Onagadori - Long Tail Fowl and Long Crowing Fowl Discussion Forums

Hi,
A friend of mine is working at the genetic research laboratory at the vet. university of Vienna.
He told me that the Bankiva fowl and the Dutch Bantam are nearly 98,6% identic.
The reason is the historical background.
The first Dutch Bantam came in the end of 17th century to the Netherlands. Bankiva area is also knowen as Bantam area in the old Duth colonial maps. This area has been more than 380 years a Dutch colony. so it is no wonder that this fowl are very similar.
Tom

It doesn't surprise me. Various breeds are probably mostly mutations of wild populations. Is he doing any work there with any Japanese breeds by chance?


David