Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[ddpbk1]

Thanks and good luck to all who are setting their eggs. I couldn't afford chicks so I'm hoping the eggs hatch.

 

[Meg2000000]

Yay Ron! Can't wait to see the babies!

 

[ashandvine]

I will have to get pics of the ones I have here and have a little critique... BRB with those... or soon.

 

[Eva2012]

I have a question:

I really like this breed and eventually will get some -- mostly because I do not own an incubator and I am learning about all this.

I found this link to EO hatching eggs on ebay and was wondering about the photos of the roosters pictured. Are those white sickle feathers acceptable or not -- in the photos pictured? I think they look very beautiful.... Just wondering.

Here is the ebay link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/15-Marradun...725?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item257d20f49d

These chickens are just beautiful and are definitely on my list to get...

 

[ronott1]

I have a question:

I really like this breed and eventually will get some -- mostly because I do not own an incubator and I am learning about all this.

I found this link to EO hatching eggs on ebay and was wondering about the photos of the roosters pictured. Are those white sickle feathers acceptable or not -- in the photos pictured? I think they look very beautiful.... Just wondering.

Here is the ebay link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/15-Marradun...725?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item257d20f49d

These chickens are just beautiful and are definitely on my list to get...

It really depends on what you want. If you want to breed to the Spanish standard(there is no US Standard now) then you do not wand the sickle feathers or the mille fluer hen. If you wand nice friendly dual purpose land race EOs then they are very nice.

The best we can do now is get what we get and then work with them to get them to a standard.

I would wait and get them from Megan20000

 

[naturespace]

I have a question:

I really like this breed and eventually will get some -- mostly because I do not own an incubator and I am learning about all this.

I found this link to EO hatching eggs on ebay and was wondering about the photos of the roosters pictured. Are those white sickle feathers acceptable or not -- in the photos pictured?  I think they look very beautiful.... Just wondering.

Here is the ebay link:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/15-Marradun...725?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item257d20f49d

These chickens are just beautiful and are definitely on my list to get...

It looks to me that there are several people selling 100% EOs that are not taking into consideration the years it can take to have a true SOP Marraduna EO. The gene pool is so small that only a few people I know of are taking the time get good breeding stock. Color is only on small part of what it means to have a good breeding flock of EOs in North America.

I would encourage people to enjoy their birds and leave breeding to those with over 100 chicks hatching per season and culling for the standard and health. Many of these birds are closely related and have issues when born like splayed legs or low hatch rates, even when they were fertile.

Just my opinion.

 

[ronott1]

It looks to me that there are several people selling 100% EOs that are not taking into consideration the years it can take to have a true SOP Marraduna EO. The gene pool is so small that only a few people I know of are taking the time get good breeding stock. Color is only on small part of what it means to have a good breeding flock of EOs in North America.

I would encourage people to enjoy their birds and leave breeding to those with over 100 chicks hatching per season and culling for the standard and health. Many of these birds are closely related and have issues when born like splayed legs or low hatch rates, even when they were fertile.

Just my opinion.

Absolutely!

enjoy them and keep the Gene pool going!

 

[Eva2012]

It really depends on what you want. If you want to breed to the Spanish standard(there is no US Standard now) then you do not wand the sickle feathers or the mille fluer hen. If you wand nice friendly dual purpose land race EOs then they are very nice.

The best we can do now is get what we get and then work with them to get them to a standard.

I would wait and get them from Megan20000

I will wait, thank you!

 

[FROMWHITEDOGHILL]

THANK YOU NATURESPACE...................That needed to be said. YES, this is a wonderful breed and they are beautiful and practical.....but everyone with a hen and rooster isn't a breeder. A friend of ours told me that 1 in 100 will be a 'Good' bird and maybe 1 in 1000 will be a 'Great' bird. Personally, I am still about 800 EO's from finding that one...................MIKE

 

[ashandvine]

I am so disappointed to hear that the mille fleur is being discouraged. I prefer them! As I understood it, the land race bit meant they could be any mix of color/pattern. If you breed out the mille fleur or if you breed only one accepted standard then aren't you changing something fundamental about them?? Having a standard isn't all its cracked up to be. I realize this might be a way to popularize them through show but.... seems like a loss to me.