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    Chantecler Thread!

    I'm going to catch so much heat for this, but I can't leave this alone. "Messing" with a breed "designed" for a specific climate is exactly how we got the Chantecler in the first place. The best traits of specific breeds were blended together to create mutts, mutts that were continuously...
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    Chantecler Thread!

    They'd be worth adapting to your climate, it would just take some time. MEssage me any time you like -- I'm not an expert, but experience is a good teacher.
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    Chantecler Thread!

    Something to consider would be your climate. I lived in Georgia and Florida for a while, so I'm relatively familiar with the temperatures Tennessee gets. Your incredibly warm and often humid summers could be an issue for these birds. They were specifically designed in Canada's frigid climate...
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    Chantecler Thread!

    Hi Gucci. We are selecting the larger egg girls. We are also planning to re-introduce some of the foundation breeds as well. We will keep a pure flock, whether their eggs grow in size or not by selecting larger eggs to hatch from, however I will have a project group as well. I recently...
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    Chantecler Thread!

    My chanties are the only consistent layers right now and it's -30C here right now. I've learned my Chanty eggs and what they look like. I have 4 white pure girls laying right now and I get 3 of the 4 every day. Their eggs are smaller than my other birds, pure and mixed. My Orp/chanty mixes...
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    Chantecler Thread!

    I'm so glad to have been pointed here! Next year I hope to establish a breeding population of White Chantecleres in the Saskatchewan prairies -- I want to try to preserve the bird, maybe develop another colouration line (isn't that every breeders dream? Probably hey...) Theres supposedly a...
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