The Quack Shack

[Miss Lydia]

Beautiful bird.

 

[nchls school]

Beautiful bird.

Thank you. The whites are hard to keep looking nice as the feathers stain so easily. My reds look much better with their black tails that don't show the stains and dirt.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Beautiful coloring.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

I haven't seen much on pheonixs until you started posting here, now I've seen them start popping up in the poultry show club pages for Australia. They really are beautiful. How do you find them with pests like mites? Are they more suspetable with their tails dragging?

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning / evening folks

 

[nchls school]

I haven't seen much on pheonixs until you started posting here, now I've seen them start popping up in the poultry show club pages for Australia. They really are beautiful. How do you find them with pests like mites? Are they more suspetable with their tails dragging?

I do not find them any different than other breeds when it comes to parasites. I don't see any evidence that the long tails are a health issue.

I have found that they do not do well with cold or being locked in. When they are kept in coops/pens their tails soon become damaged. Their quarters must be free of items where the tail can be caught up on.

Phoenix would do best in drier climates (TN is not a drier climate) and free-range; otherwise the tails are soiled and don't look as nice.

For anyone wanting phoenix I would recommend not getting white birds. The darker colors stay nicer in appearance with minimal care.

Phoenix are docile and make great pets as they tame easily and become friendly. This is opposite of what many sites state.
I find phoenix to be equal to other docile bantam breeds in that regard; only serama are superior as pets of the many breeds I have owned over the last 50 years.

This is a rooster I sold as not being fit for breeding in that he carried his tail high.

 

[Miss Lydia]

He sure is gorgeous.

Good Evening Everyone.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

A wise chicken man once told me, the nature of a chicken comes down to the idividual. Well we have the ideal climate here for them by sounds of it. Are they exhibited often? I would assume such a pretty bird is but then again you don't see pheasants at shows over here. As for the whites, the only white chicken we ever managed to keep white was our Rhode island white named Rhonda

 

[Miss Lydia]

Dust bathing kind of hinders keeping them white too

Good Morning/Evening

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning / evening folks