Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[cjwaldon]

I think blue and white are roos. Any other roos in there?

 

[naturespace]

ok, here is a consolidated answer.

blue - roo
brown - pullet
green- roo
hobbes - roo
purple - pullet
red - pullet
white - roo
yellow - pullet

50/50

i'm mostly going by comb size. my roo has a much bigger comb than the pullet, but mine are only 4 weeks old, so i could end up being wrong.

 

[cjwaldon]

yeah, 50/50!

 

[cjwaldon]

I studied my photos and here are my guesses.

blue - roo
brown - pullet
green - roo
Hobbes - roo
purple - pullet
red - pullet
white - roo
yellow - pullet

Looks like I agree with you naturespace!

 

[Young Heritage]

One problem with this is that one person's "yellow" is another person's "butterscotch" or "white" or "creme" or "buff" or "lemon" or whatever.

The other problem is I've got chicks that started out the same exact "yellow" who are feathering out a variety of very different colors. Perhaps they aren't "true" EO chicks, but after all the discussion here, I doubt anyone in the western hemisphere has "true" spanish/basque/french EO chickens anyway...if they all truly came from one source that "polluted" the "true" type by cross breeding. I guess we should say we all have "North American EO" and just breed for the closet to "true" type that we can.

If you look on the EO forum there are pics of SQ chicks from spain. They look pretty yellow to me.

No there are not any "true" EOs in the western hemisphere but that is what we are working on. We know they were crossed after they came to Canada from Spain. We just do not know with what. We suspect Pennes but not certain. In time we can make them breed true to Standard.

 

[Maggiesdad]

Blue's a roo, brown's a pullet... see how her comb looks like the edge of a yellow zipper?

Another week and the combs on the roos go BAM!

 

[Maggiesdad]

Well shucks, I didn't notice there was a whole nother page of photos!

I agree with both of you except on Hobbes - I think Hobbes is a girl.

 

[naturespace]

If Hobbes has a small comb like the other girls I agree. From the angle it was looking big, but coloring looks like a pullet too.

Be sure to tell us in a week or two what you think they are.

 

[cjwaldon]

Thanks! I'll update in a week or so when it becomes obvious what they are. By the way, "Hobbes" is the one that started out with it's legs straight back behind it (photo post #712).

 

[naturespace]

here are a few photos of my chicks. one male one female. 4 weeks old notice the big difference in comb size.