Shamo is indeed in their genes, so are Shoukoku and some local landfowl at the time. Those horizontal feathering was an accident or mistake, but a really nice one, that they kept them selecting for it. Minohiki sometimes popup with fantails too..they are related to satsumadori. Shoukoku was...
If you work on the turkeytails, you need to work from the girls, they are more important than the roosters. Here's a pic of some of my girls to show how the maintailfeathers are implanted. Satsumadori tailfeathers are implanted horizontally instead of vertically.
Here are some of the Sumatra i've bred years ago...Dutch lines, In western-europe these birds are supposed to be longlegged, upright and tails aren't allowed to drag (like the older game sumatra) we could use some better mulberryfaces, most birds here have red faces. (but knowing from old...
I haven't seen a thread for Chalicecombs, but basicly those are cushioncombs with a dent, so i'm putting them here than if that's ok ?
Minohikirooster 8 months old.