The Queen of Chickens! All About Bresse Chickens

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Today we are going to be talking about the Bresse Chicken and everything you need to know about that breed:
-Appearance
-History
-Egg Laying Capability
-Lifespan
-Temperament and more!
Stay tuned!
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[@EnfinLibreNM]

He also said that they're not good egg layers. Actually, they're excellent and lay an average of 250 eggs per year. They're considered a dual-purpose chicken.

[@country_boy_zone6b]

Does he even own chic k ens or is it someone who wants a hobby? Sad

[@EnfinLibreNM]

@@country_boy_zone6b Or possibly he just has a KZbin channel and likes to spread chicken manure on it.

[@amourdeparis]

It's pronounced "Bres"--only 1 syllable.

[@gshooty55]

The “e” at the end is silent.

[@bbricemobile]

I have a trio and not only were they the first pullets to start laying around 4 months a year later they are very good layers I only have two hens but I get two eggs most days. Not pampered actually a bit flighty compared to my other chickens. Im raising a few to sell and butcher for myself. I enjoy being around my birds these are not overly friendly but raising them for a sustainable food and egg source, they are also good foragers also (mine are confined).

[@gshooty55]

Be sure to ask questions when you’re buying this breed. In the white variety color leakage is a big problem. Some have found their birds to be black skinned at harvest which may be an Ayam Cemani cross. This breed also comes in black and blue varieties. They are also prolific egg layers with the capability to lay 300 eggs per hen per year. We had a hen start laying at fourteen weeks but typically they start around sixteen. They are truly a dual purpose heritage breed. We got our first pullets in 2019 from Greenfire Farms and still have one left from that flock and she’s still laying. A Fox got the rest a few years ago. Lessened learned.

[@puggkcmo]

I have sold some Cemani/Bresse crosses, but I advertised accordingly. Their color is more of a grey and the meat was splotched, some pink and some grey.

[@nancyfahey7518]

Living Traditions youtube started raising them last year. I would assume to say you'd be on a waiting list.

[@jacksnavely559]

FRENCH - OH WELL , WECOME TOO AMERICA 🇺🇸 ❤❤ GOOD VIDEO , I'VE ALREADY WENT BRAMA CROSS FOR A MEAT CROSS ON MY LAYERS 😢 , , , MAYBE SOME DAY 😊

[@ericgarcia4049]

I have a beautiful Bresse hen named Snowflake she is my favorite feathery friend

[@thefrenchgardener1865]

"Bresse" is a one syllable word....the final "e" is silent

[@country_boy_zone6b]

The e at the end is silent...bress

[@Ath33na]

Just so you know, it is a French chicken and it’s named after Bresse France. So it sounds like this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j57Ncomta7OcjNE

[@websiteformissions]

Looking forward to the book

[@ernestperez6812]

I wonder if the same diet was given to another breed would that improve the meat quality? I would say yes. I'm going to try it on my flock.

[@uprightfossil6673]

I free range my flock and always include Cornish Cross. There is no quality comparison to be made with grocery store chicken, even the so called “organic” ones. I do wait until my birds have some weight to them before butchering. 4 to 6 months in winter and 3 to 5 months in summer will give me consistently healthy 6-8 pound birds. The flavor is as different as skim milk is to cream. Same for free range eggs.

[@kylemartin832]

The meat quality aside. I'm looking at performance of this chicken and its hard to beat as a true duel purpose breed. I see in the future an American Bresse being its own breed too.

[@lizxu322]

The bresse is to chickens what champagne is to sparkling wine

[@RonGay58]

I found a hatchery in Mississippi the sells Bresse day old chicks for $4.99 each plus shipping.

[@mmassehs3251]

Who?

[@deanlongthon4963]

Moss farms I believe. Yes my choice

[@sassybdiy7565]

The breesefarm has them for $12

[@junaidmukri8950]

Which of this two is best for meat .. Bresse Or Cornish Cross chicken..

