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    Sort of frustrated with Hoover's Hatchery, but giving them another chance.

    Here's a comparison between their listing and the Hoover bird.
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    Sort of frustrated with Hoover's Hatchery, but giving them another chance.

    I thought about that! But their example on their page of their birds looked much poorer than the one adult Chantecler I know came from Hoover that I already have. So I ended up going with Hoover. 🙃
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    Sort of frustrated with Hoover's Hatchery, but giving them another chance.

    Here's my one adult partridge Chantecler.. gorgeous birds as well.
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    Sort of frustrated with Hoover's Hatchery, but giving them another chance.

    I'd thought about that, but they get frostbite on their big combs and wattles, and don't lay as much as chanteclers.
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    Sort of frustrated with Hoover's Hatchery, but giving them another chance.

    Obviously they won't be 9lbs at 16 weeks. But they'll be decent size. 3-4 lbs butcher weight.
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    Sort of frustrated with Hoover's Hatchery, but giving them another chance.

    They start laying at 5-6 months. Butcher the cockerels at 16 weeks.
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    Sort of frustrated with Hoover's Hatchery, but giving them another chance.

    Super long story lol. Ever see the movie "Rock-a-Doodle" from the early 90's? Well the main character is a rooster named "Chantecler". I LOVED that movie as a little kid. That probably planted the seed lol. But now, as a guy in his mid thirties with a family and a small farm, I'm wanting for us...
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    Sort of frustrated with Hoover's Hatchery, but giving them another chance.

    They don't carry the breeds I wanted. And living 15 minutes from Cackle Hatchery, it's hard to think about using another hatchery in the first place lol
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    Sort of frustrated with Hoover's Hatchery, but giving them another chance.

    Late last year I put in an order with Hoover's Hatchery for 22 Partridge Chanteclers. 15 pullets and 7 cockerels. My plan was to keep nearly all the pullets, minus any that had obvious genetic defects, and keep the two best cockerels for breeding purposes wow butchering the remaining five. I...
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