Goshiki                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

When you buy koi form 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 . 

Mature female 3 years old Goshiki SOLD from Windsor fish hatchery front pond

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.

 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.

 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 2013, to give you an idea of what you will see instore 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

so in this blog we will cover the Goshiki, 

These are our very young Goshiki under one year old, you can see some of the colour under the skin

 Goshiki is derived by crossing a asagi with a taisho- sanke. The origin of the name goshiki is five colours, white, red, black, Blue and dark blue.  Not all of the Goshiki will however develop all of these colours and the patterns will be as varied as the colours. 

 some may be red and white with blue developing as they mature, this will break up, the red and white to make the pattern that the adult koi will be.

 Others will have more blue with red breaking up the blue to form the pattern with more or less white, the same koi may have various shades of blue within the pattern.

 Black may come through on top of the red with blues and whites making up the pattern. 

 This is a very simple explanation of the Goshiki Koi. As the koi develop depending on what colors come through, the name of the koi will change according to the  definition of those colors in the Japanese language.

 New Goshiki Koi will go online and come down into the shop all the time.click this link to see fish online now!