Yokohama chicken
Red-saddled cock and hens | |
| Other names | three long-tailed chickens with a red patch on the shoulder |
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| Country of origin | Germany |
| Standard | Sonderverein (in German) |
| Use | ornamental |
| Traits | |
| Weight |
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| Egg colour | tinted |
| Comb type | walnut or pea |
| Classification | |
| APA | all other standard breeds |
| ABA | all other comb, clean legged |
| EE | yes |
| PCGB | rare soft feather: light |
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The Yokohama is a German breed of fancy chicken, with unusual colouring and very long tail-feathers. It was created by Hugo du Roi in the 1880s, and derives from ornamental birds brought to Europe from Japan in the second half of the nineteenth century. Some of these were shipped from the Japanese port of Yokohama, and so were known by that name. In Germany, the Yokohama name is used only for white or red-saddled birds; in the United Kingdom, it is used also for the birds known elsewhere as Phoenix, in various colours.: 324