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5 thoughts on “Partly Fake: Rare Black Chicken Lays Black Eggs”
I raised chickens for years, though not exotic ones. The minute I saw the black eggs I knew they were Emu eggs. Every chicken egg I’ve ever seen has a smooth surface. Emu eggs have a roughness or granulated looking surface, not smooth. At the price of these Ayam Cemani’s I wouldn’t want to eat the profits of partaking in any of the eggs but sure they taste like…chicken eggs. I owned some chickens that laid green eggs. I had great difficulty in selling these because many people were convinced that the egg inside was also green thanks to the Dr Suess book “Green eggs & Ham”. It’s amazing what people just take as true without researching it first. In the US I think it would be near impossible to sell a “black” shelled chicken egg on the open market.
Thank you so much for this. My daughters were in pure awe of the chick hatching and they have vowed to become the first in Australia to import the Ayam Cemanis (we have Chinese Silkies, Araucanas and Isa Brown at the moment.)
And thank you for helping dispel the myth of the black eggs too. They do most certainly look like emu eggs (my best friend’s parents breed them for oil and meat).
I raised chickens for years, though not exotic ones. The minute I saw the black eggs I knew they were Emu eggs. Every chicken egg I’ve ever seen has a smooth surface. Emu eggs have a roughness or granulated looking surface, not smooth. At the price of these Ayam Cemani’s I wouldn’t want to eat the profits of partaking in any of the eggs but sure they taste like…chicken eggs. I owned some chickens that laid green eggs. I had great difficulty in selling these because many people were convinced that the egg inside was also green thanks to the Dr Suess book “Green eggs & Ham”. It’s amazing what people just take as true without researching it first. In the US I think it would be near impossible to sell a “black” shelled chicken egg on the open market.
Chickens of color?
How do you tell when the meat’s cooked?
Nice post.
I totally agree with the disinformation that circulates as truth. Thank you for your article.
Thank you so much for this. My daughters were in pure awe of the chick hatching and they have vowed to become the first in Australia to import the Ayam Cemanis (we have Chinese Silkies, Araucanas and Isa Brown at the moment.)
And thank you for helping dispel the myth of the black eggs too. They do most certainly look like emu eggs (my best friend’s parents breed them for oil and meat).
We just got our very first black egg, we have no emus, only chickens and ducks.