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  1. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    Thanks all for the good wishes. Jason
  2. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    Holding on but not doing especially well. Some days are better than others, for certain!
  3. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    Just information for all...when all else is dead and gone, we will have WHITE Chanteclers. My dad is getting on in years and ill but but my sister, brother and I are quite young yet. Dad (hellbender) is quite opinionated and hard-nosed and so am I to an extent but I am always open to...
  4. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    I have a an excellent Chantecler Cock bird that I intend to cover a 50% pure DC X a 50%X 50% Cornish cross. Here she be..just a young pullet and I have very high hopes for their get. EDIT. The offspring will designated for CAPONS.
  5. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

  6. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    Do you have a count specification? Thanks
  7. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    With the amenities and conditions you appear to have...they can do well enough, perhaps even thrive there. Ice water is good for many standard bred chickens in conditions you describe...no less good for Chanteclers. I have shaded houses too but I still have sprinklers going on the roofs on...
  8. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    Thanks Mary...Everything is under control.
  9. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    When Chantecler are young, they certainly can and do fly but mine are absolutely free-range. When I open the barn door, they are free to go pretty well where they want. Early evenings, they fly up into the branches of the orchard which is near the house bur that's just to rest and preen before...
  10. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    That's a question generally asked BEFORE one orders eggs...lol Hopefully you checked out the seller and have a good understanding what their stock looks like. Good luck. I'm happy that more andmore folks are getting into this breed. It should be easier for you to get at the better stock...
  11. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    Actually, although they are free range, the best of my cockerels is massively built, very,very broad in the back and heavily boned...so obvious in the shanks. But he doesn't look 'clunky'.
  12. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    According to the photos...absolutely.
  13. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    To a great degree, I agree. I made quite a mistake this year by not keeping some cockerels longer to see what they matured into. I axed a couple cockerels at age 5 months because they had slightly flawed combs and one ENORMOUS boy for being...enormous (and awkward in movement), like a 14 year...
  14. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    Very handsome fella.
  15. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    Chanteclers have reached the heights of being my favorite chicken and may well become my exclusive breed but I will now unsubscribe from this miserably underused thread. Good luck to all.
  16. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    From what I hear, most APA judges don't bother with scales or measuring sticks and seem to go with the larger birds...all other things being equal....or not. I think most of them just seem to like bigger birds, according to an APA judge who visits BYC fairly often.
  17. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    The standard seems to call for birds that are much lighter in weight than mine. I suppose they may well be over sized and I ate the biggest of the lot. he was enormous. I might shoulda' kept him around just for kicks but I had more cockerels than I needed/wanted. I'm still convinced that I...
  18. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    From hatch to age 1 year.
  19. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    Working breeds, hounds and terriers. She is a professional handler, taking client's dogs to venues or meeting them there with their dogs. She is working toward all-breed.
  20. hellbender

    Chantecler Thread!

    They can be feather sexes...likely at or 2 days. I got mine at three days of age and I only had two of 25 incorrectly sexed. I had 13 cockerels and 12 pullets. I'm glad I was wrong...or I would have had 15 cockerels. My daughter will be exhibiting dogs Vermont and Eastern Canada over the...
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