The best chicken breed - outperforms all others
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2016
- 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 I choose. You may be surprised.
Been looking for a reliable dual-purpose breed to choose. Thanks so much for staying on topic and keeping your videos short and concise. I appreciate this very much, and have given up on some vloggers who prattle on about many unrelated topics, personal matters, focusing the camera on themselves (even when interviewing Joel S, etc.). Tack mycket!
Thanks for the info, Simeon. I haven't seen that breed win Wyoming, USA, where I live. I currently raise and breed Black's Jersey Giants, an American breed from the early 1900s, that is slow growing, but matures to approx 11 pounds for hens and 13 pounds for roosters. Good meat and pretty good egg producers, too. I always enjoy hearing about breeds and their capabilities. Thanks, again!
Does your production # include molting time?
How do they do on feed? Do you feed them regular chicken feed?
@@vidacrazy I feed regular feed. They eat a little more than standard size chickens. They're roughly the same size as Brahma chickens. I really like the breed, great layers, though not extremely broody, and excellent meat.
It is extremely important that those who are maintaining heritage breed fowl cull keeping in mind the traits that are so important, such as weight, age of maturity, high egg yields etc. Keeping good records, weighing birds and culling poor performers and using for breeding stock, only the top performing birds (according to the records they keep). Enjoyed your video. :)
Yes. The problem is that many heritage breeds have gone down in performance because this was neglected.
Swedish Homestead Yes I know that. However careful selection from knowledgeable poultry breeders (Non Hatchery)who have worked hard to keep the important qualities within their flock. I have kept heritage breed poultry for 20 yrs.
Private poultry keepers have done a very important job in preserving the heritage breeds the past few decades. Unfortunately most just multiply the breeds and lack the time and knowledge to select and breed for performance. We need more of those breeders like you.
Think if just 5% of all resources that are put into hybrids would go into breeding heritage breeds professionally, what we could accomplish. There is an organization in Germany that started to select Italian chickens for performance again after several breeds had gone down in egg production about 40 eggs / year over the past decades. They were able to increase the egg production by their efforts very quickly. We need more of those initiatives.
Hahaha the noisy chickens are hilarious! Keep up the good work. We are loving your videos and inspiration. Thanks Man!
Interesting video. I never heard of that breed. It's a shame people only want hybrids anymore. We need to raise more heritage birds. Good luck and keep the knowledge coming.
Thank you. I fell the same way.
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I want a few dozen of yours. Can you sell in U.S.A ?
There's a Bresse breeder in Mississippi.
Enjoy your videos immensely! thank you
Thank you for the introduction to the Bresse Galouise!
Interesting and informative, as per usual. You explain in such a way as a person never involved with poultry we understand the message you are trying to get across.
Mike
Bless you and your wonderful right thinking!
I was raised on a farm in Arkansas here in The States. My mother raised chickens. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH BEAUTIFUL ROOSTERS and Hens. You know when they are healthy by the color of their combs. Bright Red Comb means Healthy, pale pinkish means they are missing something in their diet. You are an awesome Homesteader.
I am very much enjoying your videos.. i am fascinated by your Highland cattle and am now researching your Bresse chickens.. Thanks for the info!
Another excellent video production Simeon. While I don't have much interest in chickens other than to eat them, it occured to me as I watched this that your wife has done quite a good job of teaching you english. Your vocabulary , sentence structure, accents and pronunciation are better than many people I've encountered that were raised with english as their only language.
You get another thumbs up simply for your skill in presenting entertaining and informative videos.
Greetings from Canada.
Haha. That great. Thank you.
mini (english) lesson: you include an "s" after "that" to abbreviate
that is great... proper english... slang or abbreviated-> thats Great :o)
Bresse gauloise is the full name of this breed. I am from Bulgaria, here I've seen 3 colours of this beautiful breed - white, black and blue. I have had the white and the blue version, but the blues weren't that good as the whites so right now I am having only the white. BUT, if you want to get the best dual purposed breed, you should try the White Plymouthrock - not the exhibition type, but the productive type! They are the mothers of the cornish crosses or also known as broilers! For me, the best chicken breed! If you can find real productive White Plymouthrocks - give them a try, I am sure that you are going to like them! Keep going and all the best from Bulgaria :)
Thank you. I will check into that. I have heard that the White Rocks are not very hardy though.
