Calling all Penedesencas Owners/Breeders

[dtimoth]

Good to hear another person who wants Penedesencas in Maricopa County. Someday we'll get them here, but you're right. I wouldn't risk shipping the eggs from Illinois in this heat. When I ordered mine from the same woman in May, they sat in a Phoenix postal warehouse all Memorial Day (108 degrees) and on the mail truck all the next day at about 110 degrees. The eggs were very well packed and an incredibly beautiful, dark color. I think she has good-quality eggs. None of mine hatched (new incubator error) but five of the ten were fertile. I'll likely try again late fall or early winter. There are people on this discussion threat who have eggs available as well. Let us know when/if you eventually get some.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I have some birds if you want to drive up to Norcal.

 

[Sill]

I'm on the western corner of maricopa county myself (Tonopah) and still working on trying to get a source on hatching eggs. I saw an ebay auction this week from Illinois for wheatens and partridge but there's no way in hell I dare trying to ship eggs when the 10 day forecast is slated to be over the 110s.

Yeah the heat is kind of hard on the eggs. Well fall is coming up...

Good to hear another person who wants Penedesencas in Maricopa County. Someday we'll get them here, but you're right. I wouldn't risk shipping the eggs from Illinois in this heat. When I ordered mine from the same woman in May, they sat in a Phoenix postal warehouse all Memorial Day (108 degrees) and on the mail truck all the next day at about 110 degrees. The eggs were very well packed and an incredibly beautiful, dark color. I think she has good-quality eggs. None of mine hatched (new incubator error) but five of the ten were fertile. I'll likely try again late fall or early winter. There are people on this discussion threat who have eggs available as well. Let us know when/if you eventually get some.

Hope you get your incubator fixed. That can be frustrating.

I have some birds if you want to drive up to Norcal.

I wish you weren't so far away!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Good to hear another person who wants Penedesencas in Maricopa County. Someday we'll get them here, but you're right. I wouldn't risk shipping the eggs from Illinois in this heat. When I ordered mine from the same woman in May, they sat in a Phoenix postal warehouse all Memorial Day (108 degrees) and on the mail truck all the next day at about 110 degrees. The eggs were very well packed and an incredibly beautiful, dark color. I think she has good-quality eggs. None of mine hatched (new incubator error) but five of the ten were fertile. I'll likely try again late fall or early winter. There are people on this discussion threat who have eggs available as well. Let us know when/if you eventually get some.

Does the lady in Illinois have blacks?

 

[dtimoth]

I don't think she does. In addition to partridge and wheaten Penes, she has various turkeys.

 

[dtimoth]

At least I have only seen her offer partridge and wheaten eggs for sale.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

its Jerry Pool

Does the lady in Illinois have blacks?

Its Jerry Pool
funny though when I asked him to join the club this spring he said he wasn't going to breed them anymore but has had them listed on Ebay a bunch this year

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'll have to keep looking for them. I'm down to one rooster and a 7 week old related cockerel.
I have some unrelated hens but lost all the unrelated roosters.
The rooster I have left is the best example as far as type (lobes, comb, shape, color, etc.) I just hope his offspring kick out very dark eggs. He was my youngest rooster.
One of the roosters I lost was about 2 pounds heavier but had just a little white on the lobes. I may have a pullet left from him.

 

[trinar]

chickencanoe;
Sorry to hear the loss of your roosters. Hope you keep the herd going, one of these days I am going to get near St Loui and look you up for some black pennies.
TR in AR

 

[palamino paul]

My wife just bought a bunch of the creole chicks off of one of her cousins and he had some of the eggs there and I was amazed at how dark they are wow they were darker than the black coopers