The Pita Pinta Asturiana

[Pensmaster]

The first one hatched literally 10 minutes ago! Lots of other peeping, waiting on more pips!View attachment 2089742

 

[ronott1]

Seems these guys are changing daily.
50# of feed 50 days 7 chicks.
View attachment 2089677

They will change a lot with the next molt too!

 

[ronott1]

The first one hatched literally 10 minutes ago! Lots of other peeping, waiting on more pips!View attachment 2089742

The are so cute!

 

[juliasflock]

I noticed some of the chicks that just hatched have yellow down, and 1 is almost white down. Does that have any indication of what they’ll mature into?

I ended up with 6 chicks out of 10 shipped eggs. 2 were early quitters around day 3/4, and 1 some time early lockdown. I had a DIS that was flipped upside down in shell, pipped the middle but got stuck and suffocated on zip. Really a big bummer.

But my nail polish cracked egg hatched!

 

[Pensmaster]

I noticed some of the chicks that just hatched have yellow down, and 1 is almost white down. Does that have any indication of what they’ll mature into?

I ended up with 6 chicks out of 10 shipped eggs. 2 were early quitters around day 3/4, and 1 some time early lockdown. I had a DIS that was flipped upside down in shell, pipped the middle but got stuck and suffocated on zip. Really a big bummer.

But my nail polish cracked egg hatched!

I noticed the same down color. I’ll have to go back and check photos to see if I can get any idea on the sexes with the color. Thanks for reminding me
Bummer on the upside down one and congrats on saving the cracked one. I called my saved bielefelder roo Crack until he he lost his leg band.

 

[Pensmaster]

Ok here’s the only picture I have left of them when the down was still different. The lighting is off but I think there’s 2 whiter ones which I have 2 hens. So maybe.
I’d be curious to see how yours turn out.

 

[ronott1]

Ok here’s the only picture I have left of them when the down was still different. The lighting is off but I think there’s 2 whiter ones which I have 2 hens. So maybe.
I’d be curious to see how yours turn out.
View attachment 2090684

Only auto sexing and sexlinked breeds can be sexed by color. Pit Pintas are neither LOL!

You can try to keep track but it will be statistical heads or tail result-- you will always be 50% right or wrong on each guess.

 

[Pensmaster]

Only auto sexing and sexlinked breeds can be sexed by color. Pit Pintas are neither LOL!

You can try to keep track but it will be statistical heads or tail result-- you will always be 50% right or wrong on each guess.

Yep but was fun to think about it. They are definitely yellow or white right after hatch.

 

[ronott1]

Yep but was fun to think about it. They are definitely yellow or white right after hatch.

Yes! They change so much when they molt.

 

[Pensmaster]

Recent picture update. So far all doing well.