Just curious, for those who say their chanteclers were good layers of large eggs, were these hatchery birds? Supposedly hatchery birds lay more than birds gotten from breeders,
Unfortunately this breed was a huge disappointment for us. My husband wanted to start a flock of them. We have other breeds and mixed breeds. Winter hardy they were. Heat tolerant they weren't. I would label them meat birds more than layers. They were heavy birds. They laid at best medium...