The Pita Pinta Asturiana

[ronott1]

Would you be able to define very low for me?

And do you put the 2 back feet lower than the front 2? They seemed to be very happy under there this morning. They were huddled together but only making the occasional happy peep. A few of the bigger ones have been out now and duck back under after a while. One of them was peeping up a storm when he was by himself out from under the plate. Our cat thinks that I have set up some entertainment for him. Having 2 cats under a year and 1 that is approaching 3 yr in the house was a big reason why I went with the plate. I felt like I would be fighting a losing battle with them wanting to sleep under the heat lamp on top of the brooder.

It sounds like the height is correct. They will start coming out more today or tomorrow and you will likely need to raise it after a week.

I only tilt the plate if I have big and small chicks in at the same time. The brooder plate is really good--the chicks are more like broody raised when you use it.

My NYD chicks are 5 weeks old now and almost never go under it.

 

[PetRock]

Here is a pic of my little ones out from under the plate. I ended up with 11 little fuzz balls and just set 16 more eggs to hatch on Tues. It is interesting to note that most of them are yellow & black but a few of them are white & black. I've marked them before and not noticed any difference in coloring once they get a little older.

 

[dldolan]

Let's see if I can get this to work... If not, try http://youtu.be/TYi4cFc68nU

 

[Ballerina Bird]

SO CUTE!!!! Thank you to both of you for the pics and video -- as someone who is unlikely ever to do a hatch of my own, I am delighted to get to see what pita pinta chicks look like when they are just out of the shell like this.

 

[PetRock]

SO CUTE!!!! Thank you to both of you for the pics and video -- as someone who is unlikely ever to do a hatch of my own, I am delighted to get to see what pita pinta chicks look like when they are just out of the shell like this.

Here's one with just its head out.

 

[Ballerina Bird]

Here's one with just its head out.

How totally amazing! So, that's the back of his head I am looking at? That's incredible; thank you.

 

[PetRock]

You can see his eye to the right and his beak was down so you can't see it.

 

[Ballerina Bird]

You can see his eye to the right and his beak was down so you can't see it.

Oh, my gosh, I would never have known that was his eye if you hadn't told me. So cool! I don't know how you guys do it -- I would be a nervous wreck! They look so fragile.

 

[ShadyGroveFarm1]

They are very nice breeds!

Do you have an incubator?

Yes I have an incubator. I am very interested in this breed. I cannot remember. How many eggs do you think they lay every year?

 

[ronott1]

Yes I have an incubator. I am very interested in this breed. I cannot remember. How many eggs do you think they lay every year?

I think the breed average was over 250 and mine lay a lot of eggs. They are up there with the golden comets and arkansas blue egg layers. @PetRock has more of them than I do so maybe she has some input too.