Newbie to the forum

[Henthused]

Hi Everyone,
I just subscribed to this forum. I really was excited to find it. I live in Jasper, Pickens Co., GA, and am looking forward to reading the posts and maybe adding a post now and then.
I have just started a backyard flock, again.
I have 3 Euskaloila Basque Marraduna pullets and 3 Pita Pinta Asturiana, including one Pita Pinta Rooster, all of the PP's are 8 weeks old. The other 3 are 1 hen and 2 pullets. Beautiful birds.
I became interested in the Spanish breeds, and I really like them, so far. I am looking into the Swedish Flower Chickens, and I also like the Black Australorp. I have raised Dominiques, RIR, Buff Brahma, Ameraucauna, Buff Orpington, and Black Australorps. We moved to a new place and I just started over with chickens 5 years after moving.

 

[GitaBooks]

Welcome to the flock!

Wow, those sound like amazing chickens. Where'd you get them?

 

[Henthused]

Welcome to the flock!

Wow, those sound like amazing chickens. Where'd you get them?

Thanks for the welcome,
I purchased the 3 EO's from a breeder in Hiram, GA. I had researched and learned that they are very hardy in the winter, and very heat tolerant. Also good foragers. The Pita Pintas I hatched in my incubator. I had ordered the eggs from California. 6 out of 18 eggs made it to lockdown, hatched 5, 1 died overnight, left me with 4, then my 1 year old EO hen killed one of the PP's, Pecked the poor baby to death.
I liked what I had read about each breed. They are land races in Spain, so therefore, survival of the fittest. You can see pictures of each if you log in to Backyard Chickens and search Euskal Oileoa, and Pinta Pinta Asturiana.

 

[GitaBooks]

Thanks for the info!

Sorry about your chicks that didn't make it.