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THE BREED HAS CHANGED IN GERMANY, THE COUNTRY OF ORIGINBefore the fall of the Iron Curtain, the West German Phoenix and Onagadori Club revised the standard for the Phoenix. When the Iron Curtain came down and contacts were renewed or made for the first time, there was a large chasm of differences between the two Germanies direction in breeding. One is more Onagadori influenced. The other is the more practical and sleek modern version. The Phoenix clubs first united and then split to a certain degree over the standard. The East German lines are, on the average, much more feather-rich and possess also, to a certain degree, a modified form of the gene "nm" or "gn" in that many roosters do not moult for two years, creating at least for a couple of years, the impression of an Onagadori. |
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