Did you ever do a follow up to this? Curious how the knoll line of New Hampshires did compares to the Bresse. Would love to hear from you if you have the growth info. Feed input. Anything.
@@bedgoodheritagefarm3902 This is Weedy responding… I never got comfortable in front of the camera and all my videos were 20-30 minutes long and I was still feeling like my explanations were insufficient so I didn’t do any follow ups. We do have some growth data though. The NH grew significantly faster. At 14 weeks, cockerels dressed out with an average 6.5 lb weight. For the Bresse they averaged about 4 lbs. The Bresse were more aggressive and the NH were very lazy… almost like commercial meat hybrids. The NH put on a slightly higher percentage of breast meat while the Bresse put on a high percentage of leg meat. The Bresse had a dainty skeleton that resulted in a higher yield of meat on each carcass and thin skin that crisped well. The NH had thick bones and a heavier fat layer which resulted in rich pan sauces and great stock. I liked both and wanted to experiment with crosses but we had an unfortunate coyote attack shortly after they reached laying age. We lost 30 chickens in 2 nights and didn’t get to breed any. At the time of the attack, the Bresse were laying 5-6 eggs per day per pullet and the NH were laying 4-5 per day per pullet. For a dual purpose flock, I’d like to keep born again in the future, but next season we’ll be focusing mostly on strictly meat chickens and strictly egg layers rather than trying to do dual purpose development… we’re just too busy to do it well at the moment
Really interested in an update to see how they are doing as far as growth rate
Did you ever do a follow up to this? Curious how the knoll line of New Hampshires did compares to the Bresse. Would love to hear from you if you have the growth info. Feed input. Anything.
@@bedgoodheritagefarm3902 This is Weedy responding… I never got comfortable in front of the camera and all my videos were 20-30 minutes long and I was still feeling like my explanations were insufficient so I didn’t do any follow ups. We do have some growth data though.
The NH grew significantly faster. At 14 weeks, cockerels dressed out with an average 6.5 lb weight. For the Bresse they averaged about 4 lbs.
The Bresse were more aggressive and the NH were very lazy… almost like commercial meat hybrids.
The NH put on a slightly higher percentage of breast meat while the Bresse put on a high percentage of leg meat. The Bresse had a dainty skeleton that resulted in a higher yield of meat on each carcass and thin skin that crisped well. The NH had thick bones and a heavier fat layer which resulted in rich pan sauces and great stock.
I liked both and wanted to experiment with crosses but we had an unfortunate coyote attack shortly after they reached laying age. We lost 30 chickens in 2 nights and didn’t get to breed any. At the time of the attack, the Bresse were laying 5-6 eggs per day per pullet and the NH were laying 4-5 per day per pullet.
For a dual purpose flock, I’d like to keep born again in the future, but next season we’ll be focusing mostly on strictly meat chickens and strictly egg layers rather than trying to do dual purpose development… we’re just too busy to do it well at the moment