A new and incredible aquisition for us: Rolf Ismer
Line of Black Breasted Phoenix with all of the qualities dreamt of: superb
health and yet sweet-natured and tame, excellent leg length and tight underbelly,
raised wing carriage, multiple feathering in the main sickles, hard feather
structure, full (but not as spectacular saddles), superb small combs and
elegant neck form. A dream come true. I am now using this line to better
my whites which have gigantic size (Erhard Schubert line) AND spectacular
saddles.
My line of Black Phoenix. Still MUCH work to do.
This superb cock has given me some great offspring but none as good as he
before he left us forever..... common story. One should breed like the commerical
breeders with thousands of birds in order to make quick progress... the
old way with 10's and 20's of chicks a year takes a half a lifetime!
The "Bachelor's Apartments" - an old
dog pen, converted into a coop. My new colours: SPLASH (in back) and BLACK
(front) with whites from Erhardt Schubert of East German breeding lines