Bresse gauloise is a brand name and not really the name of the breed. They are not allowed to be called that outside of the are in France that they are raised in. We call them Les Bleues.
Here in Bulgaria we call them just Bresse. We pronounce it - "Breze". I am not so big specialist of that breed but I am trying :)
Dimitrofv BG
Hi I am moving to Bulgaria near to polski tram besh do you know where I can purchase bresse chickens in Bulgaria many thanks will
Even my puppy likes watching your videos. She comes running to watch what animals ull have when she hears your opening theam song🤗😉
Thanks for the info bro. That would be my first choice of chicken breeds someday. Keep making video love your farm
thanks for the video...keep up the good work that you are doing here ... thanks for the information again.
Very interesting! Here... I would compare what you have (kinda) to a White Rock-very hardy and old school dual purpose for here. Enjoying your vids! ~ Patara
Thanks. Glad you like them.
I am raising Barbezieux in my program and I'm sold on them. My pullets are laying at 5 months. 100% fed on compost piles. Strongest breed I've ever raised. Grow fast.
Oh my goodness patara wrote on your channel :) You are my inspiration Patara. God bless you and your beautiful family and homestead.
Growing mushroom
Simeon I just ordered some American Bresse today from GreenFire Farms. They'll be here on the 24th. I was so excited I went out and cleaned the chicken coop and brooder and re-mulched them both, put the chickies waterer and feeder into the dishwasher to disinfect them, and got their first bag of chick starter crumble ready. I put some DE into the feed as suggested by Becky's Homestead and Appalachia's Homestead with Patara. I wonder how much of a market there will be for chicks here in my area? I'm in North Mississippi just south of Memphis Metro area. Thanks for posting on these Simeon!
As a hobby cook I can confirm their meat is exceptionally tender and tasty. Very expensive though. Here in The Netherlands the original ones go for around 25 Euro's per KG. I look forward to seeing how this project will develop for you Simeon. Allez les bleus! 😂
Thanks. Yes they are expensive.
Found you thanks to white house on the hill thanks for such a teaching moment with such beautiful breed I had never seen before !
I raise and process hundreds of Cornish cross every year at my Cosmo Farm in NC but will give these a try. I found a breeder in SE US so will get some breeder stock to get my flock going. Thanks for introducing them to me.
You are so awesome and I am learning so much from you. Thank you Simeon. Diane from USA
Thanks.
Very informative video Simeon, there really is a lot to it, I had no idea!
Glad you found it helpful.
All great choices but I love my silver laced Wyandottes ... I live in Iowa in US and it gets cold here like last night it was -12 f with a wind chill of -30 and some of my hens slept outta the coop for what ever reason... so like it others don't. Our chickens free range very well but I do supplement feeding this time of year . I provide no heat only fresh fluffy straw I a coop that's pretty wind proof .they produce xx large eggs and plenty of them even when it's this cold. They produce eggs at 14-16 weeks and are 4 pounds at 10-11 weeks. That's my magic number 4-5 lbs or our family. But they are the healthiest birds to date. I haven't tried the breese but I can't imagine I'd give up a week or two of eggs in trade for the beauty of our chickens ! They're just so pleasing to look at . Free range well and they're a big strong bird. The roosters are how ever aggressive with their ladies. But my son has managed to survive since he was 4 in with the roosters. Seen many fights with empty egg basket and my son has won over the roosters now ! My son goes in to collect eggs roosters run out lol. But that's my pick for my birds on our homestead.
Keep up the fine work! And God blessings to you and yours!
Steve
Thank you for the info.
God bless you too.
Very informative. Thank you... I didn't know the Brest Gauloise.... Very nice chicken.... Roosters are very handsome and proud birds and the hens sure like talking or should I say cackling... :)
Does anyone have these in America? I’d love to give them a try
Those are some awesome looking chickens! Wow!
My cat really enjoyed watching your chickens .
Haha. That's funny. Did she attack the screen?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I didn't know much about breeds of chicken. Very informative and interesting.
Glad you liked it.
I am watching this three years later.. Do you still feel this way? I just found our channel, such great work!
