high quality koi for sale
When you buy koi from Windsor Fish Hatchery you are buying very young koi, unless you are buying out of the front ponds where they can be as old as 25 years, the price reflects the age of the koi they are more expensive as the development of the koi's colors, pattern and shape is visible .
Koi Shape, Colours and pattern develop over a long period of time. There is colour under the skin of koi, as the koi develops the colours and patterns form.
4 years old female kujaku
Most of the koi for sale in the koi shed are under 1 year old or up to 2yrs old, these koi are also online and the price reflects how young these koi are. They will develop colours and patterns as they mature, we sell a wide range of koi online, some could be breeders and show koi and some are pond koi, to appeal to individuals taste
All the koi at Windsor Fish Hatchery are hand graded by the breeder," Tom" at many different stages of their growth, so we end up with the best possible breeders and koi to sell to you our customers.
3 year old female kujaku
Koi are first selected for breeding from the front ponds boys and girls are kept separate all the time and only selected koi are put together once a year, Tom selects the koi according to the result he is trying to achieve.
The koi for sale online now are koi bred last year, to give you an idea of what you will see in store and online from last years breeding, i will explain what koi Tom was able to breed and some of the resulting koi. with an explaination as to what you can expect as these koi develop
18month old male kujaku
In this blog we will cover Kujaku Koi
Kujaku, or Kujaku Ogon as they are still sometimes known , are highly regarded by the japanese, as the patterning on a good specimen can rival that of a Go Sanke. Like Goshiki they are said to be five- coloured koi, however not all modern examples display white, black, red, brown and yellow markings.
They were first bred in Ojiya in 1960 by toshio Hirasawa.Many of the first Kujaku (the word literally means 'peacock') were Dositu (large Scale) this is the result of the shusui influence in the breeding.
Juding standards for modern Kujaku have become quite flexible. For instance, 'interesting ' head patterning (provided there is no black intruding) is just as acceptable as plain red or platinum with in the patterning. A sub- variety, the Beni kujaku is predominantly red.
Good examples of Kujaku Koi are held in high esteem by the Japanese. The more you look at it, the better it gets - the head marking are e regular , while the body has a strong metallic Matsuba scalation over a subtle colour combination.
A young Doistu (large Scale) Kujaku.
Windsor fish hatchery breeds Kujaku every year, the price the reflects the quality of the colouration and the pattern and also the size on the koi although is not depend on the size. Dositu Kujaku are always more expensive as there are fewer spawned.
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