Phoenix chicken
 A golden Phoenix hen and rooster, showing the classic long flowing plumage of the breed | |
| Conservation status | study |
|---|---|
| Other names | German: Phönix |
| Country of origin | Japan; Germany |
| Traits | |
| Weight | |
| Skin colour | yellow |
| Egg colour | cream or tinted |
| Comb type | single |
| Classification | |
| APA | all other standard breeds[2] |
| ABA | single comb clean legged |
| PCGB | not recognised[3] |
| APS | light breed softfeather[4] |
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The Phoenix is a German breed of long-tailed chicken. It derives from cross-breeding of imported long-tailed Japanese birds similar to the Onagadori with other breeds.[5]
History
The Phoenix breed was created by
Yokohama.[5]
The
Standard of Perfection in 1965, and the gold in 1983.[2] Black-breasted red was recognised in 2018. The Phoenix was first accepted in the Australian Poultry Standard in 2012, with any colour standardised in Old English Game accepted.[4]
Characteristics
The Onagadori is thought to have a recessive gene that prevents it from moulting each year in the usual way.[8]: 991 This gene was not transferred to the Phoenix, so its tail does not reach the same remarkable lengths as that of the original Japanese stock. The tail may reach 90 cm or more.[1]
References
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- ^ ISBN 9781580176675. p. 143–44.
- ^ a b APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
- ^ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9781921488238.
- ^ a b Phoenix Chicken. The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed August 2014.
- ISBN 9781405156424.
- ISBN 9781119509141.
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