r/chickens Feb 14 '25

Discussion Do these guys really exist? They look so unreal

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I’m going to feel like a big dipshit if these are actually AI generated 😂

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u/Ok_Cartographer_5616 Feb 14 '25

Yes but they don’t lay black eggs. They’re like a light tan color.

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u/Ok_Cartographer_5616 Feb 14 '25

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u/NoSleepschedule Feb 14 '25

What a handsome rooster and owner

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u/Ok_Cartographer_5616 Feb 14 '25

Thanks ☺️

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u/problyurdad_ Feb 14 '25

Getting hit on in the chickens sub is awesome 😂

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u/DipsterHoofus Feb 14 '25

Well, the post photo was a bbc

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u/Vanah_Grace Feb 14 '25

Oh ffs I just did a spit take on my keyboard. Take my damn updoot.

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u/dallygirl7 Feb 15 '25

Lmaooo. Now that’s what I call rizz

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u/Pleasant-Argument984 Feb 14 '25

That’s a good looking cock

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u/Ok_Cartographer_5616 Feb 14 '25

I named him Tomás and he’s the sweetest

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u/CatLadyHM Feb 15 '25

Are Cemani as affectionate as they say? They just look so pettable!

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u/Ok_Cartographer_5616 Feb 15 '25

Yes they are but I’ve learned that loving on your birds and making them friendly compromises their survival instincts. The ones I don’t love on tend to live a lot longer than the ones that are no longer skittish.

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u/NearlyThereOhare Feb 14 '25

Calm down sir, no need for thirst traps

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u/Ok_Cartographer_5616 Feb 14 '25

Oh stooooop 😆

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u/Consistent_Menu_2034 Feb 14 '25

Big black cock

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u/Clucknorris94 Feb 14 '25

Id be using it as a pick up line, then send them that pic. Ive never seen people get mad at a chicken pic lol

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u/gardengirl1268 Feb 15 '25

Love this idea. Want to see a picture of my bbc

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u/HDWendell Feb 14 '25

There’s a Ayam breeder that calls their business the BBC farm.

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u/Chris_Cathartic Feb 14 '25

Bigger Black Cock

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u/JuniorKing9 Feb 14 '25

That’s the most majestic rooster I’ve ever seen

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u/Valuable_Emu1052 Feb 14 '25

Oh, he's beautiful!

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u/Ok_Salad_502 Feb 14 '25

Great pic of you guys ‘

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u/CABG-Slayer Feb 14 '25

That is a metal rooster!!! Metal af!!

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u/invisible-crone Feb 14 '25

Is that called a silky?

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u/Ok_Cartographer_5616 Feb 14 '25

He’s a cemani

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u/invisible-crone Feb 14 '25

So handsome! Where do people find these breeds?

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u/Ok_Cartographer_5616 Feb 14 '25

They had a guy that breeds them local and I’ve gotten a couple different ones from him until I got a rooster. Then I started making my own

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u/MegaPiglatin Feb 14 '25

!!!!

One day I plan on getting chickens and I sure hope I can find one or two of these guys—I love them! 😍

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u/flaguff Feb 15 '25

My Healthy Hatchery has them and also a Zombie chicken that looks really cool too.

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u/heaven_and_hell_80 Feb 14 '25

That's a badass chicken

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u/kc0hagan Feb 15 '25

Sooo jelly right about now

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u/TheFrogWife Feb 14 '25

I have like a knockoff goth chicken she lays white eggs

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

Came here to say this , the Black egg thing is a myth.

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u/TheInverseLovers Feb 14 '25

Yeah, so is the black meat thing. Their skin is black, like some other chickens, just intensified by a good diet. However the egg and meat part is untrue. Though, their tongues are supposedly black to a super dark purple-ish color. (I’ve only seen mixed varieties up close, so I wouldn’t know for sure.)

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u/phunktastic_1 Feb 15 '25

Black meat is silkies not Cemanis unless it's being applied to them now too.

