Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[hereorthere]

I believe Greenfire will be importing these in the near future. Interesting anyway.
They lay a dark brown egg. Similar to a #4 Marans.

Confirmed? Will Greenfire chime in?

 

[SherrieT]

I got 9 from the Easter Day hatch. 6 roos and 3 hens. I hatched them (well, incubator) and they were with a friends general flock till I moved and got my pen together. As of Wednesday they are finally home! Well, 2 of the roos and the hens anyway. The other roos are white legged and being sent to freezer camp soon.

I'm just trying to decide which yellow legged to keep. The biggest, beefiest one (who is also the one who sticks close to the girls) has a wonkie comb. The other is smaller, less protective and a perfect comb. Still a really nice bird.

I don't even know if they were laying yet, they were with so many birds. No eggs here so far but then it's only been a few days and they might be stressed from the move. They are just over 6 months.




Here's the bad comb




These are amazing birds. They tolerate the heat so well. They just sailed through our horrid summer

 

[mzstre]

I got 9 from the Easter Day hatch. 6 roos and 3 hens. I hatched them (well, incubator) and they were with a friends general flock till I moved and got my pen together. As of Wednesday they are finally home! Well, 2 of the roos and the hens anyway. The other roos are white legged and being sent to freezer camp soon.

I'm just trying to decide which yellow legged to keep. The biggest, beefiest one (who is also the one who sticks close to the girls) has a wonkie comb. The other is smaller, less protective and a perfect comb. Still a really nice bird.

I don't even know if they were laying yet, they were with so many birds. No eggs here so far but then it's only been a few days and they might be stressed from the move. They are just over 6 months.




Here's the bad comb




These are amazing birds. They tolerate the heat so well. They just sailed through our horrid summer

Good morning, Sherrie! Do you have pics of your boys with white legs? I wouldn't automatically rule them out because leg color should be pretty easy to correct in future breedings. I wouldn't hesitate to use them if they have good type and other desirable qualities, especially if your hens have yellow legs. I processed my first extra cockerels (ever) last weekend. I was pretty sad about it, but I finally decided it just made sense. I processed 1 Basque & 3 Wyandottes. The Basque was the smallest of all my boys and dressed out at 3lbs 5 oz. (not including liver, heart, gizzard & neck). The Wyandottes dressed between 3lbs 8 oz & 3lbs 10 oz. I was surprised there was so little difference because the Basque looked SO much smaller!

 

[buckabucka]

I got 9 from the Easter Day hatch. 6 roos and 3 hens. I hatched them (well, incubator) and they were with a friends general flock till I moved and got my pen together. As of Wednesday they are finally home! Well, 2 of the roos and the hens anyway. The other roos are white legged and being sent to freezer camp soon. 

I'm just trying to decide which yellow legged to keep. The biggest, beefiest one (who is also the one who sticks close to the girls) has a wonkie comb. The other is smaller, less protective and a perfect comb. Still a really nice bird.

I don't even know if they were laying yet, they were with so many birds. No eggs here so far but then it's only been a few days and they might be stressed from the move. They are just over 6 months.




Here's the bad comb




These are amazing birds. They tolerate the heat so well. They just sailed through our horrid summer

I don't really know much about selecting for breeding, but if you free-range, you might want the more protective one with the good size. I guess the wonky combs can be a problem though, and I'm not sure how difficult it is to breed them out.

I am keeping two roos in my flock and they are working it out so far. The head roo is the one I want to breed with, but the other one will stay here at least through the winter, just in case something happens to the other.

They look good! We call those blue tarps the Maine state flag .

 

[Bonster]

Confirmed? Will Greenfire chime in?

The Bielefelder is on their New Arrivals page, so I would think they already have them, they're just not for sale yet.

 

[SherrieT]

Well, this answers my question of when

My first EO egg !!!

 

[buckabucka]

Well, this answers my question of when 

My first EO egg !!!

Congrats!

 

[MonsterClucker]

I love little fluffballs!  What are the lavenders?

The lavs are lavender Orps!

 

[ronott1]

Well, this answers my question of when

My first EO egg !!!

The ones from my Basque hens look darker than your does in the picture. Does it have a lot of bloom on it?

 

[FROMWHITEDOGHILL]

CONGRATULATIONS that is Cool.

...but durn ya.......I've been looking forward to my first for several months now....what is that saying about a watched pot never boiling.....................Mike