Tomaru 唐丸
The Tomaru 唐丸 is a breed of long crowing chicken said to have originated in China during the T'ang Dynasty, 618-907 AD. The first kanji character in its name, 唐 Tou, is the Japanese term for the Chinese T'ang Dynasty. It was refined in Japan and today is accepted as a Japanese breed. It appears in a single variety with black plumage and is best known for its exceptionally long, musical crow, which can be sustained for up to 25 seconds. This is the baritone of the Japanese Long Crowers.
British TOMARU Standard
(taken from the Japanese)
Origin: Japan
Classification: Light Rare
Egg Colour: Tinted
General characteristics: male
Carriage: Upright, bold and active
Type: Body large, deep and compact, full breast but rather cut away at front, back long slopping down to tail, wings rather long carried close to the body, tail large moderately long, carried low but above horizontal, with the main and lesser sickles sometimes touching the ground.
Head: Medium size, beak short, stout and slightly curved, eyes large, bright and prominent, comb single medium size and straight, face smooth sometimes with black markings, ear-lobes and wattles of medium size.
Neck: Moderately long and furnished with full hackle.
Leg and feet: Legs medium to long, shanks fine and free of feathers, toes four, well spread.
General characteristics: female
The general characteristics are similar to that of the male, allowing for the natural sexual differences.
Colour
Male/Female plumage: Pure black with green sheen. In both sexes: beak black or horn, eyes orange/red, face, comb and earlobes red with some black shading. All black face allowable in hens. Legs and feet very dark slate.
Weights
Male: 3 3.2kg
Female: 2 2.7kg
Above information from Ultimate Fowl
(not my birds)
Chris
