California - Northern

[ronott1]

I think the Bresse are slightly larger birds by comparison but I've seen the temperament differences in the males and would agree. Cant say which meat Id prefer as Ive only had PP and CLB so far and both are great though CLB are small birds.

Pita Pintas have more breast meat than Bresse. Bresse have a lot of thigh and drum stick meat. They both get to about the same size at the same age, which is very fast.

 

[Audio51]

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I am still waiting for some of those PP eggs from you, Ron.
Depending on where I am on your waiting list it would be great to be able to get some in the incubator at the same time as the Bresse....

 

[chiqita]

We both got our Bresse from a lady up by Santa Rosa.  All I have left are 2 or 3 hens and some mixed breed hens.  We decided to stop breeding them for several reasons.  Our original cock was super nasty to everyone and each of his sons that showed promise turned mean, too.  The girls were loves but excelled at escaping enclosures so my farm friend was not happy with them.  We also decided that we prefer the taste of the Pita Pinta meat over the Bresse meat.  Since both breeds are about equal in the egg laying department, we decided to concentrate on breeding the Pita Pinta.

bresse need to have friendly genes and a certain amount of human interaction to be friendly. Clovis has both and a lot of his sons became pets. But if they are just free ranging with no interactions they do seem to be agressive.

Clovis gets picked up and moved around every day and my bresse boys i keep grow up around other roosters and learn to be respectful. Nothing kike a showgirl kicking your $##$$ to teach you to be polite ha!

But i do have people who want home flock bresse contact me because of clovis.

 

[Flowers of Abba]

I have a bresse and a blue orph that have been voted out if anyone is interested. Bresse from Chiquita eggs and orph from just struttin..... one year hens...

 

[SilkiesForEver]

The Silkie is out! Thanks for all the help and comments.

I took it out of the incubator and put it under my broody Silkie. She's been answering all of its chirps; so cute!

 

[ronott1]

The Silkie is out! Thanks for all the help and comments.

I took it out of the incubator and put it under my broody Silkie. She's been answering all of its chirps; so cute!

That is the way to do it!

 

[caychris]

I collected a couple of potentially fertile eggs a couple of weeks ago when I was helping Neal (1zooman12) out and Debi put them in a bator for me. One was a silkie egg which she says are developing. I hope the silkie hatches a girl.

 

[PetRock]

I collected a couple of potentially fertile eggs a couple of weeks ago when I was helping Neal (1zooman12) out and Debi put them in a bator for me. One was a silkie egg which she says are developing. I hope the silkie hatches a girl.

I just hope the silkie hatches!

 

[PetRock]

bresse need to have friendly genes and a certain amount of human interaction to be friendly. Clovis has both and a lot of his sons became pets. But if they are just free ranging with no interactions they do seem to be agressive.

Clovis gets picked up and moved around every day and my bresse boys i keep grow up around other roosters and learn to be respectful. Nothing kike a showgirl kicking your $##$$ to teach you to be polite ha!

But i do have people who want home flock bresse contact me because of clovis.

My Bresse had lots of contact as chicks. The boys and girls were both as friendly as my Pita Pinta chicks. But once the hormones started raging, the Bresse cockerels took a decided turn down the wrong road. When I decided to narrow my breeding down to 2 main breeds, the Pita Pinta and Langshan won over the Bresse.

 

[ronott1]

My Bresse had lots of contact as chicks. The boys and girls were both as friendly as my Pita Pinta chicks. But once the hormones started raging, the Bresse cockerels took a decided turn down the wrong road. When I decided to narrow my breeding down to 2 main breeds, the Pita Pinta and Langshan won over the Bresse.

A couple of days ago I was moving one of the Hens out of the hutch and she squawked--Pepe my Pita Pinta rooster jumped over and gave her a warning peck--to not be fussy at me.

I was amazed!

He is a great guy and always was, even when the hormones kicked in.