Chadwick, IL
Java
- Purpose
- dual
- Egg color
- brown
- Eggs / year
- ~160
- Hen weight
- ~7.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- No
- Temperament
- calm, docile
- Forages
- excellent
- Broodiness
- moderate
- APA class
- American
- NPIP stock code
- R78
- Origin
- United States
Breed guide
Java
Also known as: Black Java, Mottled Java
The second-oldest American breed, and a foundation under both the Jersey Giant and the Plymouth Rock. Black and Mottled varieties survive; the breed is critically rare. The birds grow slowly and look after themselves on a farm.
Keeper's notes
Good forager for a free-range homestead in a cool climate. Keep Javas and you are part of the conservation breeding effort, so buy from ALBC-network breeders.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: American
Standard weights: cock 9.5 lbs, hen 7.5 lbs, cockerel 8 lbs, pullet 6.5 lbs
“This breed presents the extreme length of body found in the American class.”
Disqualifications: Black variety: positive white in ear-lobes; foreign color in any part of plumage; skin or bottoms of feet other than yellow.
APA recognized varieties
American · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Black 1883Mottled 1883
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Where to find Java
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (6)
Edelstein, IL
Rochester, IL
Jeffersonville, OH
Lakeview, OH
Bellefontaine, OH
Regional hatcheries that carry it (0)
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Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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