Bresse Chickens

[chiqita]

Ive had no feathered legs from your babies!

Lol ya. Thank god it was only me.....

 

[juststruttin]

I had one chick that popped out with feathers on his legs. Raised him and ate him as a cull. It is possible I had a rooster jump the fence or there is a weird gene in the gff birds. Either way don't breed that one.

Ive had no feathered legs from your babies!

None of the birds I hatched from you Chiqita had feathered legs either. I could not be happier with the birds I hatched from your eggs.

 

[PetRock]

I haven't had any feathered legs hatch from my birds and they came from the same breeder that chiqitas came from (originally from Greenfire, of course). In the last hatch, though, I had 2 cockerels that have the strangest combs. The back of the comb is very thick. Here is a pic of one of them.

 

[racinchickins]

I'm really happy with how my Bresse are doing. I have at least 5 pullets laying, and the eggs I am getting are not all the same color. I have at least 3 distinct shades ranging from cream to a medium brown a little darker than my wyandottes eggs. I'm not really surprised, as I doubt egg color was ever really a criteria for selection. Has anyone else seen this variation?

I'm also really surprised with how reliably they are laying in this extreme cold. Better than any of my other breeds.

 

[sonew123]

Mine are still slaying fabulously!! Their egg colors are exact! I cant tell which one laid what...same exact shade

 

[BCMaraniac]

I'm really happy with how my Bresse are doing. I have at least 5 pullets laying, and the eggs I am getting are not all the same color. I have at least 3 distinct shades ranging from cream to a medium brown a little darker than my wyandottes eggs. I'm not really surprised, as I doubt egg color was ever really a criteria for selection. Has anyone else seen this variation?

I'm also really surprised with how reliably they are laying in this extreme cold. Better than any of my other breeds.

I have been really happy with my Bresse pullets as well. I only have 5 pullets, but I am getting 4-5eggs every day, even with all of this cold. Our lowest temp has been -13 here in TN. My Bresse roosters didn't fare well in terms of their combs and they were severely frostbitten, but at least that won't affect their breeding.

I have noticed variation in egg color as well, primarily the cream to a lighter brown, though I have had a couple a little darker

 

[ronott1]

Great answers on the egg color!

I have 5 AM Bresse pullets and they mostly lay light cream colored eggs. I do have one that has spcekles on it. Some of them are starting to lay extra large eggs too!

 

[sonew123]

Here is a dozen of them

 

[PetRock]

We started off with a trio. One pullet laid light brown eggs and the other pullet laid cream colored eggs. It will be interesting to see what color all of their daughters lay. We have a few of them at POL and all the pullet eggs have been light brown.

 

[BCMaraniac]

Great answers on the egg color!

I have 5 AM Bresse pullets and they mostly lay light cream colored eggs. I do have one that has spcekles on it. Some of them are starting to lay extra large eggs too!

I guess a better description is that mine have darker very fine speckles on the big end. My eggs are getting bigger too, even with the bitter cold we have had.