Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[1muttsfan]

Although Big Fella appears smaller, it is kind of an optical illusion - he is just as beefy as #2. And while the 3 roosters in the pen get along fine, he will not allow anyone else to crow.

 

[FROMWHITEDOGHILL]

Good-looking Flock 1muttsfan...you're doing something right....

 

[1muttsfan]

They are all out of eggs from James, the best of the 26 that hatched at Easter - a very nice bunch of birds.

 

[FROMWHITEDOGHILL]

....Hey muttsfan...does Big Fella have as much dark to him as the pic shows? He might be a good starting place to try to get a Beltza strain going...just thinking...you know that idle mind is the devils workshop thing

!!!!!!!!

 

[1muttsfan]

He is indeed very dark - way darker than the acceptable color. But he is stunning to look at, and a great flock master even at his youthful age. When a fox snagged a wayward hen a few weeks ago he ran over to where she was taken. I called all the rest of the girls and boys into the pen, but he stood just outside at attention, waited until everyone was in, and even then required some sweet-talking from me to come back inside. And while he comes running for treats he doesn't eat them, just calls his girls over and hands them off. He even sometimes does his hen dance for me - very funny.

 

[buckabucka]

While I think there is no more doubt that my weird Basque hen is now a weird wheaten Ameraucana, I did finally get a photo of her comb:



Her legs look kind of slate-colored, too:



She is a sweet bird, even if she is a bit of a mutant!

 

[naturespace]

Aww. She does look sweet. Glad she is able to lay eggs for you.

 

[alisar]

I think I'm naming him Bigfoot. Do the EO's normally have such giant feet? I don't know if his legs are truly yellow, it looks like they have a bit of green to them. But it just serves to give them a bit of neon radioactiveness.

Today was the day his comb started to pink up

 

[ronott1]

I think I'm naming him Bigfoot. Do the EO's normally have such giant feet? I don't know if his legs are truly yellow, it looks like they have a bit of green to them. But it just serves to give them a bit of neon radioactiveness.

Today was the day his comb started to pink up

Yes, the roos have huge feet!

He looks like a good boy.

Ron

 

[Maggiesdad]

I'm still liking him!