Post Phoenix Pics Please

[rambob59]

Try and get cabbage but lets hope the eggs work.

 

[EZFarms]

I got some cabbage today so lets hope it and the eggs work

 

[rambob59]

Awesome let me know how it works out for you. What are you feeding,them??

 

[EZFarms]

Layer crumbles and veggiesbut tomorrowim gonna starf trying fermented feed

 

[rambob59]

Okay sounds good! I give mine gamebird crumbles

 

[EZFarms]

I hope they start laying soon

 

[Nickeyo]

I have a similar problem, I have a trio of gold bantams but they are not laying yet. I got 1 egg last year when the one hen was about 30-40'weeks. But since then nothing. We have had a mild winter and I have already hatched some friesians with a Wyandotte broody. Do u have any tips to get them going and then sitting, do bantams go broody?

 

[SwedishDude99]

Hey sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've never had phoenix chickens before. Do the hens have long tail feathers too or just the Roos?

 

[rambob59]

@Nickeyo yes bantams do go broody(though I haven't experienced it) my silver bantams are still young(4month pullets) but to get them to lay try cabbage. About 1/4 cabbage per 2 birds.

 

[rambob59]

@SwedishDude99 there are some hens that take on the long tail gene alot more but they do not drag like the males. They are just long and straight. Some even take on spurs. Many people like breeding hens with longer tails or spurs to a good male instead of a regular hen to a good male.