Black Mottled Pita Pinta Asturiana clb2

Black Mottled Pita Pinta Asturiana clb2The Pita Pinta is the only chicken breed native to the Asturian region of Northern Spain where it traces its origins to the same chickens that were the foundational stock for the hardy Basque Hens. In the 1950s and 60s, the upcoming egg industry in Asturias introduced improved egg layers, dropping the Pita Pinta population drastically, almost to the point of extinction. It took almost 30 years for the recovery of this breed to begin. In the 1980s,

Viability is typically high

This breed is large - they have long necks

reinforcing their iconic status in Indonesian tradition

shetland hen

We cull for this on hatch day

Their unique silhouette combines a dramatic crest

and hardiness

perfecting it by 1988

and you can see from the conformation and coloring of their progeny how the parents won these awards

these birds consistently achieve around a 90% fertilization rate and an impressive near-100% hatch rate

are predominantly solid white

and yellow legs free of feathering