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This year the postal service managed to send two completely unrelated boxes of hatching eggs "out for delivery" to different towns not less than 50 miles from my house. Both boxes spent several extra days in transit due to the"out for delivery" errors. But I could track them as they traveled...

Quote: Thanks redman34, that description helps. Also thanks for the reason why pinched in the back is a fault. It always helps me to know the functional reason behind the standards.

Quote: Could you explain what "pinched in the back" means?

Quote: Yup, your Partridge sound just like my buff. I have several that are, well, runts. One of the runts looked like it was getting a bit run over so I put "her" in with a few Penedesenca chicks that are a bit younger. When I feed or water all the Penedesenca run to the back of the brooder...

Are anybody's Buff Chantecler chicks from Ideal "overally" active? 25 little cuties arrived the second week of March, and promptly turned into little buff crazies. No they are not flighty, well actually they are flighty, they try and fly up on any thing and anyone. I open their brooder/pen...

Quote: I have Buff Chantecler from Ideal and NONE have had those issues. I have ordered for three years now (just two the first year, five the second and now I have 25 chicks). I had one fantastic pullet last year, which I lost to a predator. The two males are very well mannered now, but last...

Quote: I live in Northern Illinois. We have winters that dip below zero and summers that get to the 90's, with humidity it gets extra nasty. (90's during the day) I've had two buff Chantecler pullets/hens since last summer, and four male and 6 pullets that were hatched in February. We've...

I only have three Chantecler, two buff and a partridge. All pullets. They are about 6 months old and are from Ideal Hatchery. I'm new to the breed (and really to chickens in general) but I really like these. My favorite is a buff named Bitzy (we received two very small chicks in the order from...