He later switched to hybrids: ua-cam.com/video/V3yTKzaqHoc/v-deo.html
He likes bresse more. Only ordered hybrid just because they're available
Another GREAT intro!
Im dying at the opening 😂😂
Terrific video. I quite like this channel
Thank you for the introduction to this breed.
Excellent information, Thank you!!
Thanks for the great info.
Your English is amazing, and I'm totally with you in regards to this Breed.
Good looking ABC birds. I raise and breed them and yours look awesome! I’m picky on my breeding stock.
I would be interested in an updated video on this subject. Have you tried any other breeds since this? Is Bresse still your favorite?
My favorite breed so far. From the time they hatch they are placid and friendly. I don't care to eat my chickens but these beauties are terrific layers too.
They want to travel the world also. Good video loved your country when I visited.
Thank you! Great video! I, too, have been looking to find a great dual purpose chicken. I will check out the American Bresse. It will be great to have a chicken where you can raise your own chicks to be self-sustaining...I understand the Cornish Cross are bred in a certain way that you can not raise your own chicks. I am really excited about what you have shared today...Thank you!
Thank you. In theory you can get chicks from the cornish cross but they will not have the same fast growth and characteristics as the parents. A full grown broiler will also be so heavy that the hens will suffer under the weight of the roosters.
Congratulations. Job well done I love chicken tv or television. Please do more vlogs with your chicken s.
Thanks for the info. God bless!
Are favorites are the Barred Rock and Black Australorp, so far. We will have to try to find this breed. thank you
Do you still feel the same way about this breed?
Dankeschön für die schönen Bilder und Videos 👋😃
Always good stuff.
They look like the Chantecler chickens from here in Canada. Love your videos
Very good video, I will check for others.
you are a true champion of the farming world you have great foresight into the future long may you continue this,i am very impressed with your caring manner with the animals you keep full marks to you and your family, have a great christmas and a very productive and prosperous new year
Thanks Tony. The same to you.
Very Informative video
Thank you very much! I had not even considered this breed now I'm going to have a flock
You sold me on the Bresse. Hard to find here in US. Greenfire still sells at $29 per chick. Found a good source for hatching eggs. One other source for chicks told me they ramped for 3 times the production over 2016 and are sold out for 2017.
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS... hope to get a small flock of 10 hens and 2/4 roos (from two lines) for next spring between chicks and hatching eggs. Thanks for great video and details!!
Would love to see an update video on these.
Goood vid mate.
I've been slowly researching chicken breeds for a homestead I should have by no later than May 1st 2019. What you're saying makes a huge amount of sense. I live in UpState NY and the Winters can be brutal some years ... how would these chickens do in my area ... do they eat fodder well??? Assuming good diet, what is their average egg production over an 18 months production period???
Likely little interest but I have covered my blue-footed SASSO Naked-Neck hens with American Bresse cock birds and thus far, the meat quality, egg production and egg weights have been thrilling!! Can hardly wait to cross the new pullets back to the original Bresse sires.
Excellent presentation on this dual purpose breed. We will check on availability here in the Northeastern USA. Thanks.
Interesting video
I might try these but I still like buff orpingtons because I like a tame, dual-purpose chicken, that goes broody often, can forage readily when released from the coop. I can breed back in the egg production rates that I want and it doesn't take long.
Definitely buying some bresse chickens. Thanks! :)
Thank You
if egg color doesn't matter... Leghorns, my leghorns laid more eggs than all the hybrids I had, but they loved to escape.
I love different color eggs I have americana's they lay blue greenish eggs best layers better than a Rhode Island
They all taste same whatever color they have.
Really Escape? Is Laying most Eggs meant loosing Weight Baggages?
@edward keenan do you mean easter eggers or real amearucanas,
My leghorns are awesome
Awesome information...I have found them here in the USA. Thank you 🙏
Denise D Rivers
May I know where you got it and is that the same name for this breed in USA
I have been trying the bresse. I am not as happy with them as you are. They have to much comb and wattle for where I am in Canada, to prone to frost bite. My favourite dual purpose is the dark cornish. The disadvantage for them is their slow growth. I have been playing with crosses between the bresse and dark cornish. So far I am happy with this and will be playing with it more in the future.
