Birds with the longest feathers in the world: the long-tailed chicken

The long-tailed chicken is an ornamental breed of domestic chicken, which is said to have been bred in Japan two or three hundred years ago. This chicken produces very few eggs and meat, and generally exists as an ornamental bird. Because the tail feathers are 12.5 meters long, the tail can hang down to the ground even when standing on a fourth floor windowsill, but this also prevents the long-tailed chicken from flying properly.

Appearance of the long-tailed chicken

Long-tailed chickens have a mixture of brown, white and other mottled colors, and are actually much smaller than the average domestic chicken.

How to raise long-tailed chickens

Long-tailed chickens are mainly a variety bred from a mixture of pheasants and domestic chickens, so they are weak. It is best to control the ambient temperature at 15-28 degrees, and you can choose refined chicken feed, but also need to match the right amount of green leaves and insects, and even need to feed nymphs every day. In order to ensure that the tail feathers do not show wear and tear, it is best to have to be put in a special cage at 2-3 years old to expose the tail feathers.