Bresse

09/04/2024

Sunshine State Bresse is pleased to announce an updated website that includes educational information and links to great information. As well as being your source for Bresse Fertile Hatching eggs. Please be sure to visit us soon. Thanks www.bressefarm.com

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07/04/2024

Sunshine State Bresse Fertile Hatching Eggs

These 2024 prices reflect the determination of Sunshine State Bresse to keep prices low. I am not a profiteer, my interest is to make this breed available far and wide. You let me know if you can find better prices else where.

These Prices include Shipping and handling
6 Eggs - $30.00
12 Eggs - $45.00
18 Eggs - $55.00
24 Eggs - $80.00
36 Eggs - $105.00

These Prices are for Local Pickup
6 Eggs - $15.00
12 Eggs - $30.00
18 Eggs - $40.00
24 Eggs - $55.00
36 Eggs - $80.00

www.bressefarm.com

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17/02/2021

For those of you who are interested in caponizing, the following information was sent to me:

Greetings:

I’m a retired high school teacher turned poultry farmer in Haskell, Oklahoma. I’ve been caponizing for 10 years and order capon tools from China about twice a year. I teach virtual classes for those who can’t come to the farm.

I’m in the process of setting up my website, and I was thinking folks who buy Bresse from you might want information on how to caponize. With Bresse it’s fine to butcher before lots of muscle develops on the bird, but for the ultimate table bird, caponizing at 6 - 8 weeks and then feeding milk-soaked grains two weeks before butchering is better.

I’ve got a group order of tools in the works and thought you might want to order tools and learn as well. I set up a google form to collect information for ordering. I use PayPal to invoice for tools and later to invoice for international and domestic shipping. Here is a link to the google form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSei2jROIRJVX4eOMEkpWVrNTg00CJJ5AJrFSc_tMlNVeTld2A/viewform?usp=sf_link

My incomplete website is here - MousePotatoFarm.com

The chickens on my banner are all capons. The About page shows a capon with a rooster to illustrate the differences in appearance.

If you have specific questions regarding caponizing or would like to order, please let me know. The last day to enter an order on the google form is February 21. Thank you. Happy Chickening.

~ Coral Hale
MousePotatoFarm.com
[email protected]

Seen by Coral Hale at 12:29 PM

I'm Coral Hale, a small poultry farmer in Oklahoma. COVID-19 prompted my early retirement from education, and I naively thought I'd transition easily to farming full time and running a website, but life and family needs got in the way. I restarted our flock and launched my website, but I didn't get....

09/02/2021

09/02/2021

Questions to my fellow Bresse enthusiasts:
1) What do you think of the latest 2017 import line from Greenfire Farm?
2) Being this is a breed that is used for both eggs and meat, Does anyone care about black feathers showing up?
Thanks in advance

27/01/2021

From one of my customers. Always glad to see future chicken enthusiasts. Thanks, hope you have a great hatch.

23/11/2020

To my experts in genetics I have a question. I have one issue that pops up every now and then and that is crooked toes. I have invested very much in diverse breeding stock and have 4 pens of different lines. As much as I cull birds that end up with crooked toes they keep popping up. It has just occurred to me over a ten year period that only roosters develop crooked toes. I have never seen any hen develop crooked toes. Has anyone else made the same observation? So my question is being I have been culling roosters who I can see with this defect could it actually be the hens passing this gene along and because I can’t see this defect in the hen and they continue to live?

03/03/2019

The 2019 Team Ready to GO!!!

01/03/2019

During my 2018 breeding season I have been working with new stock from Greenfire farms. I only breed white Bresse but interestingly I managed to get a trio of grey silver penciled out of them. This color is only currently raised in Europe but now I have them via dumb luck. Like I said I only have a trio but want to see if I should expand. So just for my information how much interest is there in this new color if made available? Photos not mine.

