I'm definitely interested in raising Bresse next year also. DH and I were just talking tonight about plans for a meat bird pen out behind the barn.
Big R in Elizabeth had a small pen of what I'm assuming are meat birds. They are a white bird, straight run, and separate than their other pen. They didn't have many though when I was there earlier this week. Wish I would've bought some. That would get me moving on building a pen! If anyone is near the Elizabeth area and wants to split an order I might be able to convince DH to let me order some. It's the shipping cost that makes it pricey to order them. An order of 50 black broilers from Meyer would come out to $3+/bird. They say they process around 13 weeks so that would be mid Nov. They are sold out of their red rangers that process in 11 weeks.
Big R in Elizabeth had a small pen of what I'm assuming are meat birds. They are a white bird, straight run, and separate than their other pen. They didn't have many though when I was there earlier this week. Wish I would've bought some. That would get me moving on building a pen! If anyone is near the Elizabeth area and wants to split an order I might be able to convince DH to let me order some. It's the shipping cost that makes it pricey to order them. An order of 50 black broilers from Meyer would come out to $3+/bird. They say they process around 13 weeks so that would be mid Nov. They are sold out of their red rangers that process in 11 weeks.