I haven't been able to find Bresse chickens anywhere in Canada. Where did you get yours? Also, are you sure it was actually the dark Cornish breed you've been raising & crossing. It's surprising that you had good luck with them as dual purpose birds since they're usually strictly meat birds. They're usually poor layers, at least that's what I've been told by people who've raised them. Please let me know where you got your Bresse chickens because I'd love to try them.
I got them from a guy on the bc coast. I will have to try and find the name. The dark cornish are not the greatest layer but the ones I have lay quite well, probably 220 eggs a year. They also lay well in the winter. They are very calm disposition as well. The latest ones I got came from Murray McMurray hatchery in the states.
Thank You, if you can find his name, I'd be very grateful. I've tried many breeds over the past 20+ breeds but I've settled on Barred Plymouth Rocks, originally from Frey's Hatchery. They're the right combination of good layers & calm disposition to suit me. Also, I've found that the young roosters, up to 6-7 months , are absolutely delicious. In fact, even the 3 year old hens are good to eat if they're cooked slowly for a few hours.
But I'd still love to try raising some Bresse chickens because I've heard so many good things about them.
Check out the site, alberta chickens etc. I have seen a few ads on there for Bresse.
Greenfire farms.com
Very good...Thank you....
The one thing my state New Hampshire is famous for is the New Hampshire chicken. Your Bresses are beautiful. The 2 breeds we want to get into next are the Bresses and Marans. Hope you visit to US is going great 👍🙏✌️
We thank you for your information
can you provide a link to that information you talked about where the students did the research in Germany?
Awesome video . Trying to find some here in the us
Thanks for sharing
Good to have the chicken expert right here! Well i might get chickens but i will look into it more first. ;) I really like the bigger chickens. I was thinking about brahma, i like all the color varieties. Of couse they are mainly bred for looks. On the other hand, i really like the dwarf varieties too, because i will unlikely keep them for the meat.
I have never had Brahma. Bielefelder have a great dwarf breed. There eggs are almost as big as the big breed.
Ohh wow! Haha.
Now this video is really of interest. I raise chickens for eggs and all have not been 100 successful in producing eggs. I am still watching and learning about the breed you are talking about..
Good info.
Fine, clean looking chicks!
They are sort of like the pearl white leghorn. I really like them. The roosters make good meat and father's for free range. Subscribed ☺
I love Rose comb Rhode Island Whites. They are a distinct breed not related to Rhode Island Reds. Excerpt from Livestock Conservancy livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/riwhite "The Rhode Island White originated in 1888 through the efforts of Mr. J. Alonzo Jocoy of Peacedale, Rhode Island US. He developed the breed by crossing White Wyandottes with Partridge Cochins and Rose Comb White Leghorns. The Rhode Island White is a moderately-sized, completely white bird with the males weighing 8 1/2 lbs. and females 6 1/2 lbs. " They typically lay 240-250 eggs per year. Here in NH, our winter temps are often close to 0. The rose comb is a great benefit to the birds as frost bite is less common.
Thanks. Very interesting.
Thank you Simeon. I’m a new subscriber. You have a nice channel.. we have a coop with one rooster, a copper mararen.. not sure if that spelling he is beautiful. We had 11 hens of various kind. Esster eggers, australorps, and a few others.. One Of our chickens just dies]d and I think he killed her, because he is rough on all of them...I’ll keep trying.. Thank you..
Thank you for this video, I'm looking at raising these in East Texas this spring, I had wondered how the numbers added up, kind of what intrigued me having a good dual purpose chicken. Just hope they can handle our heat here.
How warm does it get where you live?
90's-100's during the summer. Most chickens do ok, but it does get hot.
Yeah, well I think they should be fine with shade and cool-ish water. They come from France. It get much hotter there than here.
Thanks Simeon. Another great video. All your animals look great. Cattle, Hogs, Chickens.
We tried the Cornish Cross 4 times for meat, Sexlinks for eggs.
We have been looking for something better. Will never eat cornish cross again. to many health issues.
good luck with your homestead, your a great herdsman.
You have a lot of chicken breeds, do you find that large size breeds are calmer than small size breeds? Bantam vs. Buff Orpingtons?
Generally bigger breeds are calmer. A very calm and nice breed are the Bielefelder chickens. They can get very tame. I don't have any experience with Orpington but I don't think they are among the best performing breeds.
