Breda Fowl thread

[GaryDean26]

Is anyone else seeing nobs forming on the comb. I have a pullets that developed tiny nobbs that look like they would form the La Fleche type comb if they had continued to grow.

 

[RhodeRunner]

Is anyone else seeing nobs forming on the comb. I have a pullets that developed tiny nobbs that look like they would form the La Fleche type comb if they had continued to grow.

Yes, I have. That is actually a duplex v- comb (just like the La Flèche). Those birds are best culled.

 

[RFR of CA]

I have had Bredas now for about 14 months--they are just about impossible to sex until the boy's collar comes in. They are very slow to mature and are the last to crow. (8mo plus on mine). Beautiful though

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Wow that splash is absolutely gorgeous. We have 2 blues and a black we got from GFF the black is a little weak, they r about a week old.

 

[PartridgeRckgal]

Here are a few new pics of my bredas. They are growing

 

[BeccaBeeOly]

Just discovered these beautiful birds, and bought three blue 9 week olds... Maybe all pullets? What personality! Love these birds! The only downside is that they are low on the pecking order with all the chickens in their age group. Maybe I should consider building a breda pen and get more, and a roo to boot!

 

[roogoo]

I WILL BE PICKING 8 ON SATURDAY MORNING A MIX OF 8 BLUE AND BLACK 10 WEEK OLD , ARE THEY GOOD LAYERS I KNOW THEY ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND CURIOUS BIRDS WOULD LIKE ANT FEED BACK ON THIS BREED .AS THEY ARE NEW TO ME THANKS

 

[GaryDean26]

They are slow starters (35 weeks +) but do lay really good. My first Breda start laying the end of December and we giving 4-5 eggs a week. Not too bad for the time of the year with the least amount of day light. I sold may original Breda in March due to lack of coop space (but hatch some chicks to keep first) so I don't know how they would have laid through the first year,but am sure that if they would have started laying in full daylight would have been laying every day.

 

[Flaming Chicken]

I have had Bredas now for about 14 months--they are just about impossible to sex until the boy's collar comes in. They are very slow to mature and are the last to crow. (8mo plus on mine). Beautiful though

At 7 weeks, Mine are easy to sex. The boys have the red emerging Wattles and btw are beginning to crow. The girls have no wattles. However, the boys I raised last year while developing the wattles, didn't crow until much later. I had them in a coop with a dominant rooster-so maybe they waited longer to crow.

 

[Flaming Chicken]

I have 3 Blue Breda Fowl cockerels for sale in Redmond WA. They are 7 weeks old. I just listed them on Craigslist. Please PM me if interested. I have 2 full grown Blue Breda roosters already.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/grd/3845669193.html