The Pita Pinta Asturiana

[ronott1]

Does anybody have Pinta Roxa Asturian hens? Or any of the other varieties in the US? I know greenfire has some, but wanted to know if anyone else had any as well.

Not that I know of.

Hopefully they will move out from Greenfire farms soon

 

[chickengr]

I gave my trio to a friend of mine so that she can hatch more pita pinta chicks. unfortunately even when they hatch they die at about 2 wo without any reason. hens and roos have never had any health issue. could inbreeding cause early death?

 

[Chooks man]

I gave my trio to a friend of mine so that she can hatch more pita pinta chicks. unfortunately even when they hatch they die at about 2 wo without any reason. hens and roos have never had any health issue. could inbreeding cause early death?

yes inbreeding could part of it or just your birds shere a same lethal gene .
very easty to find out ,split the trio and mate them to a different birds to test them ,hatch few chicks from each bird and see what the result will be ,if the chicks will survive or not .
the problem with all this old heritage poultry breed is the peoples breed them without any proper breeding program ,like you said many time .rooster + hen/hens = chicks no attention given to the quality of pairing a specific breeders .
some people order some fertile eggs for some breders ,hatch some chicks and grow them than start breeding from them . that is problem we are facing around the world now . very bad practice .
tell your friend to test mate them please .
chooks man

 

[ronott1]

My Pita Pinta Hens out in the back yard last week.

The black hen is a University of Arkansas Blue egg layer.

 

[Aria]

My Pita Pinta Hens out in the back yard last week.

The black hen is a University of Arkansas Blue egg layer.

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Your Chickens are beautful.

 

[ronott1]

Your Chickens are beautiful.

Thanks! They lay very big eggs too.

 

[chickengr]

I set 4 + 6 pita pinta eggs under 2 broodies. eggs are from the older girl and the young roo mated her more often than the older one. I hope chicks hatch and survive.

 

[elaineinspain]

I set 4 + 6 pita pinta eggs under 2 broodies. eggs are from the older girl and the young roo mated her more often than the older one. I hope chicks hatch and survive.

Keep us updated!

 

[ronott1]

I set 4 + 6 pita pinta eggs under 2 broodies. eggs are from the older girl and the young roo mated her more often than the older one. I hope chicks hatch and survive.

I hope you have a good hatch!

 

[chickengr]

I have 6 more eggs and a silkie hen started to act like broody.