So sad. I tried to get American Bresse Chickens with the money my mom left me when she passed away and cant find birds or eggs anywhere. I got this Christmas Card that was planned by my mom to be sent in July after she passed away that said In remembrance of mom. Merry Christmas in July. My mom loved my chickens so I thought I would start a flock with the a few hundred dollars and could not find eggs to hatch out. Maybe next year.
the majority of our birds are free ranged with the exception of the ones selected for the breeding program. also roosters that need to be thinned out, we keep them separated and raise them for farm-to-table feeding them cereal and milk.
I like your cattle panel coop. I use cattle panels for fencing, but seems a waste to me to use as a coop due to price, I just use cheap welded wire and 1/2 PVC in an arch to achieve that effect. But, you having so many Bresse chickens probably means you don't operate on a tight budget like me! I had 1 bresse rooster I got from someone and it was the devil incarnate, guess it just depends on the environment and particular bird.
technically, they all originate from the same farm. inbreeding is just one way of creating and maintaining a strain (for instance, to rescue and conserve an endangered species). it becomes a problem with indiscriminate breeding practices. i.e., yard breeding with no selective breeding process and breeding siblings generation after generation after generation. there's a time and place for everything.
sounds like you are just getting started. To do an introduction video when you are in your own introduction to breeding is so common on YT but you should know what you are doing before you even approach making an introduction video sir. not one mention about selection or breeding standard lol. not even an explanation about what spiral breeding is. not one mention of the other various breeding methods and why you chose the spiral method. it takes a bare minimum of 100 birds to do ANY kind of real breeding. most real breeders say something like you will find 1 or 2 nice roosters and maybe 8 more semi good ones out of 100. it takes 1000 birds to find a great/excellent bird. dude.....
So sad. I tried to get American Bresse Chickens with the money my mom left me when she passed away and cant find birds or eggs anywhere. I got this Christmas Card that was planned by my mom to be sent in July after she passed away that said In remembrance of mom. Merry Christmas in July. My mom loved my chickens so I thought I would start a flock with the a few hundred dollars and could not find eggs to hatch out. Maybe next year.
Where are you located ?
Nice Chicken cover.
What did you anchor that long hoop coop to?
A half inch piece of re bar though a 4x4 post on the ground stay tuned hoop coop video coming soon
Can they survive in 40° centigrade climate conditions (in Indian weather)?
do u let them free range ?
the majority of our birds are free ranged with the exception of the ones selected for the breeding program. also roosters that need to be thinned out, we keep them separated and raise them for farm-to-table feeding them cereal and milk.
I like your cattle panel coop. I use cattle panels for fencing, but seems a waste to me to use as a coop due to price, I just use cheap welded wire and 1/2 PVC in an arch to achieve that effect. But, you having so many Bresse chickens probably means you don't operate on a tight budget like me! I had 1 bresse rooster I got from someone and it was the devil incarnate, guess it just depends on the environment and particular bird.
Cattle panel has the strength and rigidity that really helped with building the laying boxes for me video coming soon on the build
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I heard inbreeding is a big problem with the Bresse chicken and its best to get the chickens from different breeders to breed.
technically, they all originate from the same farm. inbreeding is just one way of creating and maintaining a strain (for instance, to rescue and conserve an endangered species). it becomes a problem with indiscriminate breeding practices. i.e., yard breeding with no selective breeding process and breeding siblings generation after generation after generation. there's a time and place for everything.
@@themisfarms5065 great info, good to know!!
sounds like you are just getting started. To do an introduction video when you are in your own introduction to breeding is so common on YT but you should know what you are doing before you even approach making an introduction video sir.
not one mention about selection or breeding standard lol.
not even an explanation about what spiral breeding is. not one mention of the other various breeding methods and why you chose the spiral method.
it takes a bare minimum of 100 birds to do ANY kind of real breeding. most real breeders say something like you will find 1 or 2 nice roosters and maybe 8 more semi good ones out of 100. it takes 1000 birds to find a great/excellent bird.
dude.....
steve thanks for the helpful tips we cover that in the following video