Golden Phoenix cockerel?

[minichic]

Can anyone tell me if this is a Golden Phoenix cockerel? It popped up in some Serama hatching eggs I bought. Tail is getting very long and he holds it down & low. I was getting ready to take it to the auction as a very bad quality Serama lol!

 

[Mountain Peeps]

That's 100% cockerel due to the large and developed comb, long sickle feathers and long tail feathers.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

I think you might be right about this being a Phoenix. Those tail feathers are definitely coming in black and I've never seen a Serama with a tail like that!

Do you have any way of contacting the seller of the eggs to see if they keep Phoenix?

 

[minichic]

I know it's a boy. I'm really asking about breed. Do you think it's a Golden Phoenix?

 

[BantamLover21]

I'm no expert on Phoenix, but that does not look like a Golden Phoenix to me. Golden Phoenix look like this:

(not my photo)

My best guess is that your bird is a poor quality Nankin. He's still pretty, though!

 

[minichic]

The bird is 9 or 10 weeks old, has slate blue legs and white earlobes. I thought Nankins had red earlobes and carried their tails more upright? This one holds his tail horizontally.

 

[Wyandottes7]

To me, he doesn't look like a Golden Phoenix. My guess is that he's a poor quality Serama/Serama cross.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Perhaps he's a Phoenix cross. I was assuming that his tail was just coming in, and it looks like it's coming in black. I couldn't find any photos of young Phoenix.

I'd personally sell him and let the buyer sort it out.