Calling all Penedesencas Owners/Breeders

[nukusjeff]

Jason at Hangtown Farms was very gracious in sending me 20 eggs.

I split them into two groups and had a local hatchery($15 flat rate)


try to hatch 10 and a young lady in another town had the other 10 ($1 for each hatched egg).

Candling time the hatchery said 3 were developing something and the young lady said she had 4 that showed promise. Didn't get any good news from her though when they were due to hatch. The hatchery was able to get one egg marked "cp" to hatch, which I believe would be a crele penedesenca. My wife took a picture of it just now and so you experts can tell me if I need to give it a boy or a girl name.

 

[NCSprout]

Hello Penedesenca People.

I am just beginning to look into this breed for the dark eggs. I really don't know a lot about them, so I'm going to start diggin into this thread. I will be looking for eggs whenever they are available. Any info on traits you like/dislike or common faults to be wary of would be helpful. I look forward to learning more and getting to know you folks.

Have a great clucking day!
Ivy

 

[ronott1]

Jason at Hangtown Farms was very gracious in sending me 20 eggs.

I split them into two groups and had a local hatchery($15 flat rate)


try to hatch 10 and a young lady in another town had the other 10 ($1 for each hatched egg).

Candling time the hatchery said 3 were developing something and the young lady said she had 4 that showed promise. Didn't get any good news from her though when they were due to hatch. The hatchery was able to get one egg marked "cp" to hatch, which I believe would be a crele penedesenca. My wife took a picture of it just now and so you experts can tell me if I need to give it a boy or a girl name.

They are very hard to hatch when shipped. Even driving them from Pacerville to Woodland can lower the hatch rate.

I hope you get a breeding tiro!

 

[ronott1]

Hello Penedesenca People.

I am just beginning to look into this breed for the dark eggs. I really don't know a lot about them, so I'm going to start diggin into this thread. I will be looking for eggs whenever they are available. Any info on traits you like/dislike or common faults to be wary of would be helpful. I look forward to learning more and getting to know you folks.

Have a great clucking day!
Ivy

You will really like them--They lay amazing eggs and they are great foragers.

Legs need to be the correct color for the color type--Partridge and balck- gray to green, Crele and Wheaten white. White over the ear lobe seems to be a problem for some and of course thee points on the back that makes the crown for the Roosters.

There may be other comb problems--sprigs?

Fertility for Penes seems to go down in the winter. I think they need plenty of light to get the roosters going. Try hatching them after mid February. Our Fly Babies may not be too far from you. I hatched out 3 Partridge pullets, a wheaten pullet and a Partridge cockerel from their eggs this spring.

There are others on this thread @Hangtown Farms has Crele, White Emp and maybe Black. @ChickenCanoe might help too. Sorry for others that I might have missed.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Jeff I think he is a he . maybe get a pic in better light. the males have a grayish cast and females more nut brown,
I can send more if you want to try or wait till spring

 

[Hangtown Farms]

also I have not forgot about the website. I have been super busy and have had a lack of photos but plan on starting on it hopefully in the next 2 weeks. as i am off Thanksgiving week.

 

[nukusjeff]

Jeff I think he is a he . maybe get a pic in better light. the males have a grayish cast and females more nut brown,
I can send more if you want to try or wait till spring

My wife thinks he is a he too. He is named "Dagobert". "Pere Dagobert was a well-respected 18th century priest who is still said to be heard singing “Kyrie” while keeping a watchful eye over the city of New Orleans. Well it is either that or "Llavors" which is nuggets in Catalan.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

My wife thinks he is a he too. He is named "Dagobert". "Pere Dagobert was a well-respected 18th century priest who is still said to be heard singing “Kyrie” while keeping a watchful eye over the city of New Orleans. Well it is either that or "Llavors" which is nuggets in Catalan.

Jeff you can get more if you want or id see if Luann could spare some hen chicks and you'd have a nice flock start

 

[ronott1]

Jeff you can get more if you want or id see if Luann could spare some hen chicks and you'd have a nice flock start

I picked the bigger of the two Crele Boys I hatched from your flock to cross back to my Olive Egg laying pullets. He is looking very nice!

I will get some pictures of him this weekend.

I hope the girls like him!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I picked the bigger of the two Crele Boys I hatched from your flock to cross back to my Olive Egg laying pullets. He is looking very nice!

I will get some pictures of him this weekend.

I hope the girls like him!

Those hens seem to love the crele boys