Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[ronott1]

Picture time!

Leela, the Basque hen that hatched from Hatching eggs from Aspen along with two Trader Joes chickes and a Partridge Penedesenca:



This is my lighter colored Marraduna:




This is one of my two darker pullets:




And this is my Broody. I will be putting either eggs or chicks under her this week:

 

[buckabucka]

I separated my EOs from the main flock a course of weeks ago and they immediately went on strike and stopped laying. They just started to lay again 2 days ago, but I'm a little concerned. I used the eggs from Saturday in an omelet this morning (yum!), and they weren't fertile.

The roo I have in with them was not the dominant boy. I've seen him trying to do his job, but the girls don't seem to like him. Has anyone had this problem? Will they accept him eventually or will I need to give them a new man? I hope not...I REALLY like the one in with them. The others I have either have a lot of white or have side sprigs.

I've heard the amount of light affects the rooster, too. Do you have supplemental lighting in your breeding pen?  How are you judging the girls don't like him? I've also read the hen can expel the rooster's deposit if they don't like the rooster. That can make things difficult. If the girls just started laying, I'd keep cracking every day, checking for results.

How about your new boy's vent size?  Good read here by Don Schrider in BYP magazine.

Glen

Wait,.... Is this true about the hens? Maybe this is where a certain politician got the idea about "women can shut that whole thing down"!

No political statement intended here, just sayin.....

 

[Maggiesdad]

Wait,.... Is this true about the hens?

Yup. Go ogle 'hens eject sperm'

 

[FROMWHITEDOGHILL]

Good Article....Everyone should read WOW did I screw up this post............I meant the article that Maggiesdad refered to on fertility in the poultry mag.....I wouldn't dare chime in on that women's deal.....I like my man parts all attached to my body

 

[Maggiesdad]

Good Article....Everyone should read WOW did I screw up this post............I meant the article that Maggiesdad refered to on fertility in the poultry mag.....I wouldn't dare chime in on that women's deal.....I like my man parts all attached to my body

I just pm'd you more required reading. Now get busy - there's gonna be a test!

 

[masked rider]

I found a cool pic.. I was having a PM convo with garydean26 over the last couple of days and the history of EOs genetics. He threw out the name of Penedesenca in one of the emails. So, I have been reading up on them. I knew they came in black and Crele, but I found this photo interesting. The photo labeled

"And this Mille Fleur pattern hen was the result of a cross of Partridge and Wheaten Penedesenca". U have to scroll down about the bottom 1/3 to see the photo...

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Penes/BRKPenes.html

Looks like a lot of the EOs I see pictured here on the forum with the color pattern and willow leg color. It would be curious to know what the foundation stock (percentage wise EO vs Penedesenca) was used "start" the North American flock.

Any guesses for fun?

 

[mzstre]

Great information, thanks everyone!

Maggiesdad - I do have supplemental light in the pens. I haven't checked his vent size, lol, but I've seen the hens nonchalantly toss the roo off and continue with their business on several occasions.

Ron - I took your advice! I put 2 eggs in the bator yesterday and will throw the ones in that I collect today as well just to see if they develop. Crossing fingers!

chickhick - I have several people anxiously awaiting eggs, but I will PM you if I need a test hatch for shipping. Thanks!

 

[Maggiesdad]

The side sprigs are definitely a Penedesenca trait...

So I guess you could say there was a penny in the old EO haystack somewhere along the way!

 

[mzstre]

I found a cool pic.. I was having a PM convo with garydean26 over the last couple of days and the history of EOs genetics. He threw out the name of Penedesenca in one of the emails. So, I have been reading up on them. I knew they came in black and Crele, but I found this photo interesting. The photo labeled

"And this Mille Fleur pattern hen was the result of a cross of Partridge and Wheaten Penedesenca". U have to scroll down about the bottom 1/3 to see the photo...

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Penes/BRKPenes.html

Looks like a lot of the EOs I see pictured here on the forum with the color pattern and willow leg color. It would be curious to know what the foundation stock (percentage wise EO vs Penedesenca) was used "start" the North American flock.

Any guesses for fun?

That is quite interesting! I am pretty sure the Penedesencas are responsible for the sprigs we keep seeing pop up in the EOs.

 

[mzstre]

That is quite interesting! I am pretty sure the Penedesencas are responsible for the sprigs we keep seeing pop up in the EOs.

LOL Maggiesdad beat me to it! Slow phone connection. Great minds...