Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[Meg2000000]

Thanks guys! Johnny's leg is healing slowly but surely.. And let's hope it's straight! Haha

Laura - my older girls will be laying soon so if you want more I think I can help you out!

Bucka - They lay a light brown-whitish egg. They are beautiful birds with amazing temperament. They, like the Basques, are a Spanish breed. They are similar to the Marraduna Basques in temperate, egg production and hardiness. They are a dual purpose breed as well. Every single one of the Pita Pintas will hop up on anyone sitting down and take a nap! Lol There is very little information on them out there. Like the Basques, most info is in Spanish. We want to share both of our breeds with everyone here!!

 

[FROMWHITEDOGHILL]

Susan...Hey thanks. Did the Gorria and Zilarra chicks just come out or did you have to selectivatley breed for them??? I can't imagine looking at 80 hens/pullets and trying to decide anything...I bet after about 20 or 30....they all start to look alike!!! LOL. How many breeders are you going to try to keep? It is frustrating to me that you all are so close and yet because of "Boarders" you are so far away! If i got caught with illegal drugs crossing the boarder, they would probably slap my hand....but if I got caught with a chicken...God forbid...I would probably go my butt to jail....what a deal

 

[Cydney83]

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.................

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.

I would love the naked necks! I have the two Basque, but give them up in a heart beat for NN! Does anyone have them in the states?

 

[lawatt]

Thanks guys! Johnny's leg is healing slowly but surely.. And let's hope it's straight! Haha
Laura - my older girls will be laying soon so if you want more I think I can help you out!
Bucka - They lay a light brown-whitish egg. They are beautiful birds with amazing temperament. They, like the Basques, are a Spanish breed. They are similar to the Marraduna Basques in temperate, egg production and hardiness. They are a dual purpose breed as well. Every single one of the Pita Pintas will hop up on anyone sitting down and take a nap! Lol There is very little information on them out there. Like the Basques, most info is in Spanish. We want to share both of our breeds with everyone here!!

megan, i will totally take you up on that...

 

[buckabucka]

Thanks guys! Johnny's leg is healing slowly but surely.. And let's hope it's straight! Haha

Laura - my older girls will be laying soon so if you want more I think I can help you out!

Bucka - They lay a light brown-whitish egg. They are beautiful birds with amazing temperament. They, like the Basques, are a Spanish breed. They are similar to the Marraduna Basques in temperate, egg production and hardiness. They are a dual purpose breed as well. Every single one of the Pita Pintas will hop up on anyone sitting down and take a nap! Lol There is very little information on them out there. Like the Basques, most info is in Spanish. We want to share both of our breeds with everyone here!!

Well feel free to share them over here! . Do you think they would do okay in a Maine winter? It's mostly the combs I worry about.

Glad to hear that Johnny's leg is on the mend.

 

[buckabucka]

I would love to see a photo of a Hungarian yellow

 

[FROMWHITEDOGHILL]

Bucka...just Google them...they are there. It sounds like they are REAL rare.....maybe just a few in Canada and even fewer in Hungry. Maybe Susan will take this on and I bet those numbers can be changed.......I wish someone that has alot of EO's would take on the project of bringing back the Blonde Basque. If they were once there....maybe they still are. It will probably just take lots of hatching to find and refine it..........are the Fall mornings in Maine getting beautiful??

 

[GaryDean26]

.......I wish someone that has alot of EO's would take on the project of bringing back the Blonde Basque. If they were once there....maybe they still are. It will probably just take lots of hatching to find and refine it..........are the Fall mornings in Maine getting beautiful??

I think 3RiversChick did a lot of research on the Llodiana or Rubio Alavesa which is the "Blonde" breed of Basque Chicken that was recently recovered in Spain. I have found her searching and discussing it in several forums so it looked like she really had a fire under her to breed that color. I think she abandoned the idea because she learned the Llodiana is NOT a variety of the Euskal Oiloa, but rather another breed of chickens that originated in the Basque region of Spain.

I am not clear on the history of the Rubio Alavesa, but think I saw mention of it being created from village flocks in coastal regions of the Alaba Provence.

I know Campos & Orozco worked with the EO's in the 70's to create the five EO varieties (which did NOT include Llodiana). Does anyone know what regions the EO's they worked with came from or what relation the EO's might have with the "lost" Rubio Alavesa?

It looks like the "recovered" Llodianas in Spain were selected largely from EO's. It is not clear to me if they used other breeds to recreate the Llodiana Breed (but am guessing they did). The two guys in Spain that have had so much press for recovering the Rubio Alavesa have only been working on the Llodiana breed for 2 years, have 30 birds in their flock, and say they don't know if they will breed true.

 

[Flat Rock farm]

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

Lovely EO's there Megan and I have never heard of Pita Pintas before. I love Black and White chickens, something about them

. I see you a few cockerels there as well

 

[Meg2000000]

Lovely EO's there Megan and I have never heard of Pita Pintas before.  I love Black and White chickens, something about them  .  I see you a few cockerels there as well :/

The Pita Pintas are gorgeous huh? I'm obsessed with their coloring! I have two PP Roos and three Basque Roos