I raised poultry the first 18 years of my life. I started in 1995 with long tails. My long tails are a blend of all the Phoenix I could find here in the United States. I noticed that the Phoenix and Onagadori-descendants were mostly inbred and weak birds. So I then blended in all those lines and also added Dutch Bantams (in most colors) and Sumatra.
I only breed from birds with good resistance and vigor. In the beginning I was calling my birds Onagadori, not knowing the truth in the matter. I now pretty much call them Long-tail Fowl. The starter phoenix and onagadori-descendants were of the old lines already here in the United States.
In 2002 we imported several breeds from Switzerland. These included German Ismer Phoenix, Schurbert Phoenix, Ohiki, and several from Marc King's birds of Italy. His web site is longtail-fowl.com. You can see Europe's best birds there.
I have now blended those into my flocks also. The Ohiki have added multiple feathering to my birds which were lacking that trait.
There are several people I would like to thank for helping in one way or the other. Brian Shamblin, Marc King, Brian Reeder, Cye Hyde, Frank Holder, David Rogers, and others. I have also learned most of the genetics of these birds and I'm still learning to this day.
If you would like to learn more about the genes and how they work, get the book An Introduction to Color forms of the Domestic Fowl by Brian Reeder.
I occasionly have birds for placement in new homes. But I can not guaranty what lengh of tails my birds' offspring will have. I can only say that the genes from my best birds are in them. How the genes come out vary from bird to bird due to some genes' recessive nature.
For Biosecurity purposes , I only ship eggs. Live birds are for pick-up at my facility by appointment only. In some rare casses I may ship. This is at my discretion on a by the situation basis.
Check back often for other listings of rare breed hatching eggs!
Hatching egg policy -
• There is no guarantee on the hatch rate of shipped eggs due to circumstances beyond my control after shipment.
• There is no guarantee that all resulting offspring will look alike due to genetic diversity.
• Some long crowing roosters crow longer than others, and typically only every 5th crow is extremely long due to lung capacity. This is just the way long crowers work.
• Some long tailed roosters grow longer feathers than others.
