Chantecler Chickens for SE Idaho?

[Overeasyplz]

Well, as the snow moves in and I anxiously wait through it to see how my birds fare, I've been mulling over a more winter hardy breed. I'd like to hear about the Canadian Chantecler breed. Experiences with the breed, egg production, you name it. Let me know what you think.

 

[Wynette]

You might want to send a PM to shelleyb1969 - I know she has some, though I'm unsure how many she has, and whether or not they are laying.

 

[patandchickens]

I had a few buff chanteclers for a year. They were very slow to mature (I have read somewhere that this is an intentional trait of the breed but am not sure whether that's actually true) but laid ok once they **finally** started. The one that I ate at 16 wks was the tastiest chicken I have ever had in my life. I believe that most chanteclers have a different personality than mine did (I suspect them of having had a good dose of Buff Orp in them) so can't really comment on that. They are, obviously, quite cold-hardy

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[Overeasyplz]

thank you for your input! Anyone else out there tried this breed?

 

[call ducks]

i good breed , tho i have bantams , and all bantamas a more wild then there LF contr part, i find this to be laid back and the roo allways knows where his hen is

 

[patandchickens]

btw, if you use the 'search' function in the blue bar towards the top of the page, you can turn up a bunch of other threads on chanteclers, there have been a good number, some with pics, and you can glean lots of good opinions from those posts even if there are not many chantecler people reading byc this weekend

Pat

 

[Overeasyplz]

thank you! I have been reading all sorts of info on this intriguing breed. I love my ee's but there is something to those chanteclers!

 

[chickenbike]

I love my Chanteclers! I have mostly Partridge and some Whites as well. They are very winter hardy and lay throughout the winter, light or not light. Most start to lay around 22-24 weeks. Here is an excellent article on the White Chantecler:

http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/09E02A08.pdf