- Aug 2, 2010
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Bresse $4 per egg or 6 for $20
Bielefelders $8 per egg
Offering fresh eggs from our urban farm in Austin Texas. We have been searching for years for the perfect urban breeds and have found these great options. We live in the city and have a small area so we have to be smart about or chickens. We want breeds that can give eggs and meat, tolerate city living, and be easy and calm.
The bielefelders are truly our favorite breed ever. They are so easy going, tame, beautiful, and great for meat or eggs. The chicks are auto-sexing so you can raise the girls for eggs and the boys for meat from day 1. They girls lay great and the boys are huge. They are hefty enough for meat but have none of the leg and joint problems of factory type meat birds.
The Bresse suprised us. We got them as a gimmick to try the "kobe of chicken" and found an amazing dynamic breed great for the city. They are EXCELLENT layers. We were not expecting the 5-7 eggs per week we get from each bird. They also have the lowest feed to meat ratio of any of the breeds we tried. Their feeders stay full twice a long as any breed we have owned and yet the males are VERY substantial and hefty. They are not autosexing but it is easy to tell by the comb size within the first few weeks.
PS. I always give extra!
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