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  1. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    I agree about not wanting his genetics here, also not so happy with a couple of his hatchmates, for other reasons. Not having a good experience with our small group of Chanties. Two hens have damaged hocks, not typical injuries here, One hen is a miserable biting wretch when she's in a nest...
  2. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    No fertile eggs, he's been unwell for a while, and hindsight is a wonderful thing; he wasn't breeding as enthusiastically as normal for a few weeks. I have ten TSC 'pullets' of various breed types, all a month old, and at this point wouldn't mind if one or two turned into nice cockerels, just...
  3. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    I do try to keep two Chantie boys and two EE bantam boys, but this time there was just too much drama, and the 'spares' had to move on elsewhere. :barnie Mary
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    Chantecler Thread!

    It's been a while since I've posted, and didn't have any chicks this spring. Sadly, my only Chantie rooster, two years old, died today, after being ill for about a week. He's at the MSU path lab for a necropsy, I really want to know what's wrong. :hit Nobody else is ill, not respiratory...
  5. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    Ted, your birds are beautiful! I'm debating , hatch some eggs here, or order some chicks, or wait till next year. And I'm worried about our postal service, getting any by mail. Mary
  6. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    So true! We have a Chantie rooster, one year old, and will keep at least one of these new cockerels, I like to keep them as long as possible, to pick the one to add to the flock. Our Cackle whites have integrated very well with the flock, including bantams. Mary
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    Chantecler Thread!

    i have ten white Chanties from Cackle, hatched May22, and am starting to pick out the cockerels. Too soon to be sure about the group though. I'd like to keep maybe one cockerel, and three or four pullets. Mary
  8. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    NIce! Are those runs walk in height? They are terrific, but look low. And the lambs are very cute! Mary
  9. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    Unlike two of our Chantie roosters, who insisted on holding on to the edge of the black rubber water dish, and lost toes. Both died due to complications of this behavior. One may have learned from the other, but still not smart. And the only two birds we've ever had who did this! Now there's...
  10. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    I have two broody hens right now, and no eggs that I want hatched. It figures, when I want chicks, nobody will be interested... And my May cockerel, who's been physically mature for a while, is FINALLY producing a decent crow. He still is submissive to our adult bantam rooster, who has been...
  11. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    That's been my experience too, nice birds, including the roosters. Mary
  12. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    Nice birds!
  13. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    FINALLY have six (all I could order!) Cackle white Chantie chicks! Just got them, and some Buckeyes and BLRWs settled in their brooder. All look good right now. May there be some Chantie pullets, and one nice cockerel in the group! Mary
  14. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    I think that you are right! In another couple of weeks, see if you are still right... Mary
  15. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    This year we are down to one rooster, who has lost toes on his right foot, and is apparently now infertile, and six hens, all two years old or older. So I've been trying to get more from Cackle. Sadly, our second Cackle order, including ten Chanties, all arrived dead, thanks to some jerk while...
  16. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    A 20% all flock feed is good for all ages, and a separate dish of oyster shell is for actively laying hens. Your youngsters don't need the excess calcium or the lower protein in a layer type feed. Mary
  17. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    Way too soon for layer feed!!! Mary
  18. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    Chicks need amprolium medicated feed until two or three weeks after they are on your ground and in your coop, if there's a problem with coccidiosis at your coop. We are feeding it to our chicks this year, because (two years ago) our last batch of chicks did have issues with this parasite. Mary
  19. Folly's place

    Chantecler Thread!

    Has he been pecked? See how it all changes as more feathers come in. Nice chicks! Mary
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    Chantecler Thread!

    We use 2" styrofoam as padding between the concrete and the brooder for that reason. Mary
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