Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: are basque on the critical list for chickens?

 

[loveourbirds]

im not sure how basque are listed now. the population has picked up in the past 4 or so years. its not a great breed though, alot of leg problems and neurological (inbreeding) issues.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I dont see them http://www.livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/conservation-priority-list#Chickens

unless its under another name

 

[loveourbirds]

Euskal Oiloa is the real name, but no one recognizes it when you say it. they are beautiful birds, larger than i expected. they lay a nice brown egg and are descent layers - just expect alot of loss with them. if you raised a brooder full of just them you might suspect mereks. i would put them with raising extruded skull silkies. i bought the best 3 i could pick out of 50 or so, paid $100 a bird. i have 1 year and a half hen left for $7.50 - if that tells you my luck with them.

edited to add: here is a link to a few pictures.
http://www.hickorychickery.com/marraduna-basque-hens.html

 

[Sally Sunshine]

BRian do you ship live birds at all, I need help figuring on how when and what NOT to do or guarantee or not guarantee....

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Euskal Oiloa is the real name, but no one recognizes it when you say it. they are beautiful birds, larger than i expected. they lay a nice brown egg and are descent layers - just expect alot of loss with them. if you raised a brooder full of just them you might suspect mereks. i would put them with raising extruded skull silkies. i bought the best 3 i could pick out of 50 or so, paid $100 a bird. i have 1 year and a half hen left for $7.50 - if that tells you my luck with them.

edited to add: here is a link to a few pictures.
http://www.hickorychickery.com/marraduna-basque-hens.html

WOW other than my CCL comb is really high those roos look like him!!! are they related?

 

[loveourbirds]

i have shipped a few. try not to ship across the mississippi with eggs or chicks, for some reason they dont do well past that point. when dealing with people that far away i try to refer them to another place closer to them, if i cant find one - i will ship but not guarantee past that point. as a rule of thumb i dont ship until march, and when its cold i will put in some grow gel and a heat pack.

 

[ozexpat]

how are you looking up web names?

your joking right?

Available

SunshineBirds.com
SunshineChickens.com
SunshineAndFeathers.com
SallysHatchery.com
SassyPoultry.com

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SunshinePoultry.com
SunshineHatchery.com

 

[Sally Sunshine]

i have shipped a few. try not to ship across the mississippi with eggs or chicks, for some reason they dont do well past that point. when dealing with people that far away i try to refer them to another place closer to them, if i cant find one - i will ship but not guarantee past that point. as a rule of thumb i dont ship until march, and when its cold i will put in some grow gel and a heat pack.

do you have a source for heat packs and boxes? and what sizes heat and boxes? I know nothing...

oz I am sure you have some input on this too?

 

[loveourbirds]

they do look alot alike- but the basques are bigger and lay brown eggs (red earlobes). im not sure if they autosex, i never paid that much attention to them. the CCLs are bred from barred rock, brown leghorn and araucana (i think), the basques are a sweedish breed not a hybrid cross.