Post Phoenix Pics Please

[RAREROO]

Please post pics of your phoenix, any color, standard or bantam and tell what you like or dislike about them, thanks.

 

[Johnny Kool]

still a work in process.

 

[Serenade1]

Well I'm now the proud owner of 12 Phoenix chicks black breasted red and silver duckwing.

 

[Johnny Kool]

i started working on laced phoenix if anyone wants to put an order in for 10 years from now haha

 

[onagadori]

We have lots of phoenix available if anyone is looking to increase the size of or start a new flock of phoenix.. www.hhlongtails.com check out the for sale page..

 

[Johnny Kool]

This is what happens when your bbred phoenix hen sneaks into your flytie pen for the night

 

[Johnny Kool]

im working on my own barred phoenix

 

[nchls school]

One of my new Phoenix bantam cockerels

I bought two pair; one pair white and one pair red. Friendly birds as the picture shows.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

yep,
I am bantam man all the way too.
Yes the are bantam sumatras, I have them in black and blue too, also pretty sure there are bantam yokos and cubalayas.
They mainly were bred down, also honestly there has been tons of work done on them in crosses as well, so the best thing would be to do some reaserch with your breeders and find out what they have mine are the American phoenix, there are also the nonmolting lines of onagadori as well.
They dont really perch more that I have seen. Where that comes from probley, is the fact that to get the massive tails, it's best to keep solitary male in pens called Tomebako's. These are up right boxes with a perch in the top. The tail is free to hang down to the ground and not be trampled on by other birds, get muddy from rain, etc etc all the stuff that would other wise break the feathers.
Also, diet plays a large role on how long the tails get too, and a male kept away from females, will not molt as often either. Hens trigger a hormone reaction that will cause them to go into molt.
This is just if you want to grow the most massive tails possible. I just enjoy them, and keep them like all my other bantams, and a 3 foot tail and converts dragging the ground is fairly common.
I should have a few eggs or chicks available this year, jsut waiting to see what colors, mine are going to produce before I tell anybody anything. I also know several excellent breeders, but they are proud of them, nonmoulting lines run from $50-$100 per dozen on eggs, american phoenix are in the $40-$60 range per dozen but are from the best breeders in the country too.

 

[ScratchesWithChickens]

This is my one and only standard golden phoenix pullet. She's a little over 4 months old. Haven't thought of a name that really suits her, though I've sorta been calling her Isis. She was a twittery nuzzle bug of a chick, often sounding like a cricket when settling down for the night with her buddies or cuddling up with me on the couch (unlike my bantam buff brahma who used to sound like a sports whistle and now sounds like a clown's bike horn). I apologize for the overall golden quality of the second picture, the sun was setting. I'll try get some better pictures of her tomorrow. I'm sure she's by no means show quality or anything but I think she's lovely. ♥