The Pita Pinta Asturiana

[BigBlueHen53]

What kind of comb does the PPA have? Is that considered a pea comb? Please parden my ignorance.

 

[chickengr]

Well I've got seven hens and six roosters now, lol.

Out of the five born in March four are roosters, see bottom picture. The second picture is the roo we named Buddy. He's the one that runs up to you when you open the back door and wants to be picked up and held and boy does he talk a lot, that little chirpy chatter nonstop. He's a character, never had a hen like that, let alone a rooster.

Do you all think I could put two roosters in with the big girls? Fourteen hens, of various breeds. I'll put another in with the seven Pita hens who are in a separate pen, so I can breed a pure line.

My daughter is going to take a rooster, so I'll only have two to find homes for.

you can put 3 roos with 14 hens if you want to.

 

[ronott1]

What kind of comb does the PPA have? Is that considered a pea comb? Please parden my ignorance.

Straight comb

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Straight comb

Hmm. Like a leghorn, then? I had a BJG with a straight comb and he suffered frostbite last year. Comb and wattles both. It looked painful so I'm avoiding those combs now.

 

[ronott1]

Hmm. Like a leghorn, then? I had a BJG with a straight comb and he suffered frostbite last year. Comb and wattles both. It looked painful so I'm avoiding those combs now.

The do very well here though-- we do not freeze here

 

[hulshbird]

Can anyone tell me if the Pita Pintas will consistently go broody if left a nest of eggs?

 

[ronott1]

Can anyone tell me if the Pita Pintas will consistently go broody if left a nest of eggs?

I have not had a broody with the ones I hatched years ago. They are not from Green Fire though.

 

[PasoRoblesEgger]

Can anyone tell me if the Pita Pintas will consistently go broody if left a nest of eggs?

Funny you ask. I have yet another broody pita as we speak. One or the other of them has been broody since they started laying.

 

[PasoRoblesEgger]

you can put 3 roos with 14 hens if you want to.

The two roosters are four months old now. One is maturing a lot faster than the other. His comb & waddles are large and he crows non-stop. The other is equal in size but small comb and waddles and not bright red. He's just beginning to try to crow.

The more mature rooster is trying to mate with the hens as they are out free ranging, but they give him the what for and chase him off. He's not very gentle in his sneak attacks. Hopefully he becomes more gentle in his approach as he ages?

 

[chickengr]

The two roosters are four months old now. One is maturing a lot faster than the other. His comb & waddles are large and he crows non-stop. The other is equal in size but small comb and waddles and not bright red. He's just beginning to try to crow.

The more mature rooster is trying to mate with the hens as they are out free ranging, but they give him the what for and chase him off. He's not very gentle in his sneak attacks. Hopefully he becomes more gentle in his approach as he ages?

most cockerels need time to learn how to approach hens. my silkie hens simply refuse to mate with cockerels. all of them need time.