Bresse Chickens

[Arielle]

Quote: ditto!!

 

[Arielle]

Have 1 good chick from my first batch of shipped eggs

; second batch is still cooking, and set 3rd batch set today.

 

[ronott1]

Have 1 good chick from my first batch of shipped eggs

; second batch is still cooking, and set 3rd batch set today.

I hope you have a great couple of hatches!

 

[sonew123]

Unfortunately that wont be happening with the bresse until next year...BUT i will be feeding my grow out marans roosters in that manor this year...i will let you know...this year i only have 3 bresse hens...1 bresse pullet and 6 bresse eggs due to hatch Tuesday...praying for 2-3 roosters for breeders and testers...

 

[ronott1]

Unfortunately that wont be happening with the bresse until next year...BUT i will be feeding my grow out marans roosters in that manor this year...i will let you know...this year i only have 3 bresse hens...1 bresse pullet and 6 bresse eggs due to hatch Tuesday...praying for 2-3 roosters for breeders and testers...

Let us know anyway.

Just to see how the goat milk soaked grains do with them. We are also waiting to see how @BCMaraniac is doing with the Bresse x Marans.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: THanks ROn-- THe one chick seems to be in good shape so far. . . . low man on the totem pole in the brooder box with older OE and turkey poults.

 

[Arielle]

Unfortunately that wont be happening with the bresse until next year...BUT i will be feeding my grow out marans roosters in that manor this year...i will let you know...this year i only have 3 bresse hens...1 bresse pullet and 6 bresse eggs due to hatch Tuesday...praying for 2-3 roosters for breeders and testers...

THis is when we want the roosters!! lol

A couple years ago I bought 20 turkey poults from Porters. I asked to get extra auburns if possible as I was interested in breeding them. Well, did I get males!! 12-13 males!! No hens, not one.

 

[Pinkaboo]

Yes, Bresse sell well at auctions here too.

You likely can make for selling them to individuals though, unless small animal auctions are a lot different in the UK.

Do you have new pictures?

I'm planning on taking some more pictures tomorrow
Where I live I'm surrounded by agricultural auctions
So I could go to one a week
We also have a site called preloved like your Craigslist
Where I have bought chicks from

The auctions are a bit scary as it hards to see what you are getting, I like the bidding bit and get carried away!
The quality of birds are generally poor but very cheap
I imagine my bresse at 6 wks off heat would sell for £3-4 each
On preloved £6-8

They are great birds happy to jump all over you

 

[ronott1]

I'm planning on taking some more pictures tomorrow
Where I live I'm surrounded by agricultural auctions
So I could go to one a week
We also have a site called preloved like your Craigslist
Where I have bought chicks from

The auctions are a bit scary as it hards to see what you are getting, I like the bidding bit and get carried away!
The quality of birds are generally poor but very cheap
I imagine my bresse at 6 wks off heat would sell for £3-4 each
On preloved £6-8

They are great birds happy to jump all over you

I am looking forward to seeing the pictures!

 

[sonew123]

I might get a few more bresse roosters than expected from the hatch...those will be butchered at 8 weeks old when I have the equipment here and two others butchering their birds with me..50+ that day!

8 weeks old will be small BUT better than housing them all Fall and Winter..not worth it for a few roos crowing up a storm..