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  1. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    This is just a personal opinon, but until the rest of the bird is how you want it, the comb should not be the first thing you breed for. Make sure you keep it in mind in your breeding pens, but until you have Shape first, and then feather, size and productivity, I don't think comb should never...
  2. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    I am sorry, I just moved recently and all my books are still in a box somewhere. I believe the walnut comb can be a little rougher and needs modifiers to smooth it out but genetically walnut and cushion are the same thing. The Malay has a similar comb but I am not sure if it is called walnut...
  3. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    This may help a bit..... Walnut comb is just another name for cushion comb. Just a few different modifiers.
  4. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    Thanks so much for sharing! Some of the pullets really look like they have great backs and tails on them. Some nice heads and yellow legs in there too. I look forward to seeing them when they are grown up. I find some of them that I like as pullets I don't like as much at 2 and some that are...
  5. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    Very cute!
  6. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    Thank you. That is certainly the back and tail I aim for. That tail is maybe a little fuller than I like, but that is part of the difference in the Partridge and the White I think. Not there yet, but getting closer.....
  7. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    Quechicks, I agree. I will take a flat back with a sharp curve to a tail over a back that starts at the neck and rises up to the tip of the tail like the Wyandottes have. The slight slope down is a tough one to get. I would say the Cornish influenced that in the Chantecler and I think there...
  8. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    I, personally, have found 20 weeks is to early to process the Partridge Chantecler. The physical weight may be ok, but I have found the next 2 - 4 weeks is when they put on some breast meat. I have processed before at 20 weeks and won't again. I like them best at 24 weeks but some end up...
  9. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    Tara isn't in Ontario, she is in Alberta. I haven't got any of her birds.
  10. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    Very smart advice. Adding complicated feather to the equation always makes it more difficult. Especially with the challenges the Partridge Chantecler has. Very happy with what he gave me with the hens I had. He was not the perfect specimen but he has added many things to my flock that were...
  11. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    The first birds I got 4 years ago were from a lady that had gotten some chicks from Performance Poultry. I believe there was 5 pullets and a cockerel. I like them and started to research a bit more. That same year I got day old chicks from Cherry Creek here in Canada. My understanding was...
  12. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    I only had a hand full of Whites for a very short time. We just did not click. They didn't mature as fast as my Partridge and that could very well be because of the line they were from. They were lovely birds, but not as laid back as my Partridge were. My Partridge are foraging machines...
  13. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    Sorry, just saw this now. I don't get on here very often. Contact me in the spring. I have to say I don't often sell eggs or day olds. I still think there is so much work to do, I am happier supplying pullets and cockerels so I know the quality I am passing on. Stay in contact and we may be...
  14. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    I am in Alberta and my Partridge choose to go out most days so far. It is the strong wind that seems to keep them in on the odd day. We are newly moved here but in BC temps would go down to -30s and the birds would go out in the covered runs everyday and I would shovel paths and they would...
  15. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    . made an error and tried to delete. Moderator, please delete this and I will repost again later.
  16. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    I agree, we do not have a modern day Schillings, but I use his work to help me with my idea of the 'shape' I want my birds to be. What do we get ingrained into us constantly as breeders? Build the barn and then paint it. The bird must have the right shape first and foremost and then the...
  17. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    Thanks for the full shot. See, to me in this particular photo, she looks to 'wyandotte'. Her back is not flat and there is no distinct break between back and tail. I don't think it is just a matter of her standing taller, but the actual type that she is. Sorry if 'stand taller' is a show term...
  18. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    Thanks for posting the great pictures Chantecler7. That is the ground colour I am aiming towards, just have a little ways to travel still. She has what looks to be a very nice comb and I really like her head. She has more 'fluff' than I would like as well, but I think that is a bit of an issue...
  19. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    Took some photos while I was out taking shots of the coop and pens. I think it is nice to see what others are up to and be able to compare to what you are working on. I am happy with what I kept this year, but man I do have a variety. I am chasing the elusive 'perfect' bird so have kept a...
  20. coopslave

    Chantecler Thread!

    Quote: I do get the odd one as well. I have even had some with 1 or 2 feathers half way down their shanks. Seem to get them less and less each year. I stay away from them as well. Just some of the breed heritage lurking in there and popping out. It doesn't concern me all that much, I...
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