American Bresse eggs!!!

[Coops Dad]

6 months old last week. Look at the size of these guys next to year old RIRs.

 

[Ted_Harrell]

Awesome, just bought 3 american bresse bitties home yseterday, excited to see them grow up. I am hoping for a male and two females but knowing my luck they will all end up male.

 

[Coops Dad]

Just an update of an old thread. The Bresse seem to have a fairly low hatch rate, about 30% success. The duds are either infertile or quit about the 7-10 day mark.

I've had GREAT success with crossing my heritage RIR hens to the Bresse roosters. The offspring are white with a red blush on the back and wings, and are 50/50 for yellow or steel legs. The cockerels are heavy bodies and tall while the hens are heavier than their RIR moms. I've been processing the cockerels at about 16 weeks and they give a pretty uniform carcass of 3 lbs, +/- 3 oz.

It's the best chicken I've ever eaten. The pour-off of the roasting pan is incredibly tasty and about 30% fat. I fry hash browns in the fat and I can't say enough good things about it.

My plans are to cross the steel-legged offspring hens back to the opposite rooster (uncle) for a more conforming appearance, and eat everything with yellow legs.

 

[FunClucks]

Just an update of an old thread. The Bresse seem to have a fairly low hatch rate, about 30% success. The duds are either infertile or quit about the 7-10 day mark.

I've had GREAT success with crossing my heritage RIR hens to the Bresse roosters. The offspring are white with a red blush on the back and wings, and are 50/50 for yellow or steel legs. The cockerels are heavy bodies and tall while the hens are heavier than their RIR moms. I've been processing the cockerels at about 16 weeks and they give a pretty uniform carcass of 3 lbs, +/- 3 oz.

It's the best chicken I've ever eaten. The pour-off of the roasting pan is incredibly tasty and about 30% fat. I fry hash browns in the fat and I can't say enough good things about it.

My plans are to cross the steel-legged offspring hens back to the opposite rooster (uncle) for a more conforming appearance, and eat everything with yellow legs.
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Thank you so much for the update!!! Sounds tasty!!!