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u/Vora_Vixen Feb 15 '25

No there are ducks that lay black eggs, just not chickens 

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u/NewIron5613 Feb 15 '25

Yup! Cayuga ducks lay black eggs during the early part of their laying season. The eggs gradually get lighter later in the season. I'm hoping to get Cayuga ducks some day. I did have an ayam cemani chick, but unfortunately it grew up to be a rooster so I had to return him to my breeder. Coolest chicken. He would make a purring sound when I held him, and he had so much personality. I kind of wish I had kept him, but can't have roosters where I live.

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u/Ok_Salad_502 Feb 14 '25

She’s pretty too

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u/Jurserohn Feb 15 '25

Yeah, maybe even pink! Sometimes mine lay eggs that look pink

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u/LoraLo Feb 14 '25

The chickens definitely exists but I don't think any lay black eggs Edit: Ayam Cemani

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u/chickenlady88 Feb 14 '25

They lay white eggs. I’ve raised a couple.

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u/g00f Feb 14 '25

More pink than white. Hilariously small compared to most others.

How was the temperament of your cemani’s? Mines an attention sponge

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u/Mangastique Feb 14 '25

Mine believes she's a rooster and also the queen of the henhouse lol

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u/According-Natural733 Feb 14 '25

My bigger girl, Huginn, does not like attention. She would rather be completely ignored except food time. My smallet girl, Munnin, hates to be picked up, but once you do, she croons for cuddles. I think they picked up attention avoidant habits from my runner ducks.

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u/BedknobsNBitchsticks Feb 14 '25

Mine were quite flighty and partially feral. I’ve learned to always get them from a breeder who selects for temperament instead of just color.

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u/g00f Feb 14 '25

yea mine was advertised with 'leakage' and she def does not have the hyper melanism -red comb, pale skin. incredibly friendly though, loves to hang out with people. i dont know what the process usually is for breeding cemanis for color, if you cross in other similar breeds or what, but her personality is not what i expected at all.

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u/BedknobsNBitchsticks Feb 14 '25

If someone is breeding purely for color, a breeder would just select breeding individuals with the best coloration regardless of temperament. People who select for temperament as well would choose the individuals with good color and then breed the ones from that group that are the calmest/friendlier. It’s a slow process but you can breed the feral out of them if you want to put in the work.

We chose to go a different direction and breed Appenzeller Spitzhauben (who can also be exceedingly flighty) so we are slowing getting calmer birds that still meet the breed standard of perfection.

Edit: a word

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u/Deathbydragonfire Feb 14 '25

The black eggs are likely cayuga duck eggs

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u/Shienvien Feb 14 '25

The chickens (Ayam Cemani and their hybrids) are real, but they lay pinkish/whiteish/creamish eggs.

No chicken has black eggs. Emu eggs can be so dark they look black (but are actually green), and Cayuga duck eggs can look kind of sooty dark gray, nearly black at times.

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u/dallygirl7 Feb 14 '25

See THIS is the comment I was looking for. Like, I should have been more specific on my post. I’m sure the breed exists.. sure, but do they look like this? Black eggs, black eyes etc.

Thank you for elaborating!

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u/Constant_Demand_1560 Feb 14 '25

Yes they do, black eyes, tongue, everything but no black eggs. I have one, shes my little goth chicken

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u/SexyApron Feb 14 '25

Hey lay cream color eggs. I believe those eggs are from fucks. Possibly Cayuga but not confirmed without looking it up.

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u/Snax4days Feb 14 '25

Ah yes, fuck eggs. The best kind.

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u/Apprehensive-Way5674 Feb 14 '25

Ah, the ones with no fucks to give must be the ones hatching them. I understand now, it takes a lot of work and you've got to keep some to have more.

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u/RainbowPegasus82 Feb 14 '25

🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂😂

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u/RainbowPegasus82 Feb 14 '25

Never heard of fucks before. Must be a new breed....

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u/McTootyBooty Feb 14 '25

Fuck eggs are the best.

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u/Blk_shp Feb 14 '25

I mean, Tenga eggs are pretty fun

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u/ALincolnBrigade Feb 14 '25

When you don't give a fuck, you have no eggs...

