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Just read an Article in the Western Producer recently featuring Chanteclers and quotes from our own Countrythymefarm.
Great to see a good breed promoted!
If anyone is looking for breeding stock in Whites, Chantecler_eh? has some nice ones for sale this year

That's awesome! I was quite impressed that the reporter just happened to see some whites at a show in Manitoba and took it upon himself to find out why they're important. He asked really good questions too.

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Although I would like to declare myself slightly miss-quoted! I do not believe the Chantecler is "Canada's only proper breed". Just the best. Specifically, I was telling him how it's the best adapted breed to our climate.

Makes me even more excited to get my Chanties this year! I am lucky and have a breeder only a couple of miles away. We're going to have quite a little pocket of breeders going in this area ...

That's great!

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Although I would like to declare myself slightly miss-quoted! I do not believe the Chantecler is "Canada's only proper breed". Just the best. Specifically, I was telling him how it's the best adapted breed to our climate.

I really wish reporters would send the copy to the people they got the quotes from before they printed to catch any inaccuracies before they put it in print, it is so easy when you don't know your subject to make errors!
They never seem to do that however, I wonder why?

Although it is always nice to get some advertising out there for one of the heritage breeds, it does concern me somewhat when any breed is held up as "the ultimate " in cold hardy as there are always people out there who will take this statement to extremes and expect if they buy these chickens they can keep them outdoors in any weather, forget to feed and water them and still get a dozen eggs a week per chicken!
I find the Chanteclers we have to do well in cold weather, but they do need to be properly conditioned, fed and housed with lots of clean dry bedding available, just like any other animal.
Dominiques do just as well in winter, maybe a little better in my opinion, and Buckeyes also have good cold hardiness as well.
When you talk about "suited to our climate" I think Canada has too many different climate zones to make the claim that what does well in Quebec will also do well in coastal BC and vice versa in both summer and winter.
Since here on the prairies we get both extremes, extreme heat in the summer and extreme cold in the winter it is hard to get a breed to perform perfectly in both cases.
Chantecler hens can often be found standing around, beaks open and "cooling their pits" on hot summer days.... but I still think they are a great breed of chicken.

mirycreek wrote:I really wish reporters would send the copy to the people they got the quotes from before they printed to catch any inaccuracies before they put it in print, it is so easy when you don't know your subject to make errors!
They never seem to do that however, I wonder why?

When I was a professional writer, I recorded all of my interviews to audio tape. Then if someone claimed to be misquoted, I could simply play their words back to them.

Not all writers record everything, though - some still do the ol' notebook! I never found that to be terribly accurate, however. Your mind may tell your hand to write something different than what your ears just heard. With every smart phone having a voice recorder these days, frankly, I don't know why they don't all just do voice recording. MP3 files are a lot more compact than all of the tiny tapes I used to keep ....

As a rule, writers don't send their copy to the people who were interviewed - just leads to huge headaches for the writer. Everyone would be changing their quotes left and right and the writer would end up rewriting the entire story. That doesn't work well when you're on deadline, as no one outside the industry seems to understand the concept of print deadlines. The printers bill you for being late. And it's not cheap. Makes your publisher VERY CRANKY.

authenticfarm wrote:

mirycreek wrote:I really wish reporters would send the copy to the people they got the quotes from before they printed to catch any inaccuracies before they put it in print, it is so easy when you don't know your subject to make errors!
They never seem to do that however, I wonder why?

When I was a professional writer, I recorded all of my interviews to audio tape. Then if someone claimed to be misquoted, I could simply play their words back to them.

Not all writers record everything, though - some still do the ol' notebook! I never found that to be terribly accurate, however. Your mind may tell your hand to write something different than what your ears just heard. With every smart phone having a voice recorder these days, frankly, I don't know why they don't all just do voice recording. MP3 files are a lot more compact than all of the tiny tapes I used to keep ....

As a rule, writers don't send their copy to the people who were interviewed - just leads to huge headaches for the writer. Everyone would be changing their quotes left and right and the writer would end up rewriting the entire story. That doesn't work well when you're on deadline, as no one outside the industry seems to understand the concept of print deadlines. The printers bill you for being late. And it's not cheap. Makes your publisher VERY CRANKY.

I'm not actually mad at the reporter and don't really consider myself misquoted. I'm just covering my ass with the poultry crowd here. For all I know, I may have said those words even if I think I don't.

Country Thyme Farm wrote:I'm not actually mad at the reporter and don't really consider myself misquoted. I'm just covering my ass with the poultry crowd here. For all I know, I may have said those words even if I think I don't.

Yeah, sometimes that happens! I was just clarifying standard practices for mirycreek.

I think its awesome to see articles like this to help educate the public. You'd be surprised how many people think chickens come in 2 breeds: layers and broilers.
Its also a great way to get farmers and acreage owners thinking more about the heritage poultry breeds and hopefully doing some more research into what breeds might suit their needs.

Great Article!


Must Resist Chanteclers!!! Must resist!
Do they come in black yet?

Jonny Anvil wrote:Great Article!


Must Resist Chanteclers!!! Must resist!
Do they come in black yet?

Have I got the bird for you Jonny!

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I am really looking forward to getting my Chanties! I love that they are a Canadian bird and I am grateful to have a chantie source just a few miles west!