Post Phoenix Pics Please

[rambob59]

Those are a couple of my hens.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

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Thanks. She is our favorite personality wise but she is completely white on herr breast, no red at all. All my girls are on the light side that way. I need to take some better pics. I have two that are easy to eliminate, one has a wry tail and the othe is on the small side. This one is very white, but the other 3 are pretty similar.

 

[rambob59]

Try breeding then for a white variety. I had a very light silver pair and offspring came out almost white. The red sometimes shows up with age too. I have a pulley who had a full white breast until a month or so ago. Now it's super red except the middle.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Try breeding then for a white variety. I had a very light silver pair and offspring came out almost white. The red sometimes shows up with age too. I have a pulley who had a full white breast until a month or so ago. Now it's super red except the middle.

Good to know. She is a favorite of my sons. She is the least skittish. I think she is beautiful eventhough she isn't SOP. Not sure when/if we will do a hatch. I love it, but my hubby stresses over them. He takes bit hard if any get sick or don't develop correctly. I still hate to cull and always will but I don't take it as hard as he does. I also love the trading/selling/looking for homes for them but he hates to turn loose of anything. They fascinate me. Not just the Phoenix but all breeds. The variety is amazing.

I was looking at the boys tails on the roost tonight. They have their own high roost and it is really neat to see their tails hanging over. I know we will have a lot of breakage because they are not separate, but I can't wait to see the tail development by next year.

 

[Toplongtailfowl]

I live in California,
Here's some of my birds.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Toplongtailfowl,

very pretty birds. I especially love the pics of the mamas and babies. How do you prevent tail breakage and keep the white ones so clean, or were they prepped for their photo shoot?

 

[Toplongtailfowl]

Thank you. Actually no none were prepped for photos. These are random photos over the years i has on my computer. I just pick out a few of the best photos. They actually manage their tail pretty well on their own in a big enough pen as long as it's kept clean often. When tail gets really long I sometimes keep them put up by themselves in their own pen with high perches but usually they are in breeding pens.

 

[rambob59]

@Puddin Fluff YeA I usually have to cull as well. I cull young though and hard.

@Toplongtailfowl
Are any of your hens horizontally fanned or that just because they are bloody? Good looking birds by the way

 

[Puddin Fluff]

@Puddin Fluff YeA I usually have to cull as well. I cull young though and hard.

@Toplongtailfowl
Are any of your hens horizontally fanned or that just because they are bloody? Good looking birds by the way

You have autocorrect!!! . By "bloody" I assume you mean broody. Mine has done that to me before.

 

[rambob59]

@Puddin Flufflmao yes! I have android now and used to have Windows phone. It's auto correct is bad. Or maybe I'm not used to typing well on this. But yes lol broody