Bresse Chickens

[ApiaryandAviary]

I have a neghbor that had two splash Bresse cockerels, one had red shoulders and one did not. I don't think they are supposed to have them. Both were straight from Greenfire.

I would certainly check with greenfire.

 

[jfishdr]

My blacks have no red. I have a 2014 rooster if you want him

 

[cutipatooti]

My blacks have no red. I have a 2014 rooster if you want him

Not sure yet. Where are you located?

 

[jfishdr]

Z

 

[cutipatooti]

I will probably pass as I will be able to get more black chicks with what I have. I will keep you in mind if I change my mind down the road. Thanks

 

[Euarto Gullible]

I have a question maybe some people can help me out with. My Bresse are dumber than dirt. To train them to go into the coop, I may as well be trying to teach them calculus. With my other breeds, they usually learn in 2-3 days when put outside. With my Bresse, it can take them up to THREE WEEKS. When I shepherd them to the coop in the evening, they are unresponsive. Most chickens realize that when you push them with your foot that they are being prompted to move in the opposite direction. My Bresse don't get it. They stand there and are like, "Why are you moving me with your foot?" They don't flock together, so little cohorts of them or individual get stranded outside at dark. They're like, "Help me, help me, I can't figure out how to walk around this 6 foot stretch of fence with a huge opening to get back into the coop...just like I've done or been prompted to do 2 weeks in a row." Is this a sign that my line is inbred, or are Bresse really this dumb?
I have never kept other meat birds before, so I have nothing to compare to, other than my dual purpose breeds, which are geniuses in comparison.

 

[Bluefield]

My bresse are very smart... Above average from what I can tell. Maybe you have lice or mites in the coop or an ugly rooster.

 

[City farm]

Hen or rooster?

 

[KYTinpusher]

Hen or rooster?

Very pretty girl!

 

[City farm]

Hen or rooster?

Very pretty girl!

Oh good.. she is the only one left from 3 our jungle fowl raised.. she loves to be carried around.. can't wait for her egg's