Chantecler Thread!

[Folly's place]

Good work with the white Chanties! We all have the same bloodlines; Candy got her whites from me, and I've kept three mature hens from JB, and have two cockrels and six pullets from Cackle. I'm also excited about next year's chicks! I'd love to think that we can have a nice group of white Chanteclers here in mid-Michigan to share. My one cross beaked cockrel returned from Munsell's yesterday; 3.9lbs. dressed at 20 weeks! He was middle or the road size wise too. Nice! Mary

 

[hellbender]

Good work with the white Chanties! We all have the same bloodlines; Candy got her whites from me, and I've kept three mature hens from JB, and have two cockrels and six pullets from Cackle. I'm also excited about next year's chicks! I'd love to think that we can have a nice group of white Chanteclers here in mid-Michigan to share. My one cross beaked cockrel returned from Munsell's yesterday; 3.9lbs. dressed at 20 weeks! He was middle or the road size wise too. Nice! Mary

I'm extremely pleased with the temperament of these White birds, very easy to work with. I can fairly easily pick up the pullets, but only two or three seem to actually enjoy human contact to the point of seeking it out. The cockerels are calm enough but will submit to being captured but are clearly not impressed with the situation.

I'm looking for some high quality Partridge colored birds to add to my flock but can't find anyone willing to part with older stock but time is on my side.

RON

 

[Folly's place]

Sometimes JB sells breeding stock after he's done with hatching for the year; you could call him to ask. Mary

 

[vickivail98]

You said you were interested in Partridge - John Blehm has Partridge.

I am interested in partridge but it looks like he's only selling them as part of a mix, when we have a for sure closing date on the house I'll contact him to see if he is going to have any adult stock this fall. He did sell his white stock to Cackle. He was so close

 

[Folly's place]

Love the white birds! I'm interested in raising chicks myself, and having two separate flocks of partridge, to get correct color in males and females, sounds like way too much work. Mary

 

[RiddleMe]

 
Greg Oakes stock is very good !  

Sold?  wow that was fast !     

Surprised me too!  They are going to make a 6 hour (one-way) drive after I make my cut.  They too were impressed by the fact that the parent stock came from Oaks but I will say, the owner of Cackle, Jeff Smith told me that they also got some stock from anther well known breeder but I didn't ask who.  

If memory serves me right, when John Blehm got rid of his white Chantecler a number of them went to Cackle.

 

[hellbender]

If memory serves me right, when John Blehm got rid of his white Chantecler a number of them went to Cackle.

I don't remember Jeff Smith mentioning him by name but as stated, he did say he had gotten birds from another breeder than Oaks.

 

[hellbender]

I've decided that my BIG beautiful cockerel is going into the soup....soon. Other less desirable birds will be caponized but this one has problems that I've suspected for a while. He is too large (for his age) and I'm certain he has some glitches in his giddy-up. He will frequently lay down to eat and is the most pathetic forager around. Since I think he might be in pain, I've isolated him and he will be seeing his 12 pullets in Cockerel Heaven tomorrow evening...

That is all...

 

[Folly's place]

So sorry, It's hard to make these choices sometimes. My biggest boy has a pea comb, and left for another flock where it's not a problem for his new owner. How big is "too big", by the way? The big guy weighed in at seven pounds at twenty weeks of age, and was healthy. Mary

 

[hellbender]

So sorry, It's hard to make these choices sometimes. My biggest boy has a pea comb, and left for another flock where it's not a problem for his new owner. How big is "too big", by the way? The big guy weighed in at seven pounds at twenty weeks of age, and was healthy. Mary

I still haven't done anything with my 'Big Boy' but decided to watch him. I have someone wanting to buy but I can not in good conscience even give this bird to another flock owner. I have been watching him closely and he definitely has some problem(s) in his legs (skeletal system). Given the obvious, he will be slaughtered one upcoming morning with a few other birds, one is a Chantecler pullet with a scissors bite (how I hate to loose this gal because otherwise, she is exceptionally nice. A few more birds of different breeds will likely be caponized but the Chantecler youngsters would suffer too greatly.

I've watched the pullet eat and she does very well and is in good weight (I hefted her this morning) and the big cockerel eats well enough but is prone to lie down, even on cool mornings to eat his scratch, the ever-present ration but he will only rarely go out to forage but hangs around the coop alone.

No choice that I can see but a nice chicken dinner.