Phoenix breeders

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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good deal, hate you lost one though.
No he'll sell you whatever you want 1-101

 

[silkieroo]

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good deal, hate you lost one though.
No he'll sell you whatever you want 1-101

okay! thanks I really miss her

she was a phoenix too. I assume he ships... would i be correct on that count?? Sorry for all the questions! I appreciate you answering!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

Lord yeah, I wouldnt have any being from Georgia from him, he lives in NJ

Oh the pics are on the website link now too. Will get some on the threads when I have time

 

[LeaderStorm]

So you would like me to tell you want I want in say, early June if I want them in July/August? Or earlier?

They are so pretty

Now I'm excited to order them. xD

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

well, just as soon as you have an idea, no rush, sometime by June yes should be fine, just dont wait til mid to late summer, I may or may not have any spots left by them.
Just once you know ruffly when you want them, and what you want, let me know and I'll put you in the book for them so you dont miss out.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

here's some of the new pics for everyone to see. Most of these came in this past fall, and you can see the tail breakage as a results, but they still look nice




blue gold duckwing

lavender cuckoo

Cy Hyde lavender and a black pullet

Cy's white cockerel

One of Cy's black gold males

lavender male with dun and brown red pulets

young bb red

silver cockerel

fawn silver pullet

 

[LeaderStorm]

Alright.
The blue/gold duckwing is so pretty.

The red color on the BBR's saddles is too. Very bright.

Are Cy's birds standards? They seem larger.

This is sort of off topic but what is the average length of a 6-7 month old cockerel's tail?

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

no Cy's white is actually smaller than the silvers. That group of pics is just zoomed in and cropped out to just include him, which makes him look bigger than what he is.

a 6-8 month good bird should be near the ground by then, actually all these pics are of birds between 10- 12 months tops. I know the white, b glod and bb were all mid summer hatches

 

[LeaderStorm]

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Really? His body shape seems longer/lankier than most bantams. He was the one I was really thinking might be a standard. Haha.

Okay. I was wondering if mine has a decent tail. His would probably look like the BBR's(except maybe with less feathers. That BBR has a lot of tail feathers and maybe a bit shorter. He has a few feather's that touch the ground now) if we didn't have him in a cage with a another rooster and 6-7 other hens and if it would stop raining so we could clean the mud out(the pen is completely covered with tarps but somehow it's still getting wet.) His feathers are ragged at the end and it's obvious it's getting ripped at. (I think if I tried to separate him, he would get depressed. He likes his ladies.

Especially our smaller Orpington. )

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

That's the onagadori blood in that white that gives him a different look. You can tell those pretty quick. He's only about 13 inches tall or so. That hen in there with him is the same size as all the other hens in the pics. He has a lot higher tail too, which makes him look a good bit bigger too.

Yep I was proud of the bb when he came in, unfortunately he did loose a lot of length in shipping, he came in with the blue gold and 4 hens, so they were packed in there. If you look close at both of thems tail tips yu can see where they were broken off from it.


Yep that mud and rain is horrible on the tails too. I finally got all my pens fully roofed a few weeks ago and am finally happy with their pens.

If you dont, they'll get messed up every time it rains. When they get all muddy and water logged like that, they get super dry and brittle so any little step on one will break it for sure.

If you can, a good thick sand bed 4-6 inches deep in the pen helps, then cover that with fresh hay on a regular basis. That's my next step to help keep better tails, a good sand bed, use the hay, got the full roof, so that will be my next step. Heard of many of the seasoned breeders that do that with good success. But a good roof and well drained soil is a must. I got luck, all of my property around the birds is on a down hill slight slope to a creek and big swamp, so none puddles here it all runs off, but they still have to be kept dry, we all know what birds on wet dirt turns into, a nasty mess in no time.