Post Phoenix Pics Please

[shay20]

Well teh project i am working on (the black phoenix) (crossing the Phoenix to a white faced black spanish hen.)
So far a couple good results and so far i am getting mostly black with different color laceing, tehy are cute though.
I have 1 pullet who looks all black has teh white earlobes so far no white showing up in teh face, yay! bUt right now her legs are pretty dark, so iam hopeing they liht up as she gets older.
Here is 1 boy, see his tail comeing long already and bit messed up from the rain and mudd, but it is comeing pretty good, and he only about 3 to4 months old. I will take more pics of all the others.

 

[Dragorra]

I took a couple photos of my two Phoenix cockerels Phil and Phinneus, they're almost 8 months old. I'm curious to get some opinions on them. I also am curious to know what everyone thinks of the lacing on Phinneus' breast. Is that just a variation on the Silver Duckwing? Also his tail isn't as full or as long as Phil's. They're kept together and fed the same diet is it a matter of a difference in genetics and or slower maturation?
Phil in the foreground and Phinneus

Phinneus

 

[RAREROO]

Where did you get them from ? Even before I red your post, I looked at the pics and I noticed that Phinneus looked more like a Birchin than a Silver Duckwing, then I read your post and saw that you mentioned him having lacing in the breast which I didnt see before I read it, but that breast lacing is a characteristic of birchins, and also notice that he doesnt have that silver triangle at the end of his wings like Phil does and that is also a Birchin characteristic. So Im thinking you lucked out and got a Birchin somehow. Where did you get him from ?

Here you can see the differeces in Birchin and Silver Ducking in OEBGs

Birchin http://www.bantychicken.com/OEGBCA/vbirchen.html

Silver Duckwing http://www.bantychicken.com/OEGBCA/vsilverduckwing.html

 

[Dragorra]

Rareroo thank you! Their chick down was completely different from each other (Phil was chipmunk and Phinneus was a sooty grey/black) and then they feathered out so similarly. I had just chalked it up to variance within the coloration. I hatched them from eggs I got from Boggy Bottom Bantams. They are the only two that hatched but I'm hoping to get some more this spring. I'm guessing Birchen is not a common color for Phoenix?

 

[Mahonri]

Lots of eye candy in this thread....

I LOVE this one...

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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yep, you ended up with a silver dw and a silver birchen. I ended up with one myself this year from that breeding, just need a mate now for it too. Yes birchen are rare in the phoenix birds, not many have them.
As for the tail fullness, like any other bird charactoristic, it just varys from bird to bird, not all will have super massive tails, but really, he is looking good, should fill in nice by next spring. Often the rare colors feather slower than the more common ones.

 

[RAREROO]

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yep, you ended up with a silver dw and a silver birchen. I ended up with one myself this year from that breeding, just need a mate now for it too. Yes birchen are rare in the phoenix birds, not many have them.
As for the tail fullness, like any other bird charactoristic, it just varys from bird to bird, not all will have super massive tails, but really, he is looking good, should fill in nice by next spring. Often the rare colors feather slower than the more common ones.

Oh Ok that makes sense since I hatched a Birchin pullet from Aubreys eggs. Hopefully she can be the mate for your roo when ever I can get back over there. .

 

[Celtic Hill]

Hey guys what can you guys tell me about the temperament and vigor of these guys? Im looking for a nice/smart non aggressive bird that is healthy.

 

[GypsyChic]

I posted this info on the longtail breed thread you listed. My birds flock to me, even fly to get grapes, maters, canalope, ect from my hands. They are very energetic, but also very docile and smart. I've trained mine to jump up on my knee to get treats and to "sit pretty". Hope that helps some

 

[Celtic Hill]

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Sit pretty? LOL that is so cute!