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Comment on Ohiki – “Little Chickens”; Possible Hypochondroplasia in Fowl – by David Rogers by Ohiki chickens | Selcycer

Ohiki chickens | Selcycer — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:28:39 +0000

[...] Ohiki – “Little Chickens”; Possible Hypochondroplasia in Fowl – by …Dec 1, 2009 … Above: This fully grown Ohiki rooster easily fits in just one hand. His feet at the ends of his very short legs may be seen barely beneath his wing. [...]

Comment on Non-molting Fowl and Feather Texture – By David Rogers by indianagardener

indianagardener — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:05:45 +0000

Hi Zam, They will need more protein than from brown rice and cabbage. Some fish will be beneficial. You can add small amounts of the dehydrated fish meal to the brown rice. The ratio would be about 8% by weight. So if you are mixing 10 Lbs of feed, you would want to add only about 12 oz of fish meal to that. A good source of all necessary minerals and trace elements would be kelp meal. That is added to the feed at only 2% by weight. You would be adding only 3 oz of kelp meal to your 10 Lbs of feed. Multiple feathering is a mutation that causes more than the usual amount of feathers to grow in a given area of the tail. The typical count of coverts on each side of the tail on a "normal" chicken is 6, totaling 12 in all. Anything over this would be considered multiple feathering. Some lines of fowl exhibiting good multiple feathering may produce 30+ coverts in all. Some may grow long and some may not. Usually 12 long ones plus some shorter ones and also some extra smaller mutant feathers growing there too would be considered a good quantity. Any number greater than that would be considered exceptional. This young cockerel would be considered multiple feathered. The quills are quite close together and there are many. David

Comment on Non-molting Fowl and Feather Texture – By David Rogers by zam

zam — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:28:44 +0000

HI, David thank you for your reply I really appreciate it for your info I’ve moved all my juvinile males away from the hens “out of their sight”and start them with neW diet which is cabbage and brown rice .In your blog u wrote about multi feathering thiS is something whiCH I don’t quite understand can you explain actually what is multi feathering . And by the way Happy Halloween to you

Comment on Non-molting Fowl and Feather Texture – By David Rogers by indianagardener

indianagardener — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:35:46 +0000

Hello Zam,

Your birds look good for their ages. I would continue to breed them until you have 12 or so of each sex in your flock.

At that point I would start choosing a few males to test for non-molting while using the rest as breeders.

The males you test for non-molting must be kept away from hens in solitary pens. Hens should be out of sight of the roosters being tested for non-molting.

Their ancestors came from climates much like your own. I’ve never had experience with keeping birds in a climate similar to yours. However, I’m remembering hearing something a number of years ago about heat not being conducive to good feather growth. Something about them being more sparse. I don’t know if that’s true or not.

Here is a link to a climatic table for Kochi, Japan. It’s neither very hot or very cold. Anything you can do to keep your fowl in more moderate temperature may help. Though I would try growing them in your normal temperatures first just to see if anything needs changed. If they grow well, I wouldn’t change anything.

http://onagadori.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9

David

Comment on Non-molting Fowl and Feather Texture – By David Rogers by merlimau exotic farm

merlimau exotic farm — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:38:36 +0000

Hi! I am Zam from Malaysia been following your blog for sometimes I find it quiet interesting your vast knowledge about ONAGADORI.Your details about caring for these special birds do help me tremendously as i also have a few pairs which i bought from a dear friend of mine who manage to brought in a few fertile eggs from Japan, somehow he managed. My major problem now is the wheather here in Malaysia which i think will hindered thier tail to grow into their full pottential.Sir,i’ll be very thankfull if you can take a look at my Japanese long tailed and give me some advice in caring for these bird.Do visit my blog at MERLIMAU EXOTIC FARM thank you

Comment on A Living Relic from the Past – by David Rogers by chrisf

chrisf — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:30:30 +0000

Like the Phoenix(of Mythology) The Shojo is re-born!………………..

Comment on Non-molting Fowl and Feather Texture – By David Rogers by indianagardener

indianagardener — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:36:14 +0000

The adult feathers of Onagadori and some birds of partial Onagadori ancestry grow around 3 feet (.9 meters) a year because the fowl contain a gene for quick feather growth. It is a co-dominant, or incomplete dominant, mutated gene termed as Gt. The regular form of this gene possessed by non-long-tailed fowl is gt+, a wild trait for slower, normal feathering.

Comment on Non-molting Fowl and Feather Texture – By David Rogers by anthony

anthony — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:52:47 +0000

how tail of anagadori can grow faster?

Comment on Oiling Your Fowl – by David Rogers by ultimatefowl

ultimatefowl — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:24:53 +0000

I’ve found the regular use of black oil sunflower seeds helps feather health in general. You don’t want to use a lot of them, as they are very fattening, but in moderation, can make a huge difference in the sheen to your feathers.

Comment on Vegetables for Your Fowl – by David Rogers by indianagardener

indianagardener — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:53:37 +0000

The slow bolting and bolt tolerant varieties seem like they may be good for having a longer duration of greens production. It depends on your climate and how hot the summers are.