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  1. nchls school

    LONG TAIL GENETICS

    Your birds are beautiful. I was able to get some pure phoenix breeding pairs that produce healthy chicks. Since this Spring I have sold my phoenix cross roosters in favor of the pure stock. I have kept a pair of Yokohama; the rooster is 1/4 th serama and the hen is pure. I also kept a few...
  2. nchls school

    LONG TAIL GENETICS

    Surprisingly, if you don't look too close at the vegetation, central TN looks much like WI with its rolling hills and forest land.
  3. nchls school

    LONG TAIL GENETICS

    Thank you for your response. What you say is what I've been thinking. Nice to have my thoughts verified. I spent most of my life in Wisconsin. I grew up in Cadott; 1/2 hour from Eau Claire and lived in Ladysmith until I retired a few years ago. While the weather is nicer here in Tennessee...
  4. nchls school

    LONG TAIL GENETICS

    Another question-How many generations of crossing back to pure birds before the cross birds will no longer throw short tail chicks? Below is what the four generations were. 1st generation-pure Phoenix hen to pure Polish rooster 2nd generation-pure Phoenix hen to 1/2 Polish 1/2 Phoenix rooster...
  5. nchls school

    LONG TAIL GENETICS

    Phoenix and Yokohama with 17 chicks. Some are 1/8th Polish and 7/8ths Phoenix and some are 7/8ths Yokohama and 1/8 Polish. 1/2+- are black and white showing the Polish coloration and 1/2+- are striped like Phoenix chicks; and a single chick is a mottled grey showing a blending of colors. And...
  6. nchls school

    LONG TAIL GENETICS

    Thank you. This is what I thought. With each generation, one parent was pure stock for long tail.
  7. nchls school

    LONG TAIL GENETICS

    Thank you. I think so.
  8. nchls school

    LONG TAIL GENETICS

    The chicks were a present from my wife; somewhere in Kentucky; I think.
  9. nchls school

    LONG TAIL GENETICS

    A number of years ago I got some Yokohama and Phoenix chicks as I've wanted long tail chickens for many years. I was very disappointed in the chicks as they were weak and frail. I did manage to raise a few of these chicks, but most died within a few weeks. When the few that lived matured I...
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