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@fluffycrow
BREDA (not BRE-N-DA) is a rare chicken breed imported to the U.S. by Greenfire Farms almost a decade ago. The birds came in Blue/Black/Spash (B/B/S), Cuckoo, and Mottled. Unfortunately U.S. breeders suffered from a small genetic pool plus there was not enough interest in the breed to invest in perfecting them. I loved the B/B/S color variety as they seemed to have a mellow temperament. However, there were too many health problems w/ the B/B/S breeding and they had very short lifespans as a result.
There was an attempt at breeding the Cuckoo Breda variety but I personally found the Cuckoo variety a much larger, less mellow, less friendly bird than the B/B/S variety.
I never obtained a Mottled Breda as breeders who had them said they had an aloof temperament and were more skittish. With only a couple U.S. breeders to order from I never bothered to obtain more Breda. Really sad because our Blue Breda birds were absolutely gorgeous, friendly, sort of mid-size at 5-lb, and very gentle flock birds.
"ICHABOD" -- A 5-M0-OLD BLUE BREDA COCKEREL. Inherent health issues shortened his lifespan to 2 yrs
"PHAEDRA" -- OUR BLUE BREDA HEN was mellow with the Silkies but inherent health issues shortened her lifespan to less than 1-1/2 years. It really saddened us to lose her.
"TOVA" AND "KAYLAH" -- BLUE BREDA CHICKS. These two chicks had even shorter lifespans (avian leukosis). Kaylah passed a couple weeks after arriving and Tova passed at 6-mo-old.
"TOVA" -- BLUE BREDA PULLET -- because of her health issue she was a house chick and really did not like being outdoors. She passed at 6-months
"CHAR" -- A 6-MO-0LD BREDA PULLET -- this Cuckoo variety is hardier but much larger and less friendly than the smaller B/B/S variety.
I would've loved having more B/B/S Bredas except they have too delicate inbred health issues. I believe there were a couple breeders trying to cross-breed B/B/S Breda with other similar breeds to cross-back to Breda again to improve hardiness but that takes years to perfect plus breed to preserve their sweet temperament in crossing.
@fluffycrow
BREDA (not BRE-N-DA) is a rare chicken breed imported to the U.S. by Greenfire Farms almost a decade ago. The birds came in Blue/Black/Spash (B/B/S), Cuckoo, and Mottled. Unfortunately U.S. breeders suffered from a small genetic pool plus there was not enough interest in the breed to invest in perfecting them. I loved the B/B/S color variety as they seemed to have a mellow temperament. However, there were too many health problems w/ the B/B/S breeding and they had very short lifespans as a result.
There was an attempt at breeding the Cuckoo Breda variety but I personally found the Cuckoo variety a much larger, less mellow, less friendly bird than the B/B/S variety.
I never obtained a Mottled Breda as breeders who had them said they had an aloof temperament and were more skittish. With only a couple U.S. breeders to order from I never bothered to obtain more Breda. Really sad because our Blue Breda birds were absolutely gorgeous, friendly, sort of mid-size at 5-lb, and very gentle flock birds.
"ICHABOD" -- A 5-M0-OLD BLUE BREDA COCKEREL. Inherent health issues shortened his lifespan to 2 yrs
"PHAEDRA" -- OUR BLUE BREDA HEN was mellow with the Silkies but inherent health issues shortened her lifespan to less than 1-1/2 years. It really saddened us to lose her.
"TOVA" AND "KAYLAH" -- BLUE BREDA CHICKS. These two chicks had even shorter lifespans (avian leukosis). Kaylah passed a couple weeks after arriving and Tova passed at 6-mo-old.
"TOVA" -- BLUE BREDA PULLET -- because of her health issue she was a house chick and really did not like being outdoors. She passed at 6-months
"CHAR" -- A 6-MO-0LD BREDA PULLET -- this Cuckoo variety is hardier but much larger and less friendly than the smaller B/B/S variety.
I would've loved having more B/B/S Bredas except they have too delicate inbred health issues. I believe there were a couple breeders trying to cross-breed B/B/S Breda with other similar breeds to cross-back to Breda again to improve hardiness but that takes years to perfect plus breed to preserve their sweet temperament in crossing.
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