Pictures lot's and lot's of picture's .
I just finally figured out that I have a Crevecoeur so I wanted to see what everyone else's looked like. Mine is only 12 weeks old.
So come on let's see your beautiful Crevecoeur.
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Show off your beautiful Crevecoeur
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Pictures lot's and lot's of picture's .
I just finally figured out that I have a Crevecoeur so I wanted to see what everyone else's looked like. Mine is only 12 weeks old.
So come on let's see your beautiful Crevecoeur.
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Does anyone own a Crevecoeur ?
Guess it's just you and me. I'll try and get some pics up soon. : )
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I guess so. That is so weird , I would have thought more people had them. I sure would love to see some pictures of a full grown Crevecoeur. I know that they are a rare breed from what I have read about them.
Well you and I can post the pictures of our cute little ones.
They are much rarer than most breeds of chicken. If you go to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy site you will see they are listed as critically endangered. I am in contact with them about my pair of Crevs. to see if one of their members in my area wants to take my pullet and rooster. I have to get rid of my Crev. rooster due to city ordinances and there is no way I am going to separate a potentially breeding pair. I really hope they can take them. I will be sad but at least I know they would go to someone who would appreciate them for what they are.
My Rooster Tweedle Dum
Sort of looking like Pepe the King Prawn from the Muppets.
My Pullet-Tweeedle Dee
He's being camera shy in this one.
My EE roo and EE Pullet with one of my Crevies.
Tweedle Dum..Notice his horrible tail. He got in a tiff with my EE Roo and lost. : (
Tweedle Dum hanging out with my 2 New Hampshire pullets Barney (darker one) and Fluff Butt (lighter one).
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Well I will have to get in contact with them , cause I need a rooster to go with my pullet. I sure wish I lived closer to you I would take them off you hands. . I would love to breed them. Mine is still hanging out with the Black Jersey Giants. At least it isn't lonely.They are much rarer than most breeds of chicken. If you go to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy site you will see they are listed as critically endangered. I am in contact with them about my pair of Crevs. to see if one of their members in my area wants to take my pullet and rooster. I have to get rid of my Crev. rooster due to city ordinances and there is no way I am going to separate a potentially breeding pair. I really hope they can take them. I will be sad but at least I know they would go to someone who would appreciate them for what they are.
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My Rooster Tweedle Dum
Sort of looking like Pepe the King Prawn from the Muppets.
My Pullet-Tweeedle Dee
He's being camera shy in this one.
My EE roo and EE Pullet with one of my Crevies.
Tweedle Dum..Notice his horrible tail. He got in a tiff with my EE Roo and lost. : (
Tweedle Dum hanging out with my 2 New Hampshire pullets Barney (darker one) and Fluff Butt (lighter one).
They are very good looking pullets and roos .
Ty : ) I think your little Elvis is looking really nice too!! I finally had to give my 2 up since the pullet surprised me this past Saturday by crowing lol!! Fortunately I found a 4-H'er who wanted them for show. The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy didn't get back to me about taking them so I had to get them re-homed quickly so they didn't kill each other. Imagine having 3 Roos and 3 pullets in the same run..lol. It wasn't working out. : ( I do have a pair of 1 week old Easter Egger pullet chicks snuggling in the brooder to take the place of my Crevies. I will really miss my crevies though.
When we finally move to a place out in the county with more land I am planning on breeding Heritage livestock including Crevies. I also have my eye on raising Jacobs Goats.
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Hi you two! We do have a Crevecoeur thread that gets quite lonely 
. Crevecoeurs are not rare as individuals, as many hatcheries carry them, however, finding them somewhat close to the SOP is very difficult, if not impossible and finding serious breeders is just as hard! The only person I know of who is actually trying to work with them is exop, a member here. She and Duane Urch are the only "breeders" of the bird who are trying to bring them closer to the SOP.
Unfortunately, Mr. Urch is getting on in years, and is more of a small scale hatchery. But as I understand it, he has kept many breeds going over the last 50 or so years that would have been lost forever if he hadn't kept them going, and as I understand it, many hatcheries got their start from him.
I got some last year from Ideal because they were so cool looking, then fell in love with them. I just got more from Murray McMurray last week because exop isn't ready to sell eggs this year as she is trying some new matings. I sincerely hope to get some birds from her when she is ready. Hers are from Urch and Sandhill.
