Do all bantam phoenix? ????

[rangelia]

Do they all have blue legs? Iv had 12 hatch, some have blue legs and some don't. Some are silver and some are brown.the rooster is a gold duckwing phoenix and i THINK the mama was a bantam BBR ( but there are silver hens in the same coop) Thanks in advance

 

[sylviethecochin]

According to Google, all Phoenix chickens should have blue shanks.

 

[rangelia]

According to Google, all Phoenix chickens should have blue shanks.

So how can some have them and some not?

 

[RoseHawke]

So how can some have them and some not?

Because somewhere among their antecedents is somebody who probably wasn't a Phoenix.

 

[rangelia]

Because somewhere among their antecedents is somebody who probably wasn't a Phoenix.

So of the 12 the ones that have blue legs are phoenix and the others are just something else?

 

[RoseHawke]

Well, if they meet the SOP in all other ways, I suppose you could just call them off-colored. If I was going to breed from them, I'd only breed from those that were closest to the American Poultry Association SOP (Standard Of Perfection.) I belonged to the APA a very long time ago although I never really got into it so I do have a copy of the 1998 SOP. At that time there were only two recognized color varieties, Silver and Golden (I do not know if this is still true.) Both have the shanks and toes described as "light leaden blue" in color.