Don’t you just love beautiful black chickens? Breeders have developed black varieties of many types of chickens, some with ...

Carefully researching chicken breeds can help you decide between black and white chickens. Selecting the best chicken for you will allow you to enjoy years of companionship, eggs, and meat ...

There is something undeniably elegant and striking about a flock of black and white chickens... The post 12 Black and White ...

This 500-page book is a definitive reference about heritage livestock, describing the history and characteristics of almost 200 breeds of poultry, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep and horses.

We've compiled the key characteristics and anecdotal information on 20 compelling heritage chicken breeds, including the Rhode Island Red, Leghorn, Australorp, Jersey Giant and more.

What’s one of the most sought-after, in-demand breeds of chicken in the world? A jet-black breed called Ayam Cemani. Native to Java, Indonesia, this chicken is inky-black all over — not just ...

In 1298, while traveling in Asia, the explorer wrote of a breed of chickens that “have hair like cats, are black, and lay the best of eggs.” No one can say for sure, but the description sure ...

The Ayam Cemani—an inky black chicken breed indigenous to Indonesia—is known by many names: ... but in hyperpigmented breeds, almost all of the chickens’ cells express EDN3.

The breed was imported into Europe in 1998 and is related to the Swedish Black Chicken. For more photos of the impressive breeding stock of Ayam Cemani chickens at Greenfire Farms, visit their ...