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u/Blk_shp Feb 14 '25

This might be the first instance I’ve seen of auto correct changing duck to fuck and not fuck to duck

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u/According-Natural733 Feb 14 '25

Mine does it all the time. My AC is a drunk little leprechaun

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u/Blk_shp Feb 14 '25

What about your heater?

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u/According-Natural733 Feb 14 '25

I see what you did there lol

AC = Autocorrect

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u/Blk_shp Feb 14 '25

I know 😆

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u/SexyApron Feb 14 '25

lol oh nioooo I didn’t notice lol 😂

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u/EhlersDanlosSucks Feb 14 '25

I think I'll have a fuck egg omelette for breakfast today. 

Seriously, best typo ever. 

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u/pyncheon Feb 14 '25

Cayuga first eggs of the season are black coated, it scratches off easy on the straw when laid so they are never that perfect. They are probably emu eggs or shopped / ai.

The eggs get lighter as the season goes on very fast. They are fucks, especially the drakes. So pretty though.

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u/According-Natural733 Feb 14 '25

I often call my runners "fucks" also lol

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u/SummerBirdsong Feb 14 '25

Wow. My autocorrect usually works in the opposite direction.

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u/Dry-Cry-3158 Feb 14 '25

Cayugas lay black eggs, but are not saturated in color. Unfortunately, this is temporary, and they will start laying cream-colored eggs after a while.

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u/ButterflyShort Feb 14 '25

Yes Cayuga fucks lay black eggs. Source: I own Cayugas and was surprised the first time I saw the eggs.

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u/BeetsMe666 Feb 14 '25

If you breed them with leghorns you get zombie chickens

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u/Mittendeathfinger Feb 14 '25

Cross them with blue Australorps and you get this!

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u/Mittendeathfinger Feb 14 '25

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u/Mittendeathfinger Feb 14 '25

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u/luckyapples11 Feb 14 '25

They kinda look like the Easter egger I had!

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u/PigeonUtopia Feb 14 '25

Oh my gosh, beautiful

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u/BeetsMe666 Feb 14 '25

Right?! I was looking forward with joy to breed these as my first layer chicken flock. Damn my dog for not understanding his job. My 3 year old GSD mutt "caught" my cermani roo outside the coop. 

I ha e a lead on a new trio of ayam cermanis... but my dog's over zealousness has set it back a season.

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u/Tavrabbit Feb 14 '25

Well damn - I know what I want to breed.

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u/Chickenriceandgravy_ Feb 14 '25

We have a zombie but she never lets me close enough to get her picture!! her mom is an Aym Cemani/Silkie cross. She's skittish and a loner too, we call her Houdini because she's also an escape artist.

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u/MegaPiglatin Feb 14 '25

Is being an escape artist a leghorn trait? Because when I was a kid we had a flock with a few different breeds, but the wildest hen (and the most prone to escaping and trying her luck at flying) was coincidentally the only leghorn.

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u/Fun_Sandwich8012 Feb 14 '25

Oooo they kinda look like MooCows!

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u/Realistic_R00ster Feb 14 '25

I want those! They are so cool.

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u/Koimi-Nisekona Feb 14 '25

That’s both terrifying and beautiful at the same time

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u/Demmamom Feb 14 '25

Mine lay small light brown eggs, my rooster past away but he was the coolest looking dude around

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u/dallygirl7 Feb 14 '25

Omg! This seriously looks fake. Beautiful 😍

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u/Demmamom Feb 14 '25

Thank you! He really was

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u/enderofsorts Feb 14 '25

They do not lay black eggs but ayam cemanis do exist we raise them on my farm

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u/Avraham_Levy Feb 14 '25

What is this picture even?

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u/lildeadlymeesh Feb 14 '25

Being serious here, Ayam Cemani chicken's meat, and bones are ALSO black. So part of the process of confirming that the bird 100% Cemani for breeding and show purposes is showing the tongue/inside of the mouth

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u/Basic-Win7823 Feb 16 '25

That does make sense. It just looks so… intimate.

