***Crevecoeur Thread***

[Mikey D]

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Creves do okay in the heat but not great. We occasionally get 110+ here and I have to bring them into the house or they die. I have an insulated coop which is in the shade for most of the day. It's got good ventilation and I run fans in there 24/7. They start to struggle at temps 85+. We do get to -25 here in the winters and I lock them in the coop. I have never lost one due to cold, only heat.

Creves can be pretty flighty and I have had my share of mean roosters. If you're thinking about going hatchery stock--don't. They will not even resemble what a Creve should look like, they will be twice as flighty and three times as dumb.

Some strains are better than others. I have been working hard on a line that has nice, calm roosters--friendly/gentle hens and a hardy strain. My birds lay like crazy for part of the year and then completely stop for months at a time, they are highly seasonal layers. Some of the hatchery strain birds do lay better than the exhibition strains but you're compromising looks/type to egg production.

Sumatras on the other hand are much hardier birds with a much greater tolerance for high temperatures and they are far less flighty and I've never had a mean rooster. Sumatras also lay much better than the Creves--which do okay but hope this helps....

I do love my Creves but from the sounds of it, they're not quite what you're wanting/looking for....

Rare Feathers,

Thank you! This is precisely the information I've been looking for. Greatly appreciate your input.

Mikey

 

[exop]

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Well, where'd you get her? Every hatchery I've ever seen with Creves (including Sandhill) has white earlobe Creves. The leg mites, I don't know anything about other than there is medicine for that.

I rescued her from the auction along with two other polish (BCW, White)

Historically, both in France and in the USA, the breed had pale bluish-white earlobes. Ie. from the 1860s onward, when American poultry enthusiasts were importing Crèvecoeurs from England as well as directly from France. The first American standard for the Crevecoeur was written in 1875(asking for red ears), but there is ample evidence that red ears weren't widely representative of the breed even then. Despite whatever efforts were made by breeders in response to the Standard, I don't think we can take it for granted that the white ear was totally eliminated from every line of Crèves. There is no reason to suspect your hen of inauthenticity because of her ear color.

I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with her.

Best - exop

 

[BebeLapinouBlanc]

Just saying hello to the Crevies room I'm joining the "proud momma of a Crevie" brigade. I plan on raising and breeding this lovely breed. Hopefully I will be able to get more people in this area to know about them and also become proud owners

 

[flowerchild59]

There is a Creve Coeur Missouri. I wonder if anyone in that area is raising them. How do they do in the cold weather that MO gets?

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

We get -25 or worse in the winter. They do fine with being locked in the coop during the worst of it. I've never lost one to cold...but they would do even better if I had solid roofing over my runs to keep them dry. When their crests get wet, they get chilled.

 

[JP101010]

we are new to the Crevecoeur Breed and was wondering if anyone could tell the sex via a photo? This little buddy of ours is 4-5 months old.
No crowing or gurgling , but some alpha type behavior

The "poof" as i call it seems to be growing in funky- im thinking its just that weird looking phase that every juvenile chicken must face ?!

It seems to be really floppy , theres no bald spot in the center its just parted that way for the pic (skin is normal)

any ideas on the sex? any help is appreciated

 

[becky3086]

Maybe it is getting pecked at by its pen mates.

 

[JP101010]

not that i have seen, and there doesnt seem to be any missing - its seems to be not full and thick because the feathers are 2/3 covered from the base up with those weird tube things (ha , excellent scientific name) theres also no feathers in the pen....
he or she is the most dominant of the 3 that are together .

 

[becky3086]

I have had my Polish get plucked and it took a long time to see the one doing it. If there are little tubes coming up it is likely the feathers growing back.

 

[MomMommyMamma]

My babies from exop have hatched! We have 9 beautiful little puffballs!!