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There are likely white earlobes in its ancestry. When Penedesencas don't have a good proper white earlobe, they appear pink.

With flocks of all black birds that I can't tell apart I couldn't name them even if I wanted to. Numbered/colored bandettes is for me.

Those are in Saladins initial list. Jean-Pierre, Paul-Henri, Pascal, Maximilien, Baptiste, Vinchant Anne-Laure, Marie-Elise, Jehenne, Marguerite, Perrette, Françoise, Guillemette, Gilberte, Chrétienne, Ysabeau http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/latefrench.html...

It may have to January or February cause the long range forecast isn't calling for deep freezes any time soon but this would probably be a good year for the experiment. Saladin listed some good choices in the very first post on this thread. For white eggs I can add some others not on his...

X2 on all that.

I want to do half of the roosters living in similar buildings to see if it really works.

I wouldn't worry about them in VA. Our winters are about the same as Alaskan's but summers much longer and hotter. I don't have a problem with frostbite with any of my Mediterranean hens. The roosters get burned a bit.

The breeder ration is recommended by most experienced breeders. Grower feed and layer feed is basically adequate nutrition to raise up layers and broiler or to produce eggs but inadequate for optimal fertility. I can't tell you how many thermometers and hygrometers I went through till I started...

That's a beautiful sight. I love being in the mountains when wisps of clouds climb over and fly away. IMO, the wine cooler is a great idea. I can't see much candling and I don't trust many hygrometers so I weigh for humidity and chart weights. They should lose 0.65% each day. I also don't...

I'm always optimistic about the weather. When I was in Costa Rica I visited 3 volcanos. The guards at the gates going up the mountain said it wasn't worth going because the cloud cover wouldn't allow viewing of the crater. Each time, I said I wanted to go anyway and each time the clouds parted...

I seem to recall they were a cream color. (Minorcas lay white eggs). I sold her to a friend but the last 2 eggs I got were 82 grams and 94 grams. On the same topic. I had a Welsummer that laid a very dark egg but her daughter from a Penedesenca rooster laid a normal brown egg. It just goes to...

I love Minorcas. I've only had white ones. Blacks are supposed to be bigger. Mine laid huge eggs. Crossed with Penes the offspring laid even bigger eggs. Black, white and buff. Blacks are more common. The others are extremely hard to find. I think Sandhill is the only source of Whites. Not...

If you want a bird that won't fly (unless pressed), I recommend Black Penedesencas. My rooster flock never tries to get out of a 2' fence. Other Catalonian breeds tend to respect fences too. .

Thanks to all your hard work Jason. Right. I don't recommend it either but most of my fences are 3 and 4 foot. The bachelor Penedesencas are in a 2' fence that I move around to give them different forage areas. With just a couple posts and curving other sections, it's quick to move and they...

I'm curious about tendency to be fliers and confinement for those with experience with other Spanish and Catalan breeds. I've only raised Minorcas and Black Penedesencas, but for the Penes, I can literally confine them inside a 2' high fence. The Minorcas tend not to be fliers either.

Not sure but it can stay viable for 3 weeks or more at body temperature in a hen so I would think so.

I saw that cackle hatchery has red jungle fowl and they claim their stock came from the San Diego Zoo. Just thought some might find this interesting.

I agree. Not only do they want them to have been in the APA by then, they also don't care about breeds that arrived after 1900. That leaves out a lot of great, yet rare breeds that need a lot of attention.

halleluiah to that

Others will have to speak to the empordanesa as a flyer. If they are anything like black penedesencas, they are flighty but definitely not flyers. Since converting most of my holdings to blacks I've been able to build much shorter fences. One building is primarily for brooding and young birds...