Orpingtons are really good egg producers but grow slower and are really a tame bird
Orpingtons are considered by many as a #1 all around breed. They lay about three brown eggs per week. they are hardy and can handle the cold. Good forager, gentle, broody. Good dual purpose bird. Great video!
Is this bread hardy enough to withstand -20 & below temps in the winter? I can add a heater as long as there is power, but it has gone out up to two weeks at a time. Thanks so much for your time and info.
cute chickens
Very Interesting! I hope you'll slip in some views of Sweden and maybe some cultural aspects of living on a Swedish farm. My great grandfather had a farm on Oland. Never met him but miss him just the same.
Thanks. Öland i beautiful. We are trying to sneak in cultural aspects every now and then. Check out this video for a great cultural experience:
ua-cam.com/video/1KhoLI9PQEU/v-deo.html
Hello.
Very nice and informative. Thanks a lot. I didn't know that the Brest Gauloise/Les Bleues are THAT good. Nice to know.
Dit you have a Link to this "german studie" you talk?!? That would be great.
Thanks and keep going! Nice Vlogs and nice Homestaed(work)!!!
Greetings from Stralsund/Northeast Germany
Shalom! Hello Alex and Simeon, I really enjoy watching and learning from you all. I live in Norco, California. My children and I are new family home farmers. I would really like to bring the Bresse Chicken onto our homestead. What types of material do you use on the floor of your chicken coop? Thank you and blessings to you and yours!
Hello Simeon thank you for the informative video, I live in Bulgaria and will start the process of trying to purchase the breed Bresse Gauloise, if I can not find these chickens here in Bulgaria would you be able to point me in the right direction of purchasing either chickens or eggs depending on costs of course thanks in advance.
Simeon....really impressed by your english.....
Thanks for the informative video about this breed. Just wondering if the feeder is very inconvenient for the roosters to eat with thier comb hitting the rod.
love your videos, I live in the state of Michigan in United States. My son and his wife also farm they have a farming channel called WTFarm Girl, also very interesting. Thank you for sharing your farm life in Sweden.
Thanks for the video, I really like it. How can i order for them?
Would like to get some of these one day
wow! thanks so much
Excellent video. Where did you get your Bresse genetics from? Your birds looks more stocky than mine and would make better meat birds. What carcass weights are you getting at 12 and 16 weeks? Now I need to watch a bunch of your other videos.
We have 16 Bresse chickens here in Nova Scotia. They don't seem to like the deep snow. lol
I bet. Haven't found a chicken who likes the snow yet....
Sir Simeon, Enjoyed your most interesting intro. on the "Bresse Gauloise" chicken variety breed! When you do your future update video I would appreciate you including your thoughts on flightiness or temperament compared on a sliding scale beginning with leghorns to the most docile heavyweights, orpingtons, buffs etc?? Also egg color?? At 10:13 the eggs appear to be medium brown? Enjoy your videos! Phil S. Carolina
Thanks Phil. I will try to include that info in future videos. Thanks for the tip.
Great Video. Im from the Far east, how do i import the chicken from the USA farm? Are we allowed to shipped them by Air? whats the minimum and will it survived? Im really interested. Thank you
You would make a boat load of mun putting together a training course for camera ready chickens!!! ;-)
another great informative video but how is hens doing on inbreeding, after how many generations do you have to get "new" bloood in the flock
You should definitely get new blood after 3 generations but we do it more often. We are receiving an order from a new bloodline the beginning of December.
Hi Simeon, I've watched your video several times. Are these chickens broody is the only question I have. I am considering Orpington Chickens also Thank you!
What criteria do you have to sort birds for meat, egg production, or breeding stock?
I just read that this breed was the favorite of French King Henry IV.., been around a looong time, unfortunately not available in Australia..., we will have to settle for the Australorp, which does better in our warmer climate than most chickens. :)
Gary you can get them here in Mudgee NSW !! Check this out...
AvGen Poultry: Rare chicken breeds hobby turned business | The Weekly Times
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/agribusiness/farm-magazine/avgen-poultry-rare-chicken-breeds-hobby-turned-business/news-story/f306b15cb52424e119bdf1d1d1a8f876
Where did you get the breeding eggs from this kind of chicken? We are in Sweden but I can only find them in the Netherlands