
Rare (The breed is listed in the Threatened category of the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy’s Conservation Priority List) Breed Nameįriendly, Talkative, Bears Confinement well, Aggressive, Wild/Restless, Flighty, Calm, Quiet, Shy, Easily Handled, Docile
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Review full breed profile of Phoenix chicken below. The breed is docile and do well in confinement. And they require regular diet with high protein to maintain the extra large plumage. The Phoenix chicken require extra room inside their house which should be dry. The Phoenix hens are good layers of small to medium sized cream or tinted colored eggs, and go broody frequently.
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They are excellent foragers and good for free range system. The Phoenix chicken is a very active breed with excellent flight skills. The birds should be kept up on high roosts the way parrots are to maintain these long tails. But as they have very long tail, so they require special care for keeping their tail feathers in good shape. They can become tame and good as pets if handled from an early age. They are also shy and friendly in nature. Phoenix chickens are very gentle birds and very easily handled. Currently Phoenix chicken breed is listed in the Threatened category of the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy’s Conservation Priority List. Here are many color varieties and also a bantam version available. The Phoenix chicken was accepted into the American Poultry Association’s Standard of Perfection in 1965. The breed has been found in the United States since before 1924. And the Phoenix chicken is a German creation from long-tailed fowls of Japanese descent. There are many breeds of Long tail fowl in Japan.

A few delicate imported long tailed Japanese birds were cross-bred with some other breeds including Leghorn, Yokohama, Combattant de Bruges Kruper, Old English Game, Modern Game, Bruegge Game, Ramelsloher and Malay chicken.

Numerous chicken breeds were used for creating this breed. Hugo du Roi who was the first president of the National German Poultry Association created the Phoenix chicken in the late nineteenth century. It is an ancient breed and tracing its heritage back after a long time. It is a long tailed chicken breed originating in German. Phoenix chicken is a beautiful bird which is typically raised as an ornamental breed.