In the mean time, I plan on experimenting with the hatchery stock I bought. They are so extremely different! My ideal chicks really didn't show much of a vaulted head, and were "penguin" colored as chicks, whereas my McMurray chicks have very distinctive vaulted heads and are almost pure black in their down, wtith much darker shanks and beaks. I took pictures of them, but unfortunately, I came down with really bad tendinitis earlier this week, and can barely make it to the bathroom, LOL, let alone sit at the computer (or get to it! Lol). But I will show a comparison on the Crevecoeur thread when I'm better
Anyway, here is a link to the Crevecoeur thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/371947/crevecoeur-thread/610
And I did a comparison chart between a Crevecoeur and a Polish which you can download the PDF of here:
http://www.sweet-obsessions.com/Chickens/CreveVSPolis.pdf
If I may interject, the American Poultry Association recognizes breeds by type, not by "purity of genetics". There really is no "pure blooded" chicken breed. So, a Crevecoeur chicken that has been arbitrarily breed over many years, with no thought given to the pairings will soon be unrecognizable as a Crevecoeur. Many people make comments' that hatchery birds are impure or have a lot of Polish blood in them, and this could be true, or not. They could look polish, but be from a long line of "pure" crevecoeurs, just badly paired up! So I suggest, if you should ever get one of those "attacks" whatever your breed of choice, that you take it with a grain of salt. I don't like it when people say this because it's usually said to imply your chicken isn't useful and should never be bred, but it may very well have qualities needed in your breeding program! Useful criticism would be comparison to the SOP, and since we become blinded to our own flock sometimes, an outsider's critique is invaluable. However, I find generalized comments such as "you bird looks like it has a lot of polish in it" to be thoroughly unhelpful and irrelevant..
Anyway, please come join us on the Crevecoeur thread!
. Crevecoeurs are not rare as individuals, as many hatcheries carry them, however, finding them somewhat close to the SOP is very difficult, if not impossible and finding serious breeders is just as hard! The only person I know of who is actually trying to work with them is exop, a member here. She and Duane Urch are the only "breeders" of the bird who are trying to bring them closer to the SOP. Unfortunately, Mr. Urch is getting on in years, and is more of a small scale hatchery. But as I understand it, he has kept many breeds going over the last 50 or so years that would have been lost forever if he hadn't kept them going, and as I understand it, many hatcheries got their start from him.
I got some last year from Ideal because they were so cool looking, then fell in love with them. I just got more from Murray McMurray last week because exop isn't ready to sell eggs this year as she is trying some new matings. I sincerely hope to get some birds from her when she is ready. Hers are from Urch and Sandhill.
In the mean time, I plan on experimenting with the hatchery stock I bought. They are so extremely different! My ideal chicks really didn't show much of a vaulted head, and were "penguin" colored as chicks, whereas my McMurray chicks have very distinctive vaulted heads and are almost pure black in their down, wtith much darker shanks and beaks. I took pictures of them, but unfortunately, I came down with really bad tendinitis earlier this week, and can barely make it to the bathroom, LOL, let alone sit at the computer (or get to it! Lol). But I will show a comparison on the Crevecoeur thread when I'm better
Anyway, here is a link to the Crevecoeur thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/371947/crevecoeur-thread/610
And I did a comparison chart between a Crevecoeur and a Polish which you can download the PDF of here:
http://www.sweet-obsessions.com/Chickens/CreveVSPolis.pdf
If I may interject, the American Poultry Association recognizes breeds by type, not by "purity of genetics". There really is no "pure blooded" chicken breed. So, a Crevecoeur chicken that has been arbitrarily breed over many years, with no thought given to the pairings will soon be unrecognizable as a Crevecoeur. Many people make comments' that hatchery birds are impure or have a lot of Polish blood in them, and this could be true, or not. They could look polish, but be from a long line of "pure" crevecoeurs, just badly paired up! So I suggest, if you should ever get one of those "attacks" whatever your breed of choice, that you take it with a grain of salt. I don't like it when people say this because it's usually said to imply your chicken isn't useful and should never be bred, but it may very well have qualities needed in your breeding program! Useful criticism would be comparison to the SOP, and since we become blinded to our own flock sometimes, an outsider's critique is invaluable. However, I find generalized comments such as "you bird looks like it has a lot of polish in it" to be thoroughly unhelpful and irrelevant..
Anyway, please come join us on the Crevecoeur thread!
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