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Been raising Svart Hona for 4 years, they are super chill, but be warned they’ll start flying soon and if you have a brooder without a top they’ll fly right out. Just a heads up from experience.

Fellow Svart Enthusiasts, I've got a Svart Hona trio for sale if anyone is interested. Augusta County, VA. Pictures and details here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/svart-hona-breeding-trio-augusta-co-va.1199720/

All, I've got up to 12 pure Svarthona chicks and 6 Swedish Bluebar x Svarthona (so blue or black with green eggs) hatching this weekend. I'm in Virgina. Local pickup only. PM me if you are interested. I also have hatching eggs.

Yep, I had one go broody in early February and still successfully hatch three chicks. I was impressed.

I had a Svart roo do literally the exact same thing. One day he just decided that he had it out for boots, dark colored boots specifically. It lasted about a week and then he stopped. We also had a broody hatch chicks at the same time the behavior started, so I thought he was either just...

Nope. Just treat them like you normally do. Ok. Maybe with a little extra excitement!

One of my broody hens hatched some Svart roo x Buff Orpington hen chicks this week. Thought I'd post some pictures for fun.

I've only eaten excess cockerels so far, so that may be a biased sample.

See my post (#489) and a couple of others on page 17 of this thread. Svarthona tastes like chicken (surprise!), maybe a little gamey like all dark meat. I recommend curries or soup to start. It took my kids some getting used to.

I'd guess that it's just because it's a pullet egg. Mine lay regularly shaped eggs.

Another data point for people interested in Svart Hona that I don't remember seeing posted: My hens all started laying at 22 weeks.

I had to process a couple of my roosters recently and thought I would post some pictures of the meat for educational purposes, since I had trouble finding any information on this when I was researching. Here are some skinless thighs/legs: And breast meat:

The main difference as far as I can tell is in shape, with Ayam Cemani having a more erect gamey look and Svart Hona being more traditional.Svart Hona likely handle cold better being from Scandinavia, as opposed to Indonesia.

I'll keep you posted. Maybe I'll start a new rumpless line...

Along the lines of standards, I have a hen that is rumpless or at least tailless. Has anyone else ever seen this in Svarthona? I've heard of some GFF stock having woolly feathers, but this was new to me.

Quote: If the Greenfire Farms website is anything to go by, I'd say at a minimum: -All black, possibly some mulberry on face -Fibromelanistic -Feathers iridescent purple and green shimmer -Less gamefowl in body type than Ayam Cemani -Lays white to cream colored eggs -Roosters weigh 5-7 pounds...

@WVMHP I'm in Virginia. The ones I hatched myself are the same way, I just walk right up and pick them up, no fuss.

I have three Svarthona cockerels at the moment and they range from incredibly friendly and relaxed to slightly flighty. The friendliest one I hatched and raised myself the flightier ones I got from a breeder, so it's hard to tell if it's nature or nurture. That said, they are just hitting the...

One correction, Ewe Crazy Farms sold their flock to The Fancy Chicken (FL) https://www.facebook.com/thefancychicken/

Hey everyone, I posted this on the Virginia thread, but thought I'd post here in case anyone knows. I currently have my 3 chicks from Orchard Hill Poultry and am looking to get 3 more locally in VA/WV from another line for diversity in breeding. Here are all the Svart Hona breeders I know...