The above just had a few more photos. I didn't actually post photos of the specific girls I'm keeping. I have a lot of chickens. Catching them and getting photos isn't very easy. Getting them trained is, bug I don't encourage my chickens to hang out with people generally. That makes life...
I learned that all 3 with green legs are pullets. They are very attractive and vigorous. All three were cross bred but looked like pure Chantecler even though I saw them hatch out of Buckeye eggs. I have 3 mostly barred gene males and one with the Buckeye coloration, solid color that didn't show...
I'm actually only keeping two or three of the hens. One has a nice cushion comb like the Chantecler's, and the other two have very tiny tight pea combs. They are hardy and vigorous. I only crossed them to see if they performed better as a meat bird and I can say, the hybrid vigor did work, but...
The buff, cuckoo patterned Cockerel in the foreground is one. The grey spotted one in with the Chantecler's and the Columbian patterned one is also this cross.
One more thing to note (I forgot to mention), that these are our of 2 Chantecler roosters. One has the best temperament but his waddles are bigger than I'd like and one, who has the perfect body but is a royal pain.
Below is a group shot where you can see some different leg colors and the one...
Hey guys,
I have white Chantecler's and Buckeye's. My Chantecler's come from old original line genetics, and were not a recent project by the breeder I got them from. My Buckeye's came from a breeder that crossed the Shumaker and Lay lines, and had a closed flock for more than a decade.
Lot's...