Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[juststruttin]

I got weights on them this morning and the redder one is 7.4 pounds and the other one is 5.6 pounds. I really didn't think redder one weighted almost 2 lbs more.

Wow, that is a significant difference.

 

[Maggiesdad]

I got weights on them this morning and the redder one is 7.4 pounds and the other one is 5.6 pounds. I really didn't think redder one weighted almost 2 lbs more.

Yup! And you're looking at them in person every day! It's even harder to tell about a bird from a photo...


That's your boy right there. Fine looking specimen.

 

[tiana29]

Yup! And you're looking at them in person every day! It's even harder to tell about a bird from a photo...


That's your boy right there. Fine looking specimen.

Thank you but I have to give all credit to Juststruttin. For only 6 1/2 months old they are both very nice specimens. I will be curious to see if the other one catches up with the redder one in weight...

 

[NRML]

I know there is no way that I have accidently ended up with a rare breed of chicken but (to my untrained eyes) my pullets look so similar! Figured it doesn't hurt to post some pics and see what others have to say!

 

[Maggiesdad]

Let's see 'em!

 

[Maggiesdad]

That's weird, they weren't there a minute ago...

 

[NRML]

Can you see the photos?

 

[Maggiesdad]

Yep. I'm letting them sink in... there are several things that don't look right to me. Do you know any history of them? (your birds)

 

[NRML]

I assume they are just mutts. I got them a couple months or so ago from a hobby chicken owner. He ended up with at least ten young birds that all had this coloring, but he said he didn't know what breed(s) they were (no I idea where he got them from). I thought they were pretty little mixes so I took two.

 

[Maggiesdad]

The capes are really black, the barring expression in the tail is unusual, and their under fluff looks smoky...

I'm going to guess that a barred bird (rock, maybe?) got in a pen with some red girls.