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I felt the irony a few years ago when I sold Chantecler chicks (from Michigan) to customs north of the border. I don't have Chanteclers anymore, but still get asked for them.

Silver (S), recessive white (C) and dominant white (I) are at different loci, so white Chanteclers would ideally be at least both recessive white and silver, plus may include dominant white and some other white enhancing genes.

I'm dropping the LF buff and partridge Chanteclers after the National Meet in Indiana this October. I'll continue to concentrate on Ameraucanas and a few other breeds of bantams. Check out the Chantecler club's breeders directory for some contacts...

OK. I think they are just an internet retailer that takes orders and has them drop shipped. The chicks they sell come from a hatchery in Ohio and they may deal with other hatcheries too..

What is an MPC Hatch?

I didn't take it as if Tara was saying anything about white to white not producing whites. I believe the main point was that white can hide a multitude of sins...like just about every color under the rainbow. These start to show up when outcrossing to other color varieties. Dominant white in...

Quote: Wheaten (eWh or ey) based chicks normally hatch with a dot or small line on the tops of their heads, so it may come thru due to the outcross of the two varieties. Often buff varieties are based on wheaten. Day-old chick phenotype can tell a lot, but I'm still guessing about E-locus...

It looks like the same cockerel/cock in the 3rd and 4th photos. A couple things stand out about him that you may already notice yourself. His wattles are a bit on the large side and his shake color appears to lack the yellow I see in the pullets/hens. I suggest using a better male for...

Good ideas and I checked most over the years. Most sites show partridge chicks (Wyandotte's, Rocks, etc.) with a brown forehead, but mine with spotted foreheads seem to mature into just a good partridge adults as mine with brown foreheads. I have marked chicks for a few years to see their...

Shelly, Have you found any preference in day-old partridge chick phenotype that translates into proper adult color/pattern?