California - Northern

[The Yakima Kid]

Older pullet with a Basque Hen



Recently hatched chicks.



They come from the Asturia region of Spain and are also called Asturian Paints.

Pretty, pretty, and they sound practical, too.

 

[ronott1]

What do you mean when you say they have a more traditional skin? Do you mean the color? Color traditions vary by country, with North Americans preferring yellow skin, and Brits and apparently Europeans preferring white skin.

What is their temperament like? Are they flighty and human avoidant like most of the Mediterranean breeds? They look to heavy to fly, which is good where I live.

they have yellow skin that is nice for roasting. They are calm and tame. Alert and often chatty, especially the cockerel. They are not like most Mediterranean breeds.

Pretty, pretty, and they sound practical, too.

I am very impressed by them.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

they have yellow skin that is nice for roasting. They are calm and tame. Alert and often chatty, especially the cockerel. They are not like most Mediterranean breeds.
I am very impressed by them.

Where would one find some?

 

[ronott1]

Where would one find some?

@Meg2000000 has them now. @PetRock may have them next Spring to Summer.

 

[lawatt]

hi all! i'm flying east to NY for a week at my sister's house, leaving early tomorrow morning, and have been scrambling to get everything taken care of and ready for the house/cat/chicken-sitters -- wildness!

hope everyone has a wonderful holiday week!
laura

 

[ronott1]

hi all! i'm flying east to NY for a week at my sister's house, leaving early tomorrow morning, and have been scrambling to get everything taken care of and ready for the house/cat/chicken-sitters -- wildness!

hope everyone has a wonderful holiday week!
laura

Have a great trip and

Happy Holidays!

 

[chiqita]

What do you mean when you say they have a more traditional skin? Do you mean the color? Color traditions vary by country, with North Americans preferring yellow skin, and Brits and apparently Europeans preferring white skin.

What is their temperament like? Are they flighty and human avoidant like most of the Mediterranean breeds? They look to heavy to fly, which is good where I live.

Breese have a thick skin. You have to be more aware of how you are cooking it for it to turn out delicious. It is traditionally cooked in ways that don't set the skin off.
But the are amazingly tasty! And surprisingly friendly.
Pina pitas are a Spanish gourmet chicken. I don't have them but they seem like I have great stories.

They(pp's) are rare in other areas meg is one of the only breeders in the country.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

hi all! i'm flying east to NY for a week at my sister's house, leaving early tomorrow morning, and have been scrambling to get everything taken care of and ready for the house/cat/chicken-sitters -- wildness!

hope everyone has a wonderful holiday week!
laura

are you going through Iowa or Pennsylvania by chance

I am trying to get some black penedesenca eggs out here by the new year

 

[tommysgirl]

In news from my coops today...The 2013 girls went 7 for 7 for the first time ever and Hattie layed her first egg!! That's it on top! It is way pointier than it looks in the pic and a really nice size. It is as big as Rue's and she has been laying for about 2 months. Icelandics rock the food conversion thing.

Tried to snap a good pic of my last...knock wood...molter, Buckbeak. I am happy she is molting because her shoulders have been bare since last winter. When I got her the apron that covered her wingtops she hated it and could only walk backward so I took it off of her. She is getting a lovely fresh crop of feathers and her nekked regions are getting covered but in the mean time she looks like the moths have been at her.



She was like a celebrity hiding her face and I couldn't get a clear shot. But, you get the drift. She is an Australorp and my other AL girl is about ready to kick her 8 week olds to the curb. I imagine they will both be laying again in January.

Between the heat and broodiness and molting I haven't had both of them laying since June but wen they are they are pretty much daily layers.

 

[chiqita]

Egg home run!! Nice.