EUROPEAN LONGTAIL BREEDS, of Japanese Longtail
Fowl descent, page 2
Two more historical photographs of birds from
or descendant from Mr du Roi' breeding programmes. These are fine examples
of the high quality longtails that were present around the turn of the last
century. The colour of the Black Breasted Reds look darker than what judges
ask for in shows on mainland Europe today. The silver cock below show the
hackle without black midstripe, a characteristic of today's Onagadori. Gamefowl
Phoenix in Europe almost all have some midstripe.
Quite a stir occured when the first Phoenix /
Yokohamas were displayed at shows in Germany and across Europe. The illustration
below shows the tail of a cock with mutant sickles, long couverts and saddle
hackle. The illustration below and the photographs above are very similar
phenotypes.
