i have no idea about correct coloring, being very new to all this, but Iluna's just plain *gorgeous*.Iluna, my freak of nature pullet. She is rather small, and so is her comb: It looks like a straight comb here, but head-on, I think it looks like a pea comb.
At the risk of boring people with more photos of my small flock, here they are (again!):
Marroi, my brown girl that resulted in the moldy donut wager: See how big her comb is? She's the only girl with yellow legs.
Puntu, the speckled pullet. Her comb is medium size:
Iluna, my freak of nature pullet. She is rather small, and so is her comb: It looks like a straight comb here, but head-on, I think it looks like a pea comb.
Iluna comb shot:
The two roosters. Eddie, who is too dark but has yellow legs:
And Zuri, who has a bigger body shape, but is submissive to Eddie.
I don't think any of my flock has correct coloring, although I haven't really studied up on any of this. Right now, I'm just hoping to get some eggs!
Very nice birds! You have a good start. If it were me, I'd pair up Marroi, and your Milles pullet (speckled) with your second roo, Eddie. Marroi is a nice Marraduna. Her comb is large and possibly missing one point, there should have between five and seven). It's not horrible though. She is a little mousy on her back, but also nothing serious. She seems to have nice size and has lovely yellow legs. Puntu will get more "Milles Fleurs" colored as she ages, but I find these girls to have the best size- nice and chunky, something we need to keep in the EOs. She looks as though she has a sizable side sprig though, so you will have to keep an eye on the offspring. Eddie has good size and looks much bigger than Zuri (is he older?). Although he has too much grey on his chest, my lead roo for two years did as well and I have gotten some lovely offspring from him, with a temperament that can't be beat. Again, with him having a side sprig, you will have to watch the offspring. You are going to want to select for a clean, single comb with 5-7 points. Zuri's comb, however, is much more obvious. I also think with the "look" he has (expression), he could be quite aggressive if made dominant roo. Just a hunch, but having dealt with hundreds of these boys, you get a feel for that look.
Eddie and Morroi will throw homozygous yellow legged babies with good size and possibly too much grey, but defiantly a good start.
Eddie and Puntu will throw heterozygous yellow legged babies with great size and probably good temperament.
I would probably not use Ituna. Although she has pretty llodiana colour, her shape and comb make me think of a brahma. Wonder if is she is mixed. I have never seen a shape like that in an Euskal Oiloa.
These are just my opinions, on a group of lovely birds. Regardless, they are such a pleasure to own! Enjoy
. They are from the same hatch. Eddie did run at me once. I'm hoping it doesn't happen again.
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I was also thinking that I shouldn't breed her. She is much smaller than the others, and so strangely shaped. I hope she will at least lay some eggs!
And yes, naturespace, she does always hold her tail that way. She reminds me of the lady with the hoop skirt in the Seurat painting, "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" .
Of course, I am an art teacher, so that is the way I look at her