16/03/2018

2018 was year of reorganization and growth. Early last year It turned out that there were fertility issues with my flock. I was depending on 3 and 4 year old hens for the bulk of my production and that turned out dismal sad to say. So in 2018 I ordered fresh stock including the new 2017 import line directly from Green fire farm. So now I am happy to say I am once again making my hatching eggs available. 1 Dozen fertile hatching eggs are $50.00 which includes FREE shipping anywhere in the continental USA. To Order eggs go to my web site: www.bressefarm.com

12/05/2017

I recently contacted Greenfire farms to ask if they ever intend to import more Bresse again. I wanted to know how I could best avoid for a lack of genetic diversity. I appreciate the response and sound advice as well as the insights to a common problem in being a breeder. I have invested quite a bit of time and resources with the intent of breeding the very best Bresse possible. Here is the thoughtful response directly from Greenfire farms:

Hi Frank,
I am so sorry for the delay in my reply! I am getting slammed with emails and phone calls, which is a good thing! I am glad to hear your Bresse are doing well! I would say most of our orders of Bresse folks are very pleased with. We never claim that every chick will grow out to be perfect. That's just not how chickens work. The problem is people don't cull through the birds they grow out as they should and they just breed basically every bird. Another big problem is people only keep one rooster so every chick they hatch is at least a half sibling. And of course inbreeding is unfortunately common practice. Also people will say they have Greenfire Bresse but in reality they are already a few generations from the original order. A few generations with less than ideal breeding practices will easily produce chicks with genetic issues. Of course if we get the chance to import more Bresse we will. I don't know if there have been any other imports of Bresse besides ours, sorry! The best way to minimize these issues is to have a spiral breeding program. This will give you the most genetic diversity from each hatch. Also do a really good job keeping records. Its not easy and it is a lot of work which is why most folks don't have the greatest breeding programs. You are already ahead of the game just by asking the right questions! Keep up the good work!
Josette

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PO Box 676
Midway, FL 32343

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26/04/2017

While not specific to Bresse, I found this information very interesting on how to preserve an abundance of eggs.

26/04/2017

04/04/2017

This guy in Sweden has put out several videos about his experience with Bresse. Here is one that is about Bresse egg production. https://youtu.be/VcKLT1in_5c

The 'Bresse gauloise' chickens are called many names. American Bresse in the USA for example. We call them Les Bleues. In this video I share about the incred...

24/02/2017

OK, this is what I've been saying all along. I found this video in English that really sums up what a great breed Bresse are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDnGOPNx0Gs

Which chicken breed should I choose. Is there a breed that can compete with modern hybrids? Australorp, New Hampshire, Rhode Island Red, ... which one should...

12/02/2017

Bresse the chicken with a 400 year reputation as a great chicken. http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/07E02A04.pdf

12/02/2017

Here is a nice blog I came across all about Bresse. https://www.parisperfect.com/blog/2015/07/poulet-de-bresse/

The chickens from the small region of Bresse, France are known worldwide as the highest quality and most delicious. Madelyn shares her discovery of these special chickens and learns all about their rigorous standards of quality. Also included is one of her favorite recipes: Poulet de Bresse with Cre...

12/02/2017

I've been raising chickens a number of years now. Of course when I first started out it was impossible to just have one breed, I had to have all the different breeds and colors etc. That was perfectly fine for quite a while until I hatched some eggs I bought off EBAY of some new breed from France they call Bresse. Once those eggs hatched everything was different. The chicks hatch out strong and robust. They grew faster than all the other heritage breeds. Right at 16 weeks the hens began laying really nice large to jumbo, and frequently extra-jumbo eggs. When processed the difference in the carcass is very noticeable. The heritage breeds all have that large keel bone and small breast meat. The Bresse have smaller keel bones and the breasts are big and plump. The skin is thinner and really gets perfectly crispy. The meat, even the breast, is tender and not dry or stringy. I was sold!!! It did not take me long at all to get rid of every other breed I had at the time and just raise Bresse. They were great for the eggs and super great for the table. I have not looked back and am very happy to be raising this breed and making hatching eggs available so others can fall in love with them too. Besides all this they are also great at foraging for their own food. They are docile and friendly. I have never had an issue with a rooster who thought he was boss. This is just one all round wonderful breed of chicken.