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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 | dG1fcGNiRnZrcG0tSzQ
Transcript
00:00I'm part of the Crash Church Poultry Club. I love chickens.
00:21My friends probably describe me as different.
00:25My wife says that I love them more than her.
00:28You want to go in a pen with a heater on it, eh?
00:35The bird knows when it's a good-looking chicken, you know.
00:38All the birds are judged to the New Zealand poultry standard.
00:42We'll go with them, eh?
00:43Poultry show is very competitive.
00:46I just love winning. You're the centre of attention.
00:50It's awesome.
00:55The Crash Church Poultry Club has been going for 148 years.
01:01Where am I up to?
01:08I think ducks should be replaced.
01:10And they're going to try and overthrow me.
01:12Well, get off your butts and do it.
01:16Are you trying to always get up your pecking order?
01:19Unless we change and modernise, we're not going to be here in 20 years' time.
01:24There is a split in the club.
01:26He wanted to be the kingpin at the national show.
01:29People don't like being beaten.
01:31Because of the politics going on in the club, we are concerned that some birds might be poisoned.
01:46Best bird in the show at a national. That's my ultimate goal.
01:50This is what they're looking for, is the complete package.
01:56It's not rocket science really, is it?
02:01You'll end up a pot roaster, probably.
02:03It's the end of the Crash Church Poultry Club.
02:13You beat me!
02:14When you're at the top, there's always someone knocking you off the perch.
02:17That's really exciting, isn't it?
02:20It was not easy, you know, being a chalk fancier.
02:23Yeah!

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