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That is incorrect. If you breed either a male or female that is homozygous for white skin (white/slate legs) to a bird that is homozygous for yellow skin (yellow/willow legs) you get 100% offspring that express white skin because white skin is dominant over yellow skin. Breeding those together...

Yes, Phoenix and all long-tailed breeds have the gt gene for fast feather growth in the tail. Most, other than Sumatra, also have sg, the gene for fast feather growth in saddles, although many lines of Phoenix don’t have or express this gene at a high level. Onagadori also have mf for multiple...

Ok, no harm in that at all. But when you ask if it’s going to be a Phoenix, Onagadori, or Sumatra it implies you’re trying to attribute it to something known rather than a different set of traits on its own. And when you ask the question in the exhibition, breeding to the SOP forum you are...

Flowerfaeiry is correct that Onagadori require very specialized care that very few are able or willing to provide. They do require a specific diet and also require climate controlled housing to keep them warmer in winter months depending on where one lives. Without these and other things they...

What do you mean by, “Would it have to be a Phoenix or could it be like a Sumatra or Onagadori?” It won’t be like any of them. It will be a mixed, cross-bred mutt. It certainly will never be anything like Onagadori. And it will take you multiple generations to get back to acceptable Phoenix...

Breed silver duckwing Phoenix with slate legs to your barred birds to get the white skin gene if yours have yellow legs. The barring gene will make the legs white instead of slate/blue, but white is correct while yellow is not

The birds they call Onagadori are not. Onagadori express multiple feather growth traits that all must be present and expressed in order for the bird to be considered a true Onagadori. One of those traits is multiple feathering, a mutation that causes the bird to produce many more tail and...

I’ve called, sent texts, and messaged her through direct messages here and haven’t heard back since April or may. She was involved in a bad car wreck early in the year and was dealing with complications from that but none sounded life threatening or even to the point of debilitating her where...

Has anyone heard from or had any contact with Jen (Ravyn) in the last few months?

Toni Rivers is one of the better breeders of LF Phoenix in the country, so you are fortunate to be starting with higher quality stock. Do you have hens from Toni also? If not you might consider contacting her and asking about getting a pullet/hen or two with long, horizontal backs to breed with...

Having one feather longer than the others won’t hurt him in judging. Type will be the biggest challenge since he appears to have a sloping back angle rather than the horizontal backline required for Phoenix. His saddles look very short for 7 months, but sometimes they can hit a growth spurt in...

I have some youngsters growing up now and am waiting to see how the next generation looks. I got my red barred birds from Amy Phillips who has beautiful bantam Cochins in some less common colors. I hope to have some double barred and possibly some crele by next spring.

Does anyone know of a source for fish meal, crab meal, and kelp meal (livestock feed grade, not the fertilizer grade) in the middle TN area? Thanks!

I have two males that just turned a year old. These are exceptionally nice birds, so rather than harvest them I’m offering them for sale. I also have two hens I can include with them that will be excellent color matches for the males. Serious inquiries only. I will send photos and discuss...

Oh yes, I failed to include that roughly half of the offspring will be barred, both males and females. It is true that a mix will often throw more than the predicted colors/patterns. So it’s possible you may get some other than those mentioned above (with and without barring of course).

If the male is solid buff and is “pure” or homozygous for the genes that make him solid and also buff then all your first generation will be solid buff. If he isn’t homozygous for those genes you may get different colors and/or alleles (eg partridge, wheaten, etc) That male is basically a...

1 year, 8 month old cock, still in blood feather and actively growing his tail and saddles despite having been housed with and breeding hens for the past two months. He is isolated again for (hopefully) continued growth. Not a Phoenix or Yokohama.

As gojira stated Onagadori should not be compared to the other breeds mentioned as it is a unique bird different from all other longtails. Also, you are incorrectly stating Yokohama are non-moulting. The only breeds that possess and expresses non-moulting are Onagadori and the higher quality...

Yes, it sounds like they are thriving. Well done.

dheltzel may do things differently, so I’ll be interested in hearing his reply, but I don’t provide any heat for my genetic hackle birds in the winter. They are a large and very robust bird, and I have found mine to possess great vigor as well. I have read one hackle breeder’s speculation that...