Yokohama chicken
The Yokohama is a German-developed fancy breed with very long tail feathers. It comes from Japanese long-tailed fowl.
The Yokohama is a pure-bred chicken breed in the PCGB Rare Soft Feather Light class. Its origin is given as Germany (from Japanese stock).
It is kept in large and bantam forms. Recognised colours: Black, Black-Red, Silver Duckwing, Gold Duckwing, White. Typical adult weights: cock about 1.8–2.7 kg, hen about 1.1–1.8 kg, bantam cock about 570–680 g and bantam hen about 450–570 g.
Expect roughly 80–100 eggs a year, with tinted shells. It is mainly kept for exhibition or as an ornamental bird.
Compiled from poultryclub.org, poultrykeeper.com, en.wikipedia.org. See sources
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Identity
- Species
- Chicken
- Type
- Pure breed
- PCGB class
- Rare Soft Feather Light
- Origin
- Germany (from Japanese stock)
- Kept for
- Exhibition or ornamental
History
After Japan opened its ports under the 1854 Kanagawa convention, long-tailed fowl were exported, the first documented in 1864. Some sailed from Yokohama and took its name. Hugo du Roi created the breed in Germany in the 1880s, and Harrison Weir noted in 1902 that Germany bred them 'to great perfection'. Few came to the UK until small German imports in the late 1960s–70s. It entered the American Standard in 1981.
Appearance
UK: Black, Black-Red, Silver and Gold Duckwing, and White; Red-Saddled is also known. In the UK the name also covers birds called Phoenix elsewhere. Germany uses it only for white and red-saddled birds.
Recognised colours
Black, Black-Red, Silver Duckwing, Gold Duckwing, White
Size and weight
- Forms
- Large, Bantam
- Cock
- 1.8–2.7 kg
- Hen
- 1.1–1.8 kg
- Bantam cock
- 570–680 g
- Bantam hen
- 450–570 g
Eggs
- Eggs a year
- 80–100
- Egg colour
- Tinted
Temperament
Not recorded yet.
Hardiness
Not recorded yet.
Broodiness
Not recorded yet.
Flying
Not recorded yet.
Suitability
- Good to know
- A rare breed.
Conservation status (RBST)
Not on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's priority list.
Breed club
- The Rare Poultry Society, umbrella · Website
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