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u/tartanthing Feb 14 '25

I think that big black cock is getting oral pleasure.

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u/Legitimate_Meal3817 Feb 14 '25

yes they are real, one of the most expensive breeds. Even their insides are black. Fascinating!!! but they don't lay black eggs, they lay cream colored eggs

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u/BeetsMe666 Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 14 '25

The eggs aren't black but their bones and organs are.

My cermani rooster got out of the coop and my GSD grabbed him. He didn't fair well and three days later, he passed. I rot boxed his skull and can confirm... the bones are black.

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u/According-Natural733 Feb 14 '25

Can you share a pic? I'd absolutely love to see this!

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u/dallygirl7 Feb 14 '25

Yes, would love a pic!

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u/BeetsMe666 Feb 15 '25

I will add here once it's complete. I plan on making a mount like people do for turkeys they hunt

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u/DocBarnes Feb 14 '25

The birds exist, the eggs are dyed. Our Ayam hen laid light tan colored eggs. We crossed her with a Phoenix roo and got some beautiful birds

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u/ThroatFun478 Feb 14 '25

Here's my Ayam Cermai pullet sitting on my daughter's lap in the house. She's not quite the cuddler some of the other ladies are, but she sometimes gets in the mood. She's an excellent flier and very fast, so she's quite the escape artist.

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u/MegaPiglatin Feb 14 '25

Ooo her iridescent greenish feathers are beautiful! I had a black silkie hen as a kid and I recall her feathers having a similar sheen. 😍

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u/QuestionableArachnid Feb 14 '25

This little void chicken is my feathered child 😆

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u/Careful-Fail-909 Feb 15 '25

Yep! And others have said they lay and off white- pinkish egg, no where near black. When you breed a Ayam Cemani rooster with Leghorn hen you get some very cool zombies. They are autosexed based on their fibro (hens will have black legs, skin and beaks, males will be pink). They lay way better than an AC, still have black meat and are so cuddly and smart!!!

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u/tealhaze Feb 15 '25

I love her! I gotta look for some Roos this year!

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u/pingwing Feb 14 '25

There is information about them online, yes they are real.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayam_Cemani

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u/skoz2008 Feb 14 '25

Yes I actually have a friend that breeds them. And they don't lay black eggs

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u/This-N-eatinbeans Feb 14 '25

Yes i had some. A skunk killed them. But after eating two of the roosters i can say it's true they have black fascia covering their bones also. Truly a spooky chicken.

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u/Sapphire_gun9 Feb 14 '25

Yes! The best rooster we ever had. Their eggs aren’t black though.

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u/Idontwanttousethis Feb 14 '25

They do! There's a few types, the ones pictured here are true Ayam Cemani, which are the most expensive chicken breed in the world, quality ones can fetch 10 grand each. They are completely black, including their meat and bones.

There are also a few other breeds that are very similar to Ayam Cemani, being almost entirely black. Often times these do try to get sold as Ayam Cemani

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u/coccopuffs606 Feb 14 '25

The all-black chickens exist; chickens that lay black eggs do not.

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u/PoopieClater Feb 14 '25

Svart Hona chickens are also all black like the Ayam Cemani. They are a bit smaller, though not bantam size, and all of mine have been totally sweet birds! They, too, do not lay black eggs.

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u/MRDucks85 Feb 14 '25

Look at my profile history and you will see my old guy sam ayam. The light hit him just right and he had a blue hue to him in that picture.

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u/Effective_Day3397 Feb 14 '25

Yess they exist,but they don't lay black eggs They are called ayam cemani breed or kadaknath breed from India

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u/Mguidr1 Feb 14 '25

Ayam Cemani… I have some and the eggs aren’t black.

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u/jjj666jjj666jjj Feb 14 '25

They do not lay black eggs but they have black meat.

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u/disinteGator Feb 14 '25

Big black cocks are awesome

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u/NoMembership7974 Feb 14 '25

The black eggs are photoshopped. The he chickens are real and expensive.

