Does anyone have any info on the breed yokohamas.Like if they are good setters or if they are broody if you do please let me know.
thankyou

i have bred yokos for some years now I have never had one reliably broody and always hatch in an incubator

I too have been breeding Yokohomas, Onagadori strain, for several years. My hens will all set but do not always make the best mothers when allowed into the chicken yard. I lock up my broody hens in the coop while the chicks are young (until about 2 weeks of age). At that time they seem to be alittle more able to get around and follow mother a little better. I also remove roosts until the chicks are old enough to rooost, otherwise the hens seem to want to roost a little too early for the chicks to stay warm through the night on their own. Why do Bob and my experiance's differ? There are two diffrent strains of Yokahomas, the Onagadori and another (the name escapes me at this time). The Onagadori does not moult its tail feathers so they continue to grow throughout the birds life. The other strain will moult the tail feathers once every 3-4 years. The two strains would probably have diffrent broody tendancies as the strain make up is diffrent. The Onagadori it the "purer" of the two, if there is such a thing.

Hello;
Jeremy, what country are you in? From your post, I would think you are British, as they refer to onagadori descendants as yokohama, where as in America, the only yokohamas we have are redshoulder and white and they do not descend from onagadori, nor do the phoenix from the catalogs. Only the Cy Hyde/Kriner strain of phoenix descend from onagadori and they are still heavy in the various tail genes, yet even few of those are non-molting. The yokohama are molters (except in Britain) and the American yokos are defiantely molters, as are all yokohama everywhere except some in Britain. The yokohama descends from Minohiki, which is not a molter in Japan. Some of the Hyde/Kriner strain phoenix in the US molt every year, others every two years, some everythree or four and some are true permanent non-molters. This shows varying levels of the genes which control non-molting.Catalog phoenix in the US molt every year.
Brian
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