North Star Farms Hatching Eggs — Clean, Fresh, Ready to Set
These are the same beautiful eggs that are hatched at North Star Farms. They’re fresh (less than 24 hours old) when collected and clean—but not washed to keep the natural protective bloom.
How to Handle Your Eggs
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Let them rest: When your box arrives, place eggs pointy end down (large end up) in a carton and leave them still for 24 hours before putting them in the incubator.
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Be gentle: Turn slowly if needed. Don’t shake. Keep out of direct sun and cold drafts.
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Do not wash: Washing removes the natural coating that helps keep germs out.
Incubation Settings (What North Star Farms Uses)
Farm Tip (Optional)
North Star Farms has had great results adding a small amount of household 3% hydrogen peroxide to the water trays:
After They Hatch
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Move chicks to a warm, dry, paper-lined brooder about 6–12 hours after hatch.
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Scatter starter feed so they learn to peck.
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Offer fresh water right away.
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Start chick grit on day 3 if you give treats.
How North Star Farms Packs & Ships
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Eggs are packed small end down, well padded, and snug.
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They have extensive shipping experience, but shipping can still be rough.
Important Policy (Please Read)
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Hatch rates can’t be guaranteed.
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All sales are final. No refunds or replacements.
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By purchasing, you accept all risk, including shipping (boxes can be dropped or air sacs may detach, even with careful packing).
What you’re getting
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Names: American Bresse, White American Bresse, and Gauloise are the same U.S. type—descended from France’s Bresse Gauloise (the protected French name can’t be used here).
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Source: These birds come from North Star Farms, which has kept a closed, meat-focused line for 8+ years, originally descended from the first Greenfire Farms import (later imports were mixed by others).
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Selection goals: hens that lay 5–6 eggs/week and table birds that finish around a 5 lb carcass at 22–23 weeks after a 2-week milk-soaked feed finish. Typical growth target: cockerels ~5 lb live at 16 weeks.
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Type & look: bred toward the commercial/meat type—stockier, wide-bodied, heavier legs/thighs—while preserving classic Bresse eating quality (not a Cornish-cross replacement).
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Flavor & texture: different from Cornish/CX/Rangers—tender, lightly marbled when finished, lighter bones, firm but fine texture. Excellent eating at 8–12 weeks; by ~22 weeks cocks are full, with buttery fat and crisp skin—great roasted, grilled, air-fried, canned, or in soups.
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Eggs: mostly cream to light peach, often large to jumbo, sometimes speckled.
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Color groupings: same genetics sorted at hatch by down color—Abigail (very white fuzz, dark blue adult legs), Gem (warmer/yellow cast, lighter legs), Daniel (legacy red-dusting/leg throwbacks; typically sold for meat or non-color homes).
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Label: Offered under North Star Gauloise®, their trademark, to distinguish these birds from the broad “white American Bresse” label used elsewhere.
No Hatch Guarantee
Fertile hatching eggs are sold without a hatch-rate guarantee and are purchased with the understanding that hatch results cannot be guaranteed. Hatch success depends on many factors outside our control once eggs ship, including transit conditions, handling, storage after delivery, incubator setup, and incubation practices. For this reason, we are unable to offer refunds, replacements, partial refunds, or store credits for unsuccessful hatches. Eggs are carefully packed and shipped fresh; however, any eggs damaged during shipping must be addressed through a shipping insurance claim filed directly with USPS. See the full policy here.
By purchasing fertile hatching eggs, you acknowledge that hatch results are not guaranteed, all sales are final, and shipping damage claims must be filed directly with USPS.
