Can you grab him off the roost at night, when he's sleeping?I think I will recruit a family member (or two) to help me round him up and clean that tail.
That might be easier than trying to catch him in the daytime.
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Can you grab him off the roost at night, when he's sleeping?I think I will recruit a family member (or two) to help me round him up and clean that tail.
It's usually a bit higher but at the moment it's muddy and weighed down. The weather finally cleared today so when my husband and son get home, we're going to get him cleaned up.They look very much like my black breasted red phoenix. Does he always carry his tail so low?
That does look a lot Iike him!My RJF hybrids still keep their sickles high off the ground. View attachment 2966639
I’m thinking yours has a lot of phoenix blood in it.
It absolutely is a possibility! I have no background info on them and they do look a lot alike. I'm attaching some more recent photos of the roo and the two pullets.View attachment 2966818
These are a young black breasted red phoenix pair. Unique among chickens for having a long tail, but also because the tail is held horizontally or down; very unlike other breeds and similar in carriage to a pheasant. The picture below shows a mature white phoenix rooster.
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From these you can see why we think your roo is part phoenix. Is that a possibility?