Post Phoenix Pics Please

[onagadori]

How about saddles and hackles
Is it hard to get those to the right lengths

saddles and hackles are the same as any other longtail trait..SELECTION SELECTION SELECTION! Hard, no, time consuming, maybe.. LOL

 

[onagadori]

I was talking to someone the other day about our black araucanas that would throw tailed sumatra style chicks with nice long tails. The main black rooster we had would get a black face if he was outside for any amount of time. As I was looking at one of my phoenix roosters who molted his tail but kept his saddles, then looking at the rumpless chickens in the pen next to him, I wondered about making a rumpless long saddled bird. I think it would be cool looking, a long sweeping saddle with no tail or anything.

Sounds like a fantastic idea to me..

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

have to agree Micheal,
that would look pretty cool I think

 

[dvang3]

saddles and hackles are the same as any other longtail trait..SELECTION SELECTION SELECTION! Hard, no, time consuming, maybe.. LOL

It's hard!
It's hard to find a bird with good saddles and then work off of him/her

 

[Bentley]

I think I am on this idea for sure. I'll let you know how they turn out ......... In the next decade

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

I think I am on this idea for sure. I'll let you know how they turn out ......... In the next decade

aw, it wont take that long

 

[Bentley]

aw, it wont take that long

I am starting next week. I have a BBR NM Phoenix male I will put with my BBR Araucanas hens and go at it. I get 7-8 eggs a day from those hens and will start setting eggs right away. Here we go......if nothing else my BBR Araucanas line will at least end up with longer saddles.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

I am still stuck on the fly tye style polish... We do have a buff laced polish hen and a gold phoenix rooster. I plan to breed them together in the spring and go from there. From there, I would mate the F1 together or do another cross to a phoenix?

 

[onagadori]

I am still stuck on the fly tye style polish... We do have a buff laced polish hen and a gold phoenix rooster. I plan to breed them together in the spring and go from there. From there, I would mate the F1 together or do another cross to a phoenix?

I plan to breed my polish/phoenix too.. So they will be coming along at my place also..

 

[Bentley]

I plan to breed my polish/phoenix too.. So they will be coming along at my place also..

Hey, lets combine all projects!!! How about a NM long saddled rumpless bird with NM crest feathers and maybe throw in naked neck just for good measure!!!