Chantecler

WOuld love to know more abut the chanties . . . how they dress out, etc.
Arielle, you might want to read through the other, LONG, Chanticler thread! It will take a while, but pictures and descriptions of dressed out birds have been posted there. It looks to me like they are one of the better dual-purpose breeds.

Kathleen
 
Hi,
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I often have read that a dark bird might do better in a cold climate, supposedly because the black will gather heat from the environment. There is a reason the artic fox and other birds and fauna from the Arctic wear white in winter. Here's a great explanation. The 1st 2 sections.
http://www.enature.com/articles/detail.asp?storyid=552

Fur and Feathers Keep Animals Warm by Scattering Light
New work suggests that fur coats and down feathers might derive
much of their impressive insulating power from an unexpected optical mechanism
http://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/...d_feathers_keep_animals_warm_by_scattering_l/
ok this is interesting, I didn't know this about the bird's arterial system:
http://gardenwalkgardentalk.com/2013/02/19/how-do-birds-keep-warm-in-winter/
Best,
Karen
 
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4 ways birds keep warm in the winter.

1. The feathers trap air which is warmed by the bird and keeps it warm.
2.
More complicated: repeated backscattering of infrared light between radiative shields
( an edited excerpt from this article):
http://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/news_releases/2014/fur_and_feathers_keep_animals_warm_by_scattering_l/
"repeated backscattering of infrared light between radiative shields, like... barbed feathers, could be the primary mechanism for the thermal insulation properties of... feathers."
3. The lack of pigment in a white feather leaves empty spaces in the feather which fill with air. The air is kept warm by the bird's temperature. http://gardenwalkgardentalk.com/2013/02/19/how-do-birds-keep-warm-in-winter/
4. The structure of the arterial system in the bird:
http://gardenwalkgardentalk.com/2013/02/19/how-do-birds-keep-warm-in-winter/
Best,
Karen
 

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