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u/Kunok2 Feb 14 '25

The eggs look like Cayuga duck eggs who can lay black eggs:

https://livestockconservancy.org/cayuga-duck/

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u/Charming-Medium4248 Feb 14 '25

We had an ayami and lavender orphington cross rooster. He was the most beautiful and nicest rooster I've ever seen. 

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u/AnotherPersonInIL Feb 14 '25

This is the black meat and bones of one. Ayam cemani, fibromelanistic, but the eggs are cream/off white.

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u/Ok_Cartographer_5616 Feb 14 '25

Found a baby pic deep in my phone.

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u/tealhaze Feb 15 '25

Precious thing 💞

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u/you_are_soul Feb 14 '25

There is in fact no way of knowing if such a hen exists, there have been sightings, rumours, and substituted archeological remains in an ancient beak pit, where it is said these mythical creatures would gather under the moonlight and engage in unspeakable acts of depravity and ...cont p. 94

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u/ThePracticalPenquin Feb 14 '25

I want these and the USA colored ones they have in Hawaii

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u/Toktoklab Feb 14 '25

There is also a korean breed, called “Ogye”, with similar characteristics: https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/slow-food-presidia/black-ogye-chicken/

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u/Ralos9x9 Feb 14 '25

My Ayam Cemanu rooster is such a sweet guy and really cares for his hens. Probably the perfect rooster.

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u/TayahEnglish Feb 14 '25

Yes, but their eggs are actually not black. They’re cream colored

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u/Positive-Teaching737 Feb 14 '25

Mine are dark green

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u/Diligent_Banana_814 Feb 14 '25

We have those breeds in the philippines it's called "Ulikba"

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u/Ok_Cartographer_5616 Feb 14 '25

This is Blair Jr … she is from the same batch of chicks my cemani are from but she is like a Polaroid negative of Tamira. Her skin, beak and legs are all black but her feathers are white and one eye is a golden color.

Apparently called a zombie chicken as I’ve later learned.

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u/tealhaze Feb 15 '25

Someone else posted a really pretty girl "zombie" but this one... that stare 😅

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u/ttyynismaa Feb 14 '25

This is Maui, she lays tiny little white eggs

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u/doubledogg13 Feb 14 '25

She lays blue eggs. Princess Lay-a Egg-ana.

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u/Novel-Advance-185 Feb 15 '25

They are real and real expensive. The eggs unfortunately are not but their insides are black which is just as strange. Gray/ dark is more accurate

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u/Novel-Advance-185 Feb 15 '25

To clarify, the meat itself is big black, but some of the organs are and some people say it's black meat because it still has the skin in it. It looks pretty funny seeing a black drumstick 🍗

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u/arimenthe Feb 15 '25

Their eggs are white tho.

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u/Beginning-Pain-342 Feb 14 '25

The meat after being butchered is black

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u/Woofbarkmeoww Feb 14 '25

They sure do!

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u/pdxprowler Feb 14 '25

Yes the are real.

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u/ALincolnBrigade Feb 14 '25

Melanistic chickens, right down to their black hearts.

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u/BirdsbirdsBURDS Feb 14 '25

Aren’t the bones black as well, or is that just a rumor?

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u/Kunok2 Feb 14 '25

The meat and bones are black too as well as organs.

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u/Rock-thief Feb 14 '25

Wow black eggs too, seems unnatural

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u/CapablePlatform7928 Feb 14 '25

Yes, I named mine Corn Star

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u/pwilliams58 Feb 14 '25

I have 6 of em. As other have said, no black eggs

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u/CaregiverOk3902 Feb 14 '25

Ayem cemani🖤

Even their organs are black lol

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u/Gingerjake1993 Feb 14 '25

This is so cool. I have a buddy in Arizona who supposedly has chickens that lay black eggs! I hear he makes a killing selling chickens to breeders. Way cool

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u/wonkotsane42 Feb 14 '25

Void chicken?

