Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[naturespace]

Her head just doesn't look Basque to me.. look at the eye color, head shape, comb shape, and lack of wattles.

Plus I can't make out barring and the shade of white legs on her is unlike any I've seen before.

FWIW - My vote... not Basque.

Those are good points. There really doesn't seem to be any barring and the no wattles... I think I'm in the not Basque camp now. A better look at her comb could seal the deal.

Silly chickens. Could she be getting ready for Halloween and has a fake comb and wattle mask on?

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

She is another one, like my Rooster Seiji that jumps onto my hand, walks up my arm and stands on my shoulder. She is very friendly. I also love the pattern she has with the black spots. The other two chicks in the picture are Trader Joes Leghorns that hatched as her companions.

Bye,

How adorable! They are very sweet. My two boys I kept are a bit stand offish, but both the hens are cuddle bugs.

~ Aspen

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I have one pullet hatched the last week of March that lays 5 and 6 days straight before taking a day off. My girls from last Nov 14th and Dec 8 have slowed down but are still laying. They are starting their molt.

Both my Basques have stopped laying due to shorter days, cold weather, and molting. Before, they were my best layers. Although I haven't seen anything out lay on Olive Eggers as of yet. They'd be next on the list though.

~ Aspen

 

[doubleatraining]

My first EO are currently in the brooder with more due in a few weeks and more being set tonight.

I have a question about the barring pattern. Is it truly a barred bird that passes along the barred gene or is it something else? I'm planning on keeping an extra rooster around because if I don't there is a 100% chance something will happen to the rooster. LOL I was hoping to use the spare rooster in other fun "projects" but I need to understand how the genetics work for that.

 

[GaryDean26]

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The barring in the Marraduna Basque is the Cuckoo Barring. This is the same type of sex-linked barring found in Plymouth Rocks.

Hens can only carry one copy of the barring gene. The sex-linked barring is only located on the complete chromosome. Hen have a complete chromosome that carries all the genes in the make-up of the chicken genome and an incomplete chromosome that lack all the sex-linked genes. Roosters have two complete chromosomes so they can carry one or two copies of the sex-linked genes.

The Marraduna cockerels should have two copies of the barring gene. If they only have one copy of the barring gene they will not breed true and half of the pullets from them will be non-barred. Half of the cockerels will have the correct double barring and half will be single barred.

The above is assuming that you breed to a barred hen. If you keep an extra rooster and breed it to not barred hens of another breed, then all the hens and cockerels will get a single dosage of barring from the Marraduna dad but no barring gene from the mom. They will all be barred, but the cockerels will not breed true.

When they use barring as a sexlink they use barred hens with not barred cockerels. The hens pass the not barring gene to their sons so they are all single barred, but the son's don't get a barring gene from the father. The pullets don't get the barring gene either and so they are non barred. That way all the single barred offspring will be males and all the non-barred will be females.

I hope this makes sense. If you have more questions there are plenty of people here who can clarify on this topic.

 

[doubleatraining]

Perfect! Thank you! That is exactly what I needed to know. Right now I make Sex Links using delaware hens and solid roosters. I'd like to fiddle around with the EO's breeding and see what other fun barred projects I can make.

Of course I'll need y'all to help me pick out the best roosters to keep. LOL But it will be a few months before that happens.

 

[1muttsfan]

Took some pictures 2 days ago while working on new nest boxes - let the chickens out to wander while I was out there (there is a little black fox hanging around the neighborhood so no unattended free time!)

Big Fella, what a camera hog he is too


Showing off his other side


Boy # 2 - more traditionally colored


And a few of the girls running around

 

[Monkeymaster]

Hello, do you have any hens that your looking to sell or trade for a couple roosters? I have someone that has some for sell that im looking into getting but all they have is roosters.

 

[naturespace]

Took some pictures 2 days ago while working on new nest boxes - let the chickens out to wander while I was out there (there is a little black fox hanging around the neighborhood so no unattended free time!)

Boy # 2 - more traditionally colored

This boy looks nice. He is a little light in color, but very handsome. I would use him for breeding. Is he big too?
Your girls look nice too.

 

[ChestnutRidge]

This boy looks nice. He is a little light in color, but very handsome. I would use him for breeding. Is he big too?
Your girls look nice too.

Agreed. I like #2! He does have the classic look. I also like #1's stance. I'm guessing he's the dominant guy?