each year, which is around 15 eggs each month.

They do appear to go 'off lay' for a specific period of time. Evidently, they will lay 20-30 eggs and afterward quit laying.

This can be as long as a half year, and afterward, they will start from the very beginning once more! But smart farmers very smartly can break their ‘off lay’ using different methods and getting more eggs.

As compared to the size of the female hen, the eggs are large and are cream-colored with an exceptionally slight pink shade (not dark).

I have seen a few photographs that show black eggs – do believe, these are fake images.

Ayam Cemani tends to be careful mothers and care well for their chicks.

 

Ayam Cemani …. for You too

You are so wise and would like to add this strange-looking stunning and unique looking variety as a Black Beauty and status symbol, I advise you to do it as soon as possible and save big money.

An unsexed chick from them will hold your $200.00, or a sexed adolescent is a cool $400.00 – but is not for faint-hearted people with short funds.

Obviously, you can get less expensive birds, yet they will typically be of second-rate quality – as usual, Buyers Beware.

Ayam Cemani is portrayed as agreeable however not especially 'cuddly,' so it isn't actually a lap chicken. They will take feed from your hand, so they positively are not stand-offish with individuals.

Many individuals get them as pets or eye-candy birds – but they sure are strange and remarkable.

 

 Last Words….

The Ayam Cemani has presumably been around for 100 years, however, has simply taken the attention of chicken lovers reasonably as of late during the 1990s.

Since that time, they have caught the dreams and hearts of numerous people.

The most important is that the breeding stock comes from Indonesia, the US import limitations are strict but just to stop further disease outbreaks.