Chicken Breed Info:
Breed Purpose: Ornamental Comb: Single Broodiness: Average Climate Tolerance: Heat, Moderate Cold
General Egg Info:
Egg Productivity: Moderate Egg Size: Small Egg Color: White
Breed Temperament:
Flighty, but will respond to handling. Typically non-aggressive.
Breed Colors / Varieties:
APA accepted: Silver, Gold, Black-Breasted Red. Other colors available from select breeders.
Breed Details:
There is a wide variety of temperment within Phoenix birds, but the majority are flighty with good survival instincts. They do respond to frequent handling, however, to become quite tame. They are available as large standard-sized fowl and bantam size.
Adult Phoenix Photos Courtesy of Napalongtails. All other Photos Courtesy of Feathersite and Jamie L. McCallum Egg Photo Courtesy of Feathersite and Rupert Stephenson. Egg is not an Phoenix egg, just a example of the color.
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