Non molters do, but not true phoenix, only thing special about them is the tail care if you want them to be full and unbroken.
Non molters need a diet free of grains other than brown rice. From what I have read on them, they cant process gluten which is in all forms of grain we have. Over a period of a few years it builds up to a toxic level in their systems and will kill them. They also do well on fish proteins, tons of greens especially lettuce. It has a chemical in it that is great for sustained feather growth.
But again, no for run of the mill normal phoenix, they can eat anything.
Oh nice! What a nice breed to having free ranging on your yard!
Oh, And Boggy, thanks for answering, I wasn't sure i have been doing a lot of reading up on Lontails and I wasn't sure if that Gluten thing was the same for Phoenix's too
Okay so I come from dogs and dog showing and their breed standards are available for anyone to be read online. Is the Phoenix standard available somewhere? Or do I just need to suck it up and invest in the SOP book? I assume the bantam standard is the same except maybe for recognized colors?
This is from Standard Varieties of Chickens by George Ellsworth Howard its a free book that is available online. I thought it was interesting so thought I would share: