Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[ronott1]

Hi guys! Haven't been on in a while but wanted to say hi and show you my little flock! My boyfriend's mom came up to help (he broke his leg an had two surgeries last week) so I had a chance to snap a few pictures. Here are some of my 7 1/2 week old Marraduna Basques and Pita Pintas.

I'm glad to hear everyone is doing well! It's awesome to see such love for this Spanish breed!

- Megan

It is great to have you back!

The Basque look great and I love the Pita Pintas.

I hope Johnny's leg heals fast and straight!

Ron

 

[buckabucka]

The Pita Pintas are pretty. What kind (color) of egg do they lay?

 

[naturespace]

Nice photos. Hope Johnny is healing well. Good excuse to just hang out thou.

I hope to have some photos of new basque and half basque babies next week. My girl is sitting on 7 eggs that are due on the 25th.

 

[ronott1]

The Pita Pintas are pretty. What kind (color) of egg do they lay?

The eggs were tinted off white to white.

Ron

 

[lawatt]

It is great to have you back!

The Basque look great and I love the Pita Pintas.

I hope Johnny's leg heals fast and straight!

Ron

ditto!! megan, your birds are GORGEOUS!! i wish i was going to end up with more than just one!
laura

 

[1muttsfan]

Very nice Meg, they make me nostalgic for mine when they were babies

 

[buckabucka]

How'd you get Pita Pintas? I cannot find any real info on them.

 

[SusanC]

Ugh! Not fair. You guys are brooding babies outside and I am getting ready to close everyone in for winter. I have pullets starting to lay as well ( my fourth generation here!) and need to start picking out who I will use for breeding this upcoming year. I start breeding season early - in December. I figure if the birds have to be cooped up (lol) I might as well do it then. By April or may, I am pretty much done so everyone can free range. I have to choose from about 80 pullets and hens this year. It can be daunting picking a few select birds! The rest get to be layers. This is the first year I don't think I will use my foundation roo. One of his is looking like he will be fit for the job. I am quite happy with him. "Sparkle" , my main roo and named by my daughter (sigh) will still get to lead a layer group though. I am very fond of him!

 

[FROMWHITEDOGHILL]

Susan......Hi....Do you seperate your EO's by color or how do you select? I mean I know by the correct body type and comb and leg color? The more I learn about EO's the more I want to keep a genitically diverse group I think....I would like to play with some colors but I think it is cool having all the genitic stuff the Spanish put in there in the first place. I suppose that Dr. put all those things in there for a reason....not just a shot in the dark! I love the Pics of all the varieties.......although.......I'm still not keen on the Naked Necks yet!!! I wish I was in Canada...I would gladly help you get rid of all those culls!! You know what they say..."One man's trash is another mans treasure..." Be sure to show us the Pics of what you decided on......PS..you may just be lucky...it was 93 degrees here today....too hot.................

 

[SusanC]

Hey FWDH. I keep my maradunnas separate from my Gorrias. I had a few Zilarra pop up this year too, but don't have enough energy or room for a third colour, so I let them go. Those are the three colours we seem to have to works with- Beltza hasn't shown up and I"m not sorry naked neck hasn't either lol. Gorria lack the barring of the Maradunnas so it's best not to mix the two. Not sure I will even work on the Gorria this year to be honest. Busy with kids and family, but will keep them just in case I change my mind. I have also started with Roy Crawford's Hungarian Yellows, so we will see how much I can get done.