Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[Maggiesdad]

NP you're quick! you beat me to it...

 

[SusanC]

Don't discount the girls that have white legs ( or boys either) if they are otherwise good specimens. Leg colour is easy to fix! you white however, looks like a recessive white and will never show the Columbian pattern of Zillara I would keep her part of the lagers flock.

 

[SusanC]

Just looking again, did the golden pullet injure her foot to be so swollen? Pretty little girl!

 

[ChestnutRidge]

These EOs definitely have a fantastic personality! Mine are two weeks old and the difference has become obvious. In my experience, Speckled Sussexes have always been the most curious, friendly, and outgoing chicks. I have a few SS in the brooder with the EOs, and they are not even noticeable with the EOs sharing the space. The EOs climb the lump of sod, hike up our arms when we come to visit for any reason, and fly out when the lid is lifted to explore and sit up on the edge. When I go to grab them and put them back into the brooder - they just step onto my hand instead, like the cockatiel we had when I was a kid, and allow themselves to be lifted down. How funny! I've never seen that from any of the other breeds.

 

[buckabucka]

I'm hopeful that mine will become more friendly. If I am sitting there, very still, with the lid off the brooder, they will come close to me, but if I move my hand at all, everyone goes flying! Even if I am just changing the food or water, the chicks act as though a giant monster is swooping in.

I tried picking a few up each day in the first couple of days, but they squirm and chirp in desperation, so I usually give up. Every time I hatch new chicks, I swear that I am going to pick them all up each day and make them friendly, but then I never have much time. Maybe it is not too late for this hatch!

 

[1muttsfan]

I've been hand-feeding them every time I check them, and they jump up onto my hand each time.

 

[buckabucka]

Okay, I'm starting hand-feeding tomorrow!

 

[Laingcroft]

Just looking again, did the golden pullet injure her foot to be so swollen? Pretty little girl!

Nope it isn't injured or swollen either. It's some kind of optical thing from the camera/angle of leg and the band covering the inner curve - don't know why/how.

I guess I tend to cull more heavily. There is nothing remarkable about the type of the white legged hens and since they are in my layer flock, there isn't anything keeping me from pulling them into the "program" if I need to.

I'll have to check out the EO forum.

 

[buckabucka]

We really enjoyed the Basque hen recipe that ronott1 posted! I changed it up a bit by throwing everything in the pressure cooker. Used a little less pimenton, but added paprika and allepo pepper. The chicken, tomato, roasted red pepper, carrots, potatoes, onion, and paprika were all grown here (most of which came out of our freezer this time of year), so it was a real homegrown meal. Delicious.

 

[ronott1]

I am glad you liked it!

I will have to try the Pressure Cooker. I love cooking dinners in my pressure cooker--I can get food cooked much faster on work nights.

Ron

We really enjoyed the Basque hen recipe that ronott1 posted! I changed it up a bit by throwing everything in the pressure cooker. Used a little less pimenton, but added paprika and allepo pepper. The chicken, tomato, roasted red pepper, carrots, potatoes, onion, and paprika were all grown here (most of which came out of our freezer this time of year), so it was a real homegrown meal. Delicious.