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[Peafowlssssssss]

Is there a good source to learn more about raising Phoenix chickens?

If not could anyone please answer these questions:
1- What do you feed them?
2- When they will reach maturity?
3- Did they lay all the year around?
4- How many hens per a cock?
5- Is it okay to keep them with other birds like peafowls?!

Still looking for answers, i will keep bringing this thread up until i get some answers

 

[rambob59]

Here's what I feed,
Protein power pellets
Game bird starter
A make will more than likely reach full maturity at about 2 years, hens I'd say 1 year.
Mine lay year round but other people's don't.
I have 10 hens to 1 rooster but that's up to you.
And I'd say go for it as long as the peafowl don't mess with the chickens and vise versa.

If your Phoenix moult yearly they aren't Phoenix.

@q8peafowl

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Here's what I feed,
Protein power pellets
Game bird starter
A make will more than likely reach full maturity at about 2 years, hens I'd say 1 year.
Mine lay year round but other people's don't.
I have 10 hens to 1 rooster but that's up to you.
And I'd say go for it as long as the peafowl don't mess with the chickens and vise versa.

If your Phoenix moult yearly they aren't Phoenix.

@q8peafowl

Thank you for your response, I don't have any at the moment, but thinking of getting a pair or a trio next month, just a last question, is it okay to put two males together in the same pen? My pen is 50x25. I would like to get two males from different colors.

 

[rambob59]

If the you're getting them young to where they can grow up together they more than likely Will be okay. If you get then older and aren't used to each other, they will fight. I have two in the same pen and they haven't stopped fighting since day one.

I will be selling juveniles of both colors pretty soon and they are all used to each other.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

If the you're getting them young to where they can grow up together they more than likely Will be okay. If you get then older and aren't used to each other, they will fight. I have two in the same pen and they haven't stopped fighting since day one.

I will be selling juveniles of both colors pretty soon and they are all used to each other.

Alright, thank you, really appreciate your help.

 

[rambob59]

Yea no problem.

 

[Nickeyo]

Is there a good source to learn more about raising Phoenix chickens?

If not could anyone please answer these questions:
1- What do you feed them?
2- When they will reach maturity?
3- Did they lay all the year around?
4- How many hens per a cock?
5- Is it okay to keep them with other birds like peafowls?!


Here are my answers
1. I feed them layers pellets ad lib but in the evening I give them a cage cup containing racing pigeon food and mixed corn as it helps tail growth.
2. They take about a year or just over to reach maturity for bantams, I dont know about LF.
3. From my experience the bantams are pretty terrible layers, and getting my hen to lay at all has been a challenge, in my hens first year she laid 1 egg, second she laid a few more and this year shes been a lot better and lays every other day for about a week then has a break for a week and so on.
4.Ideally you want at least 4 hens to a rooster but I had a trio and one hen died so I have a pair of phoenix plus a polish hen to act as a decoy for the males attention but they are doing fine and both the hen and rooster won their classes at a show this year so shes not suffered damage.
5. as long as you monitor them and make sure they don't fight then its fine.

 

[bronzefarmer]

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This is jerry he got second in the county fair last year he is a silver duckwing rooster 2years of age and very fertile ... I have three hens for him on the way... His tail at one point was 3ft long or longer but then I put him with my laying hens because I needed to hatch chicks and they walked all over his tail by the time I checked it the next day it was to late

. Anyways just thought I would share some current pictures and if anyone has a full grown hen the hens I have for him or am getting tomarrow are only 8weeks old so still pullets so looking for a full grown hen with good tail jeans and i am a FFA student just a heads up anyways pm me with your questions if you have any or if you have a hen for sale or you would give up to a responsible young chicken farmer who enjoys the passion of raising chickens anyways have a great night and God bless
-AUSTIN

 

[bronzefarmer]

Not sure if this picture posted also

 

[bronzefarmer]