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American Bresse Chickens: The old but new, triple-purpose Chicken: Copious eggs, rapid growth to meat harvest, and incredible fat-marbled flavor....
American Bresse in North America.
'American' includes Canada...About American Bresse, etc.
American Bresse Chickens
A very new breed in North America, but very old in France. This is an overview of the American Bresse breed, plus descriptions, photos, chicks, eggs, and links to additional detail.
French Bresse Chicken
The French Bresse Chicken: Brief history of the development of the ancient French Bresse breed of chicken, and how it made its way to America.
Blue Foot Chicken
Blue Foot Chickens: The history of an attempt to recreate the glorious French Bresse chicken in order to fill a gourmet niche in North America.
Cornish Cross Chickens
The only chicken sold in supermarkets and restaurants: What they are, and how they compare to heritage bred-to-standard chickens like American Bresse.
For Sale
American Bresse Chicken Breeders
American Bresse Chicken Breeders: List of breeders of American Bresse chickens in the USA and Canada, including photos, descriptions, and contact information.
American Bresse Chickens for Sale
American Bresse Chickens for Sale Classified Ads: Find American Bresse owners and breeders near you, plus list your want-to-buy-American-Bresse ad here.
Husbandry
Chicken Grit
Inexpensive chicken grit - necessary for overall chicken health, also increases farm profitability.
Finishing before Processing
The concept of finishing is as new to the North American poultry world as the American Bresse breed of chicken is (since 2011). As American Bresse gain in popularity, the questions about finishing continue to mount. Ambresse.com helps answer the questions.
Finishing American Bresse Chickens
Finishing American Bresse Chickens: What is finishing, how to finish American Bresse, plus all the conditions for finishing, including feeding, housing, lighting, and more.
American Bresse Finishing FAQs
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about finishing. Why finish? Advantages of finishing American Bresse Chickens and answers to other common or pressing finishing questions.
French Bresse Finishing
Finishing in North America is based upon French finishing practices. This page outlines our understanding regarding French methods of raising poulet de Bresse, starting nearly from birth and ending at processing, including finishing, of course.
Is Fat Bad For You
Finishing American Bresse Chickens adds fat to the chicken meat. Is this bad for human health? There is considerably more to the story than fat-is-bad.
Grand Finale Feed Recipe
Give your American Bresse meat chickens a grand finale! Ambresse Acres created an effective recipe which you can use to produce gourmet poultry. Available as an electronic PDF and as a physical card.
Grand Finale Finish Feed
Quick and easy dry-ingredient feed mix (just add water) is the final feed before processing. For finished, fat-marbled, gourmet American Bresse poultry. Available from Ambresse.com in 2-pound packages, enough to finish one cockerel.
Eggs
American Bresse Eggs
American Bresse Eggs - for breakfast, baking, and hatching. Check availability of fertile American Bresse hatching eggs from Ambresse Acres. For hatching eggs from other farms, see the breeder info on this website (below).
American Bresse Bounty
Waterglassing Eggs
How to waterglass your extra eggs through the spring, summer, and fall so you'll have nearly fresh eggs to eat all year long.
Schmaltz
Schmaltz, that most glorious of rendered animal fats - other than butter, of course - may be doubly flavorful when sourced from American Bresse chickens.
Cooking and Recipes
How to Cook Bresse Chickens
How to Cook Bresse Chicken, really delicious American Bresse poultry instead of run-of-the-mill store bought chicken.
Slow Roasted Bresse Chicken in White Wine Mushroom Cream Sauce
By Tammy Broadway, Holistic Chef and Board-Certified Holistic Doctor
Genetics
American Bresse Genetics Questions
Several color flaws seem to be relatively common in white American Bresse birds, depending on the source of the birds. Identify these flaws and learn how to eliminate faulty genetics in order to improve your overall flock of American Bresse chickens.
White Genes in American Bresse Chickens
Why the French Bresse breeders use the Dominant White gene in the White Bresse variety and not the Recessive White gene. By Nancy Norwood.
Black Leakage in American Bresse
Learn the genetics that allow bleed-through of black pigment into white feathers, and how to eliminate black leakage. By Kerby Jackson.
Yellowing in White American Bresse
The how and why of yellowing in white feathers. Understand the underlying genetics of feather yellowing, and discover how to minimize or eliminate this unwanted trait. By Kerby Jackson.
Kerby Jackson, Geneticist
Forty-five years in the study and practice of poultry genetics means breeders of American Bresse and other breeders learn a lot when Mr. Jackson talks genetics.
Selective Breeding
Ambresse Acres has practiced selective breeding for years; the principles work very well in improving flock quality. It also helps to have at least a cursory understanding of the genetics underlying the birds' various phenotypes. I'm not a geneticist, so I'm happy that the real experts could lend their expertise to the conversation about genetics and selective breeding.
American Bresse Standard of Perfection
Description of the current draft standard of perfection, and breeding target for the American Bresse breed.
Selective Breeding
About selective breeding: The process that is meant to aggregate desirable genetics in your American Bresse chicken flock while eliminating negative genetic traits.
The Process of Selective Breeding
Examples of decision-making for breed excellence in American Bresse Chickens.
By Mandelyn Royal.
Resistance to Disease
Resistance to Disease: Grow a healthy flock of chickens by keeping only chickens with strong immune systems and great disease resistance. By Mandelyn Royal.
American Bresse Breed Club
Ambresse.com is for now the temporary home of the American Bresse Breed Club (ABBC).
American Bresse Breed Club
When activated, the American Bresse Breed Club will become the national arm of American Bresse Chicken breeders in North America. Get Club info and news here.
Standard of Perfection
The full, draft SOP for the American Bresse Chicken breed, supporting their original unique homestead and gourmet restaurant qualities.
ABBC Selection Guide
This Breed Club Selection Guide helps you achieve target traits in your flock. Everything about a chicken is decided before the egg is ever hatched....
Mandelyn Royal: Biography
Mandelyn, American Bresse breeder since 2016, is spearheading the education and organization of the national American Bresse Breed Club.
About Us
About Ambresse Acres Poultry Homestead
The Fine Print
We have many more pages and topics to write about before we consider this website on the path to completion. We hope you will bookmark this website and check back now and again so you can stay up to date on all the happenings in the world of American Bresse Chickens!
God bless you, and thanks for stopping by. Come again soon!
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"I processed my first batch of Bresse... Today I roasted one according (somewhat) to the recipe posted on Ambresse. It was delicious! Tender, moist and succulent... So happy I chose this breed! (B.E., MN, 12/11/2024).
"Your site has the first accurate information about American Bresse chickens that I have seen in English. Thanks for your diligent work" (L. Wooton, NC, 12/17/2024).
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Photo credit: Mandelyn Royal.
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This website focuses on the American Bresse Chicken, along with other chicken-related topics. Due to the protections given by France to the Bresse breed, it is important to consistently differentiate when necessary between the Bresse chicken breed of France and North American chickens of direct French Bresse descent. For this reason, we call them American Bresse chickens, repetitively, throughout the website. You might notice that this can start to feel clunky at times. So, in order to write more fluidly, we also use a couple contracted terms to reference American Bresse chickens: “Am Bresse,” or ABC (American Bresse Chickens). Our keystrokes spell out ABC or Am Bresse, but our heads see American Bresse. We hope you will see the same.