The Pita Pinta Asturiana

[PetRock]

Thank you for the info, Ron!

 

[gootziecat]

These are lovely birds. I appreciate any breed that is docile, gentle and friendly. What are the weights on these? Any breeders in the East?

 

[caychris]

Here is the standard from spain Pita Pinta association translated to english Kilogram conversion is 1KG = 2.2 lbs

PITA PINTA ASTURIANA (MOTTLED ASTURIAN)
Ancient race from the Asturian region, north of Spain, almost extinted and recovered between 1980 and 1990, it form part of the group “ ATLANTIC “ is a rustic race, and is a reasonable eggs layer aprox. 170 per annum.
STANDARD WEIGHTS:
Cock………..4 to 4,5 Kg. Cockerel…..3.5 Kg. Ring size 20
Hen…………2.5 to 3 Kg. Pullet………..2 Kg. Ring size 18

Eggs: 60 to 65 grs. of weight, shell light brown and very smooth at the touch.
There are four varieties; mottled black, mottled “roxa “(orange/yellowish), white, black.
COMB, WATTLES and EAR-LOBS are red in all the four colours.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: MALE
CARRIAGE: harmonious and vigorous
HEAD: medium size, broad and rounder.
FACE: free of coarseness.
COMB: simple of medium size, set firmly on head, perfectly straight and upright, with between 5 and 7 well defined points, blade extending well beyond the head.
WATTLES: medium size, rounded.
EAR-LOBES: medium in size, oblong, free of coarseness, close to the face and smooth.
BEAK: medium, stout, regularly curved, yellow with black specks
EYES: rounds, well proportioned to the face, orangish iris, eyelids with a continuous or broken black border
NECK: medium length, strong with abundant neck hackle
BACK: wide, almost horizontal with a small inclination toward the tail, saddle hackles should not be covering more then 50% of the back
BREAST: broad and with good pectoral muscles.
TAIL: of medium size, with wide main tail feathers, tail sickles slightly long and well curved, well erected without been vertical.
ABDOMEN: wide and well developed.
WINGS: rather longer then wider, well folded and closed to the body.
LEGS : yellow with black specks
TOES : four toes, strongs and straits yellow with black specks
NAIL : always white in all the varieties


FEMALE
The general characteristics are similar to those of the male, allowing for the natural sexual differences.
COMB: simple rather small and the end elevated.
WATTLES: small and rounded.
EARS-LOBES: smaller then the cock and rounded.
BACK: almost flat.
TAIL: medium size, less erected then the male at a 40º/45º respect the horizontal
SILVER/BLACK VARIETY
BEAK: colour very dark grey with light point, without been yellow
LEGS: yellow with black specks, or dark grey at the front and yellow with black specks at the rear.
ROXA VARIETY
LEGS: yellow with brownish specks.
WHITE VARIETY
LEGS : yellow
BEAK: yellow
DEFECTS
The presence of “ spurs “ on the side of the comb, is considered a minor defect as it tends to disappear.
DISQUALIFICATIONS
White wattles.
Feathers in legs, feet and toes, more then 4 toes.
Presence of beard and or crest.
Less then 75% of white feathers in primaries, secondaries and main tail in the mottled roxa and mottled.
Eggs with white shell and/or rough to the touch.
Any comb other then simple.
Presence of red/orangish feathers, other then in the “ ROXA “.



here is their website

http://www.lapitapintaasturiana.com/

 

[PetRock]

Pita Pinta hatching today!!!

 

[ronott1]

Pita Pinta hatching today!!!

I hope you have a great hatch!

 

[PetRock]

I hope you have a great hatch!

Thank you! We'll see. I have been having problems with the temps in my Brinsea. That has never happened before. I use a Brinsea spot check for a thermometer in addition to the glass one that is mounted in the incubator. The chick dust makes it hard to see the glass one so I have been depending on the Spot Check to be accurate like it always has been. I dug out some other thermometers to compare them and the 2 of them were the same and the Spot Check was off. I thought maybe the battery was getting old so I changed it! That was it! Now all three are within .3 degree difference! So I'm thinking that the Spot Check was reading higher than it actually was and that's why the last 2 hatches have been delayed. If it's not one thing, it is another! I have 3 out, 1 zipped but no action for hours, and 1 pip out of 15 eggs. Tonight is day 22.

 

[caychris]

Thank you! We'll see. I have been having problems with the temps in my Brinsea. That has never happened before. I use a Brinsea spot check for a thermometer in addition to the glass one that is mounted in the incubator. The chick dust makes it hard to see the glass one so I have been depending on the Spot Check to be accurate like it always has been. I dug out some other thermometers to compare them and the 2 of them were the same and the Spot Check was off. I thought maybe the battery was getting old so I changed it! That was it! Now all three are within .3 degree difference! So I'm thinking that the Spot Check was reading higher than it actually was and that's why the last 2 hatches have been delayed. If it's not one thing, it is another! I have 3 out, 1 zipped but no action for hours, and 1 pip out of 15 eggs. Tonight is day 22.

Let it go longer if it was really low. I think the Pitas may be really humidity sensitive at hatch too.

 

[PetRock]

Tomorrow, I am taking a Pita Pinta rooster and 3 hens to a friend of mine. I brought home the best rooster from the farm. Now, I'm trying to decide if I should give her Pedro and keep this one. He is around 2 yrs old and has more white than Pedro plus a smaller comb. He is not as big and broad in the body. Pedro is less than a year old and will get more white as he molts. I do have 36 chicks from him. Do you think that I should keep with Pedro or switch to the new boy?


Pedro

Pedro

New older boy

New, older boy

 

[caychris]

Tomorrow, I am taking a Pita Pinta rooster and 3 hens to a friend of mine. I brought home the best rooster from the farm. Now, I'm trying to decide if I should give her Pedro and keep this one. He is around 2 yrs old and has more white than Pedro plus a smaller comb. He is not as big and broad in the body. Pedro is less than a year old and will get more white as he molts. I do have 36 chicks from him. Do you think that I should keep with Pedro or switch to the new boy?


Pedro

Pedro

New older boy

New, older boy

Like pedro more. But Id probably try and breed both. You mentioned you needed to reduce the number of hens for Pedro maybe get him a few girls. I do like his white but as you say he is older

 

[ronott1]

Tomorrow, I am taking a Pita Pinta rooster and 3 hens to a friend of mine. I brought home the best rooster from the farm. Now, I'm trying to decide if I should give her Pedro and keep this one. He is around 2 yrs old and has more white than Pedro plus a smaller comb. He is not as big and broad in the body. Pedro is less than a year old and will get more white as he molts. I do have 36 chicks from him. Do you think that I should keep with Pedro or switch to the new boy?


Pedro

Pedro

New older boy

New, older boy

The new boy has sickle tail in the back but the tail angle is better. The comb is better and the body shape looks better.

Start breeding with the new boy. You will not get chicks from him for two weeks and some chicks will still be pedros for about 30 days.

There should be a lot of new cockerels to choose from for next year. Remember that the hens also add quite a bit. Maybe work with them for combs and tails. Do you mark the eggs and then bad the chicks so that you know which chick came from which hen? Keeping track of that will help a lot.