[@thehappychickencoop6460]

Well first off a true bresse is something you can only get from the Bresse region in France. But there are american bresse's. I'd say as far as affordability if you're looking to have multiple meat birds, go with Cornish Crosses

[@gshooty55]

They are two ways to look at the expense. The American Bresse while more expensive to purchase than the Cornish cross are genetically the same as the French bird and are great foragers if you give them the chance. Cornish Cross live at the feeder and will produce no eggs. Right now eggs are as important as the meat!

[@morganseaRSM]

Two very different birds. Cornish cross grow very fast, are messy, don’t necessarily thrive on pasture as normal chickens would, and are selected for massive amounts of meat on a carcass and fast growth. They also aren’t generally able to survive long enough to lay eggs, as their excessive growth leads to heart attacks and immobility if left to grow past 6-8 weeks. The Bresse chicken however is a real chicken. They lay eggs, thrive on pasture, and have a sumptuous deeply colored meat that can actually become marbled when finished properly, unlike any other chicken breed. You can have roosters and hens and actually have a self-sustaining meat supply. The Cornish cross you have to continually buy as chicks as they don’t reproduce.

[@uprightfossil6673]

Free range Cornish Cross are cheaper and very quick growers. A four month old CC will have significantly more weight than any other. As for taste, no one has ever complained. Store bought birds are pale and tasteless in comparison. Think skim milk VS cream. They will lay eggs, but I was disappointed in the size and frequency.

[@uprightfossil6673]

@@morganseaRSMyou would be hard pressed to pick out all the CC birds in my free range flock. I have a couple that think they are guineas. And nearly all are on the roosting bars at night. They also stay up later and get up earlier than most other breeds. I think it is the food motivation.

[@joesterkis1841]

Murry mcmurry hatchery sells them. About seven dollars a chick.

[@puggkcmo]

I have some of these.

[@honeytoone8610]

Do you have them only? I heard they don’t get along well with other chickens.

[@lorrainerussell6049]

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[@otracuentaperra4290]

Rhode Island Reds.......

[@20NewJourney23]

I know you are reading from a bunch of compiled info about the breed, but you even read aloud the proper pronunciation of the word Bress and then continued saying it incorrectly. That's very cringe, bro. Please learn from this and be more mindful of what you are reading for the camera. I like your channel and refer to it and your site a lot, but this really hit me hard. It makes me want to look elsewhere. The timestamp for the teaching moment is: 1:40.

[@OmegaBlueFarms]

Bresse are over rated. The perfect chicken should at least produce a marketable carcass, the Bresse does not. Do they offer value to the homestead that just wants to produce their own meat? Certainly, but there will be input costs and it will be hard to market Bresse meat to offset those input costs. Therefore, the Bresse is NOT economically sustainable. I've processed alot of Bresse over the years but have never processed a batch that was worth the food and labour that went into producing it. Bresse is reported to produce superior meat, but then is reported to need to be finished on a corn/milk diet to achieve that meat quality. That doesn't sound like pastured meat to me, it sounds like feedlot meat. Most people seek pastured chicken for the health benefits. Feedlot chicken is not healthier. France has a better alternative to the Bresse, their Label Rouge line of chickens. Label Rouge meat costs 2x conventional chicken and still has 50% of domestic whole bird market! They are really that good! These birds produce superior meat while being finished on pasture. This makes them healthier. They produce a carcass easily marketed to neighbours to help offset input costs. This makes them economically sustainable. In the US, both the Kosher Kings and the Freedom Rangers are examples of Label Rouge style chickens. A homesteader could maintain a breeding flock of either and get excellent results. Breeding culls are marketable, male and female. They are amazing layers, pretty much as good as any ISA Brown. The eggs do cost a bit more to produce because you are feeding a larger hen, but this is pennies in the bigger picture of having marketable carcasses. Even the 6-7 pound spent hens have value! Ground from thighs and breast, instapot type dishes from the wings and drums, and amazing bone broth from the remaining carcass. With Bresse, a homesteader is paying to farm. With the Label Rouge style chickens, the homesteader can get paid to farm.

[@evelynrogers7145]

You are NOT pronouncing it correctly

[@thehappychickencoop6460]

Thank you for the tip. Sorry for the mistake