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Hi, the most important thing I have found is to keep their coop dry and clean. If they are allowed to free range their tail will get muddy, brittle and break. Same if you have an outside run where the tail could get muddy, wet, sun bleached, etc.

Great birds Ed! Good to see them. I am still working with the whites you sent me.

As far as mine go; I'm sure there are differences between breeders but my white phoenix are bantam so the Yokes are bigger. Temperament wise they are about the same. My Yokohama chicks are more fragile than the phoenix growing up but both do fine through the winter. The phoenix have a single...

Here are a couple pics of a white Yoke and a White Phoenix. Phoenix have white earlobes, single comb, and slate legs. Yokes have yellow legs, red earlobes, and a walnut comb. Those are the big differences. There are also different body type and feather structure on some. If you are in Europe the...

Hi, I keep mine inside at all times. The most important thing for them is to keep them dry and clean. Too much sun will make the feathers brittle and break, mud, ice, stuff like that will dry and cause it to break. I keep mine in a 10 x 10 space with plywood around the bottom 2 ft and also where...

I think you have to be patient with long tails. Many of them take at least 8 to 10 months to see how they feather out. Feather wise I think your birds look pretty good right now. If I were to pick on anything it would be the roosters beak and also white ear lobes is a problem in Yokohamas but a...

Hi, I only get mine out once in a while. The most important thing for long tailed birds is to stay dry and clean. Mud can cause the feathers to be brittle and break and also too much exposure to the sun can do the same. You can wash them if you want it would help to get the mud off as quickly as...

Got an updated picture of one of my whites today. I had cut his tail completely off for breeding last year but he's got it back!