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Havent tried it myself, but I think it's best to run the phoenix males to cochin hens if I remember what was said on the subject.
Then breed back to the phoenix to improve the tail and all, but you have to be selective to keep the short leg quality of the cochin, other wise you'll just end up with funky phoenix mixes.
Takes about 3-4 years to get them looking right from what I've been told.
As for the importing of new ones. Toni-Marie did that in 2002, but I think thats a done deal now, virtually impossible to get any more from over seas due to all the disease scares in the USDA from overseas stocks. Even when you could, the quarantine and expense of the birds ran into the thousands so quickly that it was just hard to justify.
No Toni-Maire doesnt sell eggs or chicks, she's a professional long tail breeder that does this for the love of the breeds she handles, not for fame or money on occasion she will sell yearlings, but not very often they are usually all spoken for, but I assure all out there, there are no better longtail birds in the country than hers! Talked to her and e-mail her quite often and she is a wealth of knowledge and always happy to lend a hand and get you pointed in the right direction with them, very very nice lady in my opinion...
Havent tried it myself, but I think it's best to run the phoenix males to cochin hens if I remember what was said on the subject.
Then breed back to the phoenix to improve the tail and all, but you have to be selective to keep the short leg quality of the cochin, other wise you'll just end up with funky phoenix mixes.
Takes about 3-4 years to get them looking right from what I've been told.
As for the importing of new ones. Toni-Marie did that in 2002, but I think thats a done deal now, virtually impossible to get any more from over seas due to all the disease scares in the USDA from overseas stocks. Even when you could, the quarantine and expense of the birds ran into the thousands so quickly that it was just hard to justify.
No Toni-Maire doesnt sell eggs or chicks, she's a professional long tail breeder that does this for the love of the breeds she handles, not for fame or money on occasion she will sell yearlings, but not very often they are usually all spoken for, but I assure all out there, there are no better longtail birds in the country than hers! Talked to her and e-mail her quite often and she is a wealth of knowledge and always happy to lend a hand and get you pointed in the right direction with them, very very nice lady in my opinion...
