Phoenix (chicken)

Rooster with hen in wild color

Depiction of a phoenix with long tail feathers ( Hokusai , 1844)

Historical illustration (Jean Bungartz, 1885)

The phoenix are a breed of chicken of Japanese origin bred in Germany , which is counted among the long-tailed chickens . There is also a dwarf variant.

history

In 1878 the first long-tailed chickens were imported from Japan to Germany . In order to enable successful climate adaptation, crossbreeding with Old English fighters took place at an early stage . The variant with a simple comb, which is common in Germany, was called the “phoenix chicken” due to its similarity to the mythical animal depicted with a long tail in oriental art , but in Great Britain it is still part of the Yokohamas .

features

The phoenix are a slender and elegant breed that shows similarity to the pheasant . The head and crest are rather small, the back is long and horizontal. The face and wattles are red, the ear lobes white. The comb is simply shaped. The legs have a slate blue color. The long tail stands horizontally with shell feathers. Its length exceeds that of normal chickens, but due to the annual moulting, it does not reach the extreme length of the related Onagadori . Of the existing colors , gold-necked, silver-necked, orange-necked, wild-colored and white are recognized in Germany.

Dwarf Phoenix

Dwarf phoenix rooster with hens

There is also a dwarf form, the dwarf phoenix.

Special association

Since 1921, the breed has been looked after by the “Special Association of Breeders of the Phoenix, Dwarf Phoenix and Onagadori von 1921 eV” .

Web links

Commons : Phoenix (Chicken) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

The origin of the phoenix, on the website of the "Kreisverband Braunschweiger Rassegeflügelzucher". Retrieved January 23, 2016.

proof

↑ Bruno Dürigen: Die Geflügelzucht - Hand and textbook of racial studies, breeding, care and keeping of domestic, yard and park poultry , Paul Parey, Berlin 1853, pp. 299-302
↑ Information on www.longtail-fowl.com . Retrieved January 25, 2016
↑ Letter from the "Association of Chicken, Large and Water Fowl Breeders' Associations for the Preservation of Species and Race Diversity eV" ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 23, 2016 @1@ 2

↑ Directory 2015 ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) of the Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture . Retrieved January 23, 2016

[1] Bruno Dürigen: Die Geflügelzucht - Hand and textbook of racial studies, breeding, care and keeping of domestic, yard and park poultry , Paul Parey, Berlin 1853, pp. 299-302

[2] Information on www.longtail-fowl.com . Retrieved January 25, 2016

[3] Letter from the "Association of Chicken, Large and Water Fowl Breeders' Associations for the Preservation of Species and Race Diversity eV" ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 23, 2016 @1@ 2

[4] Directory 2015 ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) of the Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture . Retrieved January 23, 2016