Yokohama chicken

The Yokohama is a German breed of fancy chicken, with unusual colouring and very long tail-feathers.

It was created by Hugo du Roi [de] in the 1880s, and derives from ornamental birds brought to Europe from Japan in the second half of the nineteenth century.

In that year, some of the birds reached the Jardin Zoologique d'Acclimatation in Paris, where they were named Yokohama for their port of origin.

[10] In the United Kingdom, where the name Yokohama is used also for the birds known in Germany as Phoenix, there are several more colours in addition to red-saddled and white; these include black-tailed buff, blue-red, spangled,[6]: 328  black-red, golden duckwing and silver duckwing.

[4] In the United States, the red-saddled (red-shouldered) and white varieties were added to the Standard of Perfection in 1981.

Cock and hen, illustration from the Geflügel-Album of Jean Bungartz , 1885