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How hard is it to breed for smaller wattles, and maintain them once you have them? I would say overall my hens have smaller ones, at least they are smaller than almost all of my other breeds. On the flipside I would like to see a little more size in the girls so… Hopefully they can produce...

It is the same cockerel. His legs are yellow, I suspect it's more the lighting since his photos were taken in the shade with the cell phone and the other photos were taken in the sun with the proper camera. His wattles are too big. I had my choice between two or three different boys. The others...

Some of my Chantecler, they are 7-14 months old in these pictures. The rooster doesn't have a black feather in his tail, that's from the rooster right behind him LOL Relaxed Posturing at the roosters in the pen next door

From my readings, it would be easier to fix comb than many other things, including size, color, etc. The genetics behind the combs are well known and changes can be made in just a couple generations, while it can take many generations to get larger birds, the right color (a certain shade of...

My one and only White Chantecler. Had more of them, but the Red Tails were a real issue this year. I've never had them bother my chickens in the past, but this year I've lost a bunch of them, even with a lot of areas for them to take cover. To the point I finally just had to lock everyone up...

I started a conversation with them before ever posting on BYC. Their birds, the parents of my birds, come from a long time breeder/exhibitor, however they themselves have only been in the breed a short time and haven't started doing test breedings to find out what genetics the white might be...

When I said "purity of the chicks" I meant that I'm sure both parents were white Chanteclers, both grand parents were white Chanteclers, etc. That a bird of another breed or color didn't hop a fence, eggs weren't mixed up, etc. so the blue/grey tone came from the Chanteclers, not some random...

I'm curious about the genetics behind the white Chantecler. In general, are the birds I/I, or do a lot of them tend to be I/x and if so, what would the most likely options be for the x? I have more Chante's hatching right now, but the chicks I've gotten so far are light yellow, with a grey...

I have my first Chantecler chicks in the brooder. Received 24 hatching eggs, the majority of them Russian Orloff but also some Chantecler. 100% of the Chantecler and about 80% of the Orloffs hatched. 23 more eggs in the incubator, so hopefully I will have more Chantecler in another week. Can't...