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Not too sure, I have only started working with these but I would think in a couple of generations. I have two goals with this cross, to increase the size of the spanish and to increase the size of the ear lobe in the minorca.

Spanish typically produce some white sports and when these are bred back to the blacks will produce blue spanish. I have two white cockerels and a pullet that I will breed back to blacks this year to do that very thing. The white faced white spanish are not very striking but I would think the...

Granted that I have never worked with the Spanish before but I have been working with chickens for 41 years and just have learned over the years to see different signs at hatch. Most of these had an uneven feather pattern in the wing at hatch which is a pretty good indicator they are pullets...

Put 23 Spanish chicks in the brooder today, they look to be pullet heavy, not that I mind!

I also have WFBS and WFWS hatching out right now probably about 20 or so. Sure excited to get started in these.

Set 46 LF WF Black Spanish eggs last Thursday and candled today and 35 are fertile and growing. I have always wanted to work with this breed and it is my goal to have Spanish that will represent the breed and the Mediterranean class well. Bo

I talked to Scoots about three weeks ago and he was asking if I had any sale birds to bring to Newcastle. I told him I would have plenty and may try to bring them the third weekend in August. We made our reservations for Indy in November as soon as the hotels began accepting reservations, look...

Quote: I normally just read the Okie thread and rarely post. It moves far to fast for me to keep up with the conversation. Thinking of bringing some large cochins up to the Newcastle sale in August if the weather breaks. I have a bunch of nice ones and I need to get some off of the feed...

There are still several breeders around the country working with this very old breed. At one time some of the best could be found in North Carolina but that breeder has since retired. Hatchery Spanish can be improved by breeding to exhibition quality Black Minorcas which were referred to at...