In article 'Mine aren't fancy either.', BIRDMAN wrote:
B> they also throw in one of their rare or exotic breeds.  I have no idea 
hat
B> mine is, only that it's on the eggshell side of white, leggy, has dark 
yes
B> and dark skin on it's legs.  I've gone through their catalog over and over 
B> again trying to figure out which it is and can't make heads nor tails of
B> it.  
B> The closest I come is that it *might be a Phoenix, one of the Japanese 
B> variety in which the roosters grow very long tails.  With my luck, 
owever,
B> it'll be a hen.
i keep phoenix, so am familiar with the chicks.. they are light buff with 2 
rusty stripes outlined in black running down their backs.. also a marking on 
the head. big dark eyes, emphasised by a dark spot/stripe like eyeliner on 
one end.. 50's "cat's eyes" kinda. pink legs that eventually turn greyish. 
very pretty. their behaviour is more like that of pheasants than chickens. 
you may have a variation that one company calls a 'jungle chicken'... trying 
to think of what has black legs besides a sumatra.. the chicks for those are 
dark, tho..
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