The Moonshiner's Chick Chat

[JacinLarkwell]

Where did you get your Phoenix from? Is it standard?

That one actually came from Cackle. It's standard size if that's what you mean, but that hen has the wrong tail shape according to a judge at my 4h fair a few years ago

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That one actually came from Cackle. It's standard size if that's what you mean, but that hen has the wrong tail shape according to a judge at my 4h fair a few years ago

Or did you mean the male in the background?

 

[Tonyroo]

The male in the background.

 

[Tonyroo]

I'm still looking for a quality Phoenix to cross with my SFH. To get a longer tail in my future rooster.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The male in the background.

He's a standard from my own flock I hatched out last fall. I'm thinking dad isn't strictly gold duckwing like I had been told because I get all sorts of pretty nonstandard colors from him. This male's full sister has a type of barring on her feathers

The two chickless hens in the picture are also his half or full sisters

 

[Tonyroo]

Is it a common occurrence with white earlobes on Phoenix?

 

[Tonyroo]

That's the part that bugs me.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That's the part that bugs me.

Is it a common occurrence with white earlobes on Phoenix?

I have no clue. Again, mine are claimed to be pure pheonix, but definitely not true colors

 

[Tonyroo]

I have no clue. Again, mine are claimed to be pure pheonix, but definitely not true colors

Oh ok. Just thought I'd ask.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh ok. Just thought I'd ask.

I do know that the offspring have more white than the parent stock do though