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12 extremely rare white & black java hatching eggs
We have only been raising Javas for 2 years but have been very satisfied with their meat and eggs. Although we haven't compiled an official tally of egg-laying ability, we have found the Java hens to be productive all-season layers of large light-to-medium brown eggs. We live in North Dakota and they layed well all through our cold winter.
Javas were commonplace fowl in American farmyards from the 1850's through the 1880's. They were known for their hardiness, tastiness, and (brown) egg laying ability. Unfortunately, their numbers started to decline rapidly when the breed was used as foundation stock for the development of more efficient "market birds". By 1999, there were only 300 to 400 Black Javas left in the world and 175 of those were at the Garfield Farm Museum in Illinois. [This is where we got our White Javas] (White Javas, a recessive variant of the Black, had not been seen since the 1950's.)
In order to halt the inevitable march towards extinction of the Java, the Garfield Farm Museum began a cooperative venture with the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Java eggs were collected and incubated in the MSI hatchery and the resultant chicks were sent all over the country to start "seed" flocks. In the Spring of 2002, Dawn Land Farm was the lucky recipient of both black (and white!) chicks.
Urch/Turnland Poultry Farm in Minnesota is where we purchased our first Black Javas.
Java chickens are usually black, but also come in white. They are solid, sturdy birds with yellow skin and lay brown and light brown eggs.
"One of the earliest breeds known in the United States is the Java fowl. It is not an American-made breed but came from the Isle of Java in the East Indies to this country in 1835. Javas were admitted to the Standard in 1883." American Poultry Association Standard of Perfection 1958
Javas are large, well built chickens with stocky bodies and large breasts. Java roosters average over 9 lbs and hens over 7 lbs.
Javas are reputed to be gentle, docile chickens.
A hardy, dual purpose breed the Java are suited to both meat and egg production. They are also economical eaters and superb foragers. Javas are gentle and also make excellent pets and 4-H or show projects.
