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i didn't have a Bresse roo so i used my splash english roo for breeding i ended up with some good looking birds although not pure a couple sure did look nice. i think i'll keep the best cockerel & process the rest of the boys the girls will be for my sexlink project

when I send a high value item to my inlaws in the Philippines via large flat rate box i build a 1/2" plywood crate that just fits inside the box i'm sending a small boat motor in a couple months piglett

i think you can count states between you & the shipper if it a large number 6, 8, 10 a good hatch will be tough only a couple states away you may get a bunch to hatch out

what ages are they? also what line are they from? thanks piglett

even if i just get a breeding pair i'll be happy any more than that is a bonus i still have 3 jubilee eggs from an ebay purchase out of 11 three are still on track they will be in the hatcher in a couple more days my friend OZ only gets about a 25% hatch rate but his eggs travel up to...

well i just set a batch of white Bresse eggs in the bator, thank you Chiqita these are nice big eggs unlike the things i got off of ebay last year with a bit of luck i'll have a few friends for my lone Bresse hen that is as long as the clowns at the post office didn't treat my babies too...

correct i have a new line of birds that i call "new england whites they are not Bresse even though i used a Bresse hen to produce them the problems come when some clown sells off chicks saying they are pure Bresse & they turn out not to be i don't think anyone on this thread would do...

i don't have a Bresse rooster for my lone hen so i am using an imported english orpington for now i am calling them New England Whites & will be treated as meat birds

wow the son has been sick for 8 years & he is still alive

well i have to do something quick or they will be sleeping in the bedroom not sure i want them there

i'm building a 3 deck brooder out on the back porch it will be 6' long & 4' high that should hold some peeps

i have seen some of the Dragon lady's birds & they are very good quality the other thing you could try is adding a monster buff orpington in with your current buff american hens might improve the size of the birds & you don't have to wait for chicks to grow to adulthood before you get your...

we have some buff orpington roosters that are still not yet full grown & they are already reaching 10lbs their legs look like they came from a turkey (had to go with #16 leg bands which are tom turkey size) my wife & i get more than 3 meals out of 1 buff rooster now this is not to say that...

it was -22c a couple nights ago

here is one of the roosters that i got from another BYC member "ReniesPeeps" i have a few of these, i figured they would be great to improve my buff orpingtons here is one of my lemon cuckoo splits i plan to breed her & her sisters back to their daddy which should give me better barring...

5 out of 12 from shipped eggs are great numbers. the last batch of shipped eggs i hatched out i only got 3 out of 12 but they came 2000km & it's the dead of winter here at the moment mine rested 1 day then i put them in the bator but didn't turn them for 3 more days (next time i'll try 6...

It is tough to compare the 2 due to the fact that they are raised in a much different manor in France Bresse are raised on pasture so the feed bill is almost zero once they have grown to a point then they are moved to a building to be made ready for market they are then feed milk & grain...

they are calling these birds "American Bresse" even though there is nothing American about them. I need to cut some more trees down so i can have a proper pasture for my flock I can then try raising a batch in the normal French manor i did end up processing a hen who got her feet into...

welcome to the flock Pats are you still in Ireland?