The Yokohama is a German-refined exhibition breed built from Japanese long-tailed fowl, shipped out through the port that gave it its name in the 1860s. Its whole point is the tail: sweeping saddle and tail feathers that, given clean housing and the right care, can grow extraordinarily long. Small, active and ornamental, they lay only around 80 small tinted eggs a year and often quit to go broody after a clutch of just a dozen. Growing chicks need extra protein for feather development, and adults need dry, spacious, immaculate quarters or the tail is ruined.
Good with kids
Heat tolerant
Broody
Egg colorCream
Egg production80–120 / year
TemperamentDocile
BroodinessOccasional
ClimateHeat tolerant
PurposeShow
Weight
Large fowl (Standard size)
Hen3–4 lb
Rooster4–5 lb
Bantam (Miniature size)
Hen1–1.3 lb
Rooster1.3–1.5 lb
How to spot it
CombWalnutPea
Walnut or pea comb, small
Earlobes
Small and red
Legs & feet
Yellow legs, four toes
Look for
A very long flowing tail carried low and level off a small body, with abundant saddle feathers spilling down the sides
Walnut
Pea
