fei martins

hi, well how