Long Crower questions

[perchie.girl]

I was going through my Sand Hill preservation catalog and saw a listing for a Long Crower called Tomaru.

They are listed as an Oriental breed in the catalogue.

How are they temperment wise anyone here raise them?

Would they get along in a mixed flock?

Are they heat hardy?

 

[jenjscott]

I had a pair of denizli, not a tomaru, and they were flighty, but very heat tolerant, Their builds are very similar, but I think the Tomarus are prettier. There are some here that raise them, maybe they will come along.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I've alwasy heard that the long crower and long tail breeds do not tolerate cold very well as they are native to hot climates. I've also heard that they need a special diet to do well. Never raised any, though.

 

[perchie.girl]

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Flighty I can deal with.

It gets pretty warm here in the summer.

We do get a little snow about 72 hours of it in the winter. Lots of wind. But I can provide space that is a little more protected kind of a free choice warm spot. Actually I think I am going to do that for all my chicken spaces.

 

[perchie.girl]

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Hmmm.... I wonder what the special diet needs to be... I will dig on the internet too to see what I can find. Thanks.

 

[Illia]

Pretty sure their diets are like any other's needs. Only larger and slow growing breeds need specific diets.

I would guess their temperament to be quite fine in terms of aggression vs friendliness, however I hope you're aware that Sandhill's Tomaru Longcrowers really don't have that long of a crow.

 

[perchie.girl]

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Thanks I am sure you are right. But They probably crow a bit more... I am trying to decide wether or not to add them to my list of wants for a flock.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Toni-Marie Astin's website used to list a specific menu she feeds her birds. Looking through it just now, I found some references, but not specifics, which appear to now be in a book she's written. http://countrywhatnotgardens.com/bantamlongtails/ makes some reference to the diets, and the book preview mentions some on page 23, but it continues onto other pages that are not part of the preview. http://www.countrywhatnotgardens.com/book.html

I've never had longcrowers or longtail fowl (would love either one, but only if I had staff to take care of them

& build me more coops)

 

[perchie.girl]

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Toni-Marie Astin's website used to list a specific menu she feeds her birds. Looking through it just now, I found some references, but not specifics, which appear to now be in a book she's written. http://countrywhatnotgardens.com/bantamlongtails/ makes some reference to the diets, and the book preview mentions some on page 23, but it continues onto other pages that are not part of the preview. http://www.countrywhatnotgardens.com/book.html

I've never had longcrowers or longtail fowl (would love either one, but only if I had staff to take care of them

& build me more coops)

LOL Thanks for the links. Im off to "readup" I am building a chicken empire.... in my head. Now I just have to build the coop/chicken house

 

[maranfarmer563]

I hatched tomaru eggs this spring,got 7 roosters and 2 pullets. Am still waiting for my first crow. I acquired a pair of denizli this fall, am still waiting for eggs. I wanted to hatch some before winter got here. Hopefully have lots to eggs in the spring