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  • 5/6/2025
A documentary that follows the lives of multiple chicken enthusiasts as they prepare for the New Zealand national Chicke | dG1fcGtUVU5TanJHOUU
Transcript
00:00I'm part of the Crash Reach Poultry Club. I love chickens.
00:19My friends probably describe me as different.
00:23My wife says that I love them more than her.
00:25Do you want to go in a pen with a heater on it, eh?
00:30The bird knows when it's a good looking chicken, you know.
00:36All the birds are judged to the New Zealand poultry standard.
00:39We'll go with them, eh?
00:40Poultry show is very competitive.
00:43I just love winning. You're the centre of attention. It's awesome.
00:53The Christchurch Poultry Club has been going for 148 years.
00:58Where am I up to?
01:05I think ducks should be replaced.
01:08And they're going to try and overthrow me.
01:10Well, get off your butts and do it.
01:14Are you trying to always get up your pecking order?
01:16Unless we change and modernise, we're not going to be here in 20 years' time.
01:20There is a split in the club.
01:23He wanted to be the kingpin at the national show.
01:26People don't like being beaten.
01:29Because of the politics going on in the club, we are concerned that some birds might be poisoned.
01:35Best bird in the national show. That's my ultimate goal.
01:47This is what they're looking for, is the complete package.
01:50It's not rocket science, really, is it?
01:58We end up a pot roaster, probably.
02:00It's the end of the Christchurch Poultry Club.
02:10You beat me!
02:11When you're at the top, there's always someone knocking you off the perch.
02:14It's really exciting, isn't it?
02:15It was not easy, you know, being a chalk fancier.

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