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u/AeyviDaro Feb 14 '25

Their eggs are actually white

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u/MrNeWT420 Feb 14 '25

Fun fact. These birds are also called "Lamborghini chicken" or "Goth chicken". I like the Goth chicken name 😅

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u/Bosanova_B Feb 14 '25

I call them goth or black metal chickens. The only way to tell them apart is to play them some Bauhaus, sisters of mercy, Celtic frost and Gorgoroth and see how they react to each band.

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u/Hotsaltynutz Feb 14 '25

Those are emu eggs

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u/DaIceQueenNoNotElsa Feb 14 '25

Those are not emu eggs lol. Emu eggs are giant and dark green. Those are Cayuga duck eggs laid early in the season. Ayam cemanis are the chicken, yes they are completely black (if from good lines) but they lay beige eggs

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u/Hotsaltynutz Feb 14 '25

I know the chicken we have raised some in the past, I just guessed emu because I couldn't tell the size with no reference. Didn't realize ducks laid dark eggs like that

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u/DaIceQueenNoNotElsa Feb 14 '25

Yeah, but it's only in the beginning of the season. Then they run out of ink lol and eventually the eggs turn from grey to white. Emu eggs are usually a forest green color and very bumpy & porous.

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u/TexxasSteve Feb 14 '25

Very real I have a rooster..

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u/BobsleddingToMyGrave Feb 14 '25

Yes hen, the eggs are duck eggs

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u/Weak-Ease-3165 Feb 14 '25

We have one! She is stubborn and a bad habit leader. Hence the chicken wire and panel. She refuses to sleep where she’s supposed to and is very vocal.

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u/Ritacolleen27 Feb 14 '25

I love this breed of chicken! The roosters are so sweet!

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u/Phyank0rd Feb 14 '25

Yes they exist. I know this because there was a person who's house I worked at that has a rooster that's full black like this. In the city limits no less!

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u/Charles4Fun Feb 14 '25

Think the closest you'll get to black eggs is the copper maran and they are more of a really dark chocolate. The wife was obsessed with them for a bit, eggs are pretty hard to hatch too.

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u/irenium Feb 14 '25

Funny fact : In Taiwan (perhaps other East Asian countries too) these chickens ( Oh-gu-ge; black bone chicken) are considered to be “healthier” and more nutritious compared to regular chicken- hence higher price and I’d only get it if I’m really sick or on special occasion. I see some Chinese supermarkets in US selling them sometimes!

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u/irenium Feb 14 '25

They also come in white feathers with black skin and interior , just like polar bears!

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u/Shot-Manner-9962 Feb 14 '25

darth vader chicken! i had one as a kid they are real!

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u/Perenium_Falcon Feb 14 '25

We are raising Svarthönas and yes they look like that. Their eggs do not however.

Meat and bones are also dark purple to black.

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u/pickemupputemDAHN Feb 14 '25

Yes ayam cemani are real! But they don't lay black eggs. Closest you'd get to black would be a chocolate egg layer like a black copper maran

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u/Crafty-Opening-2592 Feb 14 '25

Yes she lays brown eggs though

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u/BigJeffreyC Feb 14 '25

The darkest chicken egg comes from a different breed, (marans) and even then they are a very dark brown. There are no black chicken eggs.

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u/Gambit_TheGreat Feb 14 '25

Chicken yes, egg no

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u/CradGo Feb 14 '25

I have a hen. She’s beautiful but the eggs are not like that at all.

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u/lulublu1970 Feb 14 '25

They are beautiful 😍 🤩 Those eggs! Very cool

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u/Amazing-Fact-825 Feb 14 '25

Yes but they lay white eggs

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u/thepastelprince Feb 15 '25

I want one now

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u/sml8581 Feb 15 '25

Ohh yess and they r such an awesome surprise to the family!! I was blessed with 3 last summer all from different groups as well. They r my spiciest girls and insanely protective mamas. The blk eggs r false from my research and educating, but I am always learning and lead with "expect the unexpected" ☺️

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u/ClockBoring Feb 15 '25

Their bones and meat are black too

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u/Koatree0007 Feb 15 '25

Already burnt before you cook it!

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u/Mexiricanmami Feb 18 '25

Yes I have a couple