Phoenix

I have 5 silver duckwing phoenix that are about 19 weeks old. I had one start laying already! I have a large enclosure, which allows for them to run around and play. The new layer has always laid in the nesting box and is becoming sweet and affectionate. I have not found any cons yet! I guess I'll just have to wait and see!

I have owned Silver Duckwing Phoenixes for about three years. I started off with five hens and two roosters. They were relatively easy to tame and I even trained a few to fly on my arm. They are loud, a little crazy, and love to forage. I free range my birds and they venture out very far, sometimes too far, and are prone to get eaten by predators. They are very quick and alert, however, so more times than not they can escape possible danger. They are broody birds, and hatch many batches of chicks. The first few times they raise babies they tend to not be very great mothers. After gaining more experience raising chicks, phoenixes are great mothers and are fiercely protective of their young. I have had two phoenix hens team up and raise one batch of chicks at one point with great success. They love their babies, and even will take care of chicks that aren't theirs! The roosters are generally good birds as well. They are very protective of their flock. I once witnessed one of my phoenix roosters die trying to save his flock from coyotes. It was a sad moment, but he died with honor. I also watched one of my phoenix cross roosters attack a hawk, successfully scaring it away. The roosters are brave birds. I wouldn't recommend the phoenix to a first time poultry keeper or someone who doesn't have room for them to roam because they aren't your average bird. The phoenix is probably my favorite chicken breed and I would recommend them to someone who is experienced with poultry and has room for them to forage.

Ours are only juveniles. But they're SO frightened. They'll just nearly kill themselves running away from us when changing the water in the brooder. And other breeds are right next to them in other brood tubs....it's really just These Guys that are so freaked out.

We are going to be asking how to take care of the feathers, but for now...they're alive! 5 of 5 from Cackle are still flittering around.

-Amy

I've had Phoenix for a little while now and I adore them! I'm breeding them currently and just got my first hatching! These guys are reviewed as angry and bad layers, mine? They're great layers and very shy but friendly. As I said in the cons section one of my hens goes and lays in bushes! It's very frustrating going and finding them and normally takes me all day just to find one nest but this is the only month that this has been happening. In Australia (where I am) they're very very rare and I've seen a handful of ads in a year and was lucky that one was in my area. These guys are also very hardy birds and haven't fallen ill for me once! I recommend getting one without a doubt!

I am getting a golden phoenix rooster and will be breeding it to all my other chickens just to see what they look like

yes i'm experimenting
hens:
partridge silkie
buff Brahma
gold laced Brahma
buff Orpington
I will post photos next year because my rooster is a chick.
this is his father

I am relatively new to BYC and I just bought a cock of this breed. Then I decided to buy a hen, and well make them breed. One of the chicks, they had Porcelain colour which I have never seen before. I love this colour so I decided to name the chick Diamond. I named my hen Sapphire and my cock Pepper. I like this breed so far.

This longtailed breed of chicken came from the Europe from the Japanese Onagodori who at the time was weak and newly imported. They are know for their double feathering on saddle, sickle, and tail feathers and the gene that they have that doesn't allow the tail to molt by itself. In show they are beautiful birds and catch the eyes of the judge but keeping care of the tail can be difficult. These birds can be expensive depending on if it's good or not. These are not beginner birds.

Right now I have a white Phoenix rooster and two golden phoenix hens. I am going to be getting a golden Phoenix rooster very soon to add to my little flock. I enjoy these birds very much. I have found that they do better on a slightly different feeding system than my other birds. I not only feed mine flock raiser with 20% protein, but I add cod liver oil and Flock Fuel to their feed. Oh, and I also ferment their feed. So far this method is working great. I plan on when my roosters tail grows back out from molting, tying it up with some silk ribbon like they do for the Onangadori.(sp?) Oh, I also use sand in my run to keep dirt off the feathers. Over all, I am in love with this breed and plan on breeding more of them.

Extremely beautiful in the summer (not so much in the winter during rainy/muddy days but sort of humorous). I currently have a rooster of this breed and I completely adore him. Even as a chick he seemed much brighter and more active than the other birds. He's very social and was trained to sit on my arm but was very energetic and wouldn't last long before he jumped back down. He's never been aggressive towards people and of all the breeds and chickens I've had, I've never seen anyone as bright or intelligent as him. He's so intelligent that sometimes it becomes infuriating because he is a master escape artist and impossible to keep in the chicken yard. Very amusing and wonderful to have as a pet, just need to be smarter than him. Must also be careful around him because I've made the mistake of stepping on his tail a few times.

We have a beautiful phoenix pullet with the sweetest little voice in our small mixed flock which includes three polish, a cochin, and a cornish. She is the first of any of the flock to notice predators. Twice she has alerted us to hawks when the rest of the flock was oblivious. She is very friendly, doesn't peck other birds, and doesn't get pecked by others, She seems fairly high up in the pecking order although she is small. She has very good survival instincts, good fight, good forager, would be a good bird for those who want backyard free range birds. She likes to stay with the flock, likes to come to people, is quite friendly, but she is nervous about being picked up and might be hard to pick up if she wasn't handled often. My only concern is that she is less cold hardy the the rest of the birds in our flock. The hens have moderate sized combs that can be susceptible to frost bite. These birds originate from climates that are more mild than New England. All in all this breed seems to have retained a lot of their natural survival instincts, are wary of predators, can fly well, but are not aggressive and absolutely beautiful birds with beautiful little voices.

The first rooster I ever owned was a Phoenix, and he was a great rooster! Very pretty coloring, a wonderful protector of my other chickens. His personality was friendly at times, and aggressive at other times. Roosters usually are somewhat aggressive, so this isn't an unusual thing. If I were to get another rooster, I would defiantly get a Phoenix. A perfect bird to protect your flock, and look great while doing so.

Phoenix chickens are very annoying the males mostly because their tails are so long that it is very difficult to keep it clean for show and the hens just wonder off on their own and go broody and raise little families without warning. But they are good layers not the best but they lay a good amount and I mentioned that the hens go off and raise families, they are very broody birds its terrible if you don't want thousands of chickens in just a few weeks. But they are good show birds or pets so find some and give them a try they just might turn out to be your soul chicken.

They are good barnyard chickens. Like to fly up into rafters to roost. Will sneak off and raise babies all on their own.

These birds are very nice birds. They are great foragers and excellent mothers. Out of other breeds my Phoenix usually have higher hatch rates.

Our Phoenix pullet was one of ten survivors from a disastrous box of fifty from Murray McMurray hatchery (I wouldn't recommend that company to anyone). She was the only bantam survivor, and one of two that were not Rhode Island Reds. She is very friendly and doesn't mind being held at all, and she is fairly fearless; she will approach me and stand on me if I sit down in the coop. She is only three or four months old, but she is already a real character.

My phoenix hen, Fawkes, is broody. They are so small and don't start laying for awhile, they lay white eggs. They are flighty when chicks, but the are really nice when older. They are also very pretty.

I have 1 Silver Duckwing Phoenix Rooster He is Friendly and Can't Wait Until His Tail Grows Right Now He Has a Short Tail Cause When I Got Him He Was in a Small Cage When I Grab Him He Will Just Sit on My Lap and Let Me Pet Him I Love This Breed

These guys are absolutely gorgeous, and I want to add them to my flock at some point. I will likely make a separate coop and run for them, since i already have a bantam cochin rooster.

They are very pretty birds, I have a trio and they are very tame and friendly, they walk around your feet and are fine to pickup. They are good flyers but they're tails can get matted with droppings and dirt. All in all they are really nice and I would recommend them 100 percent

I just got my first pair. I love them. They are very pretty and friendly. I hold my rooster regularily and he is very tame and nice.He has never tried to peck my either. Do not let their long spurs intimidate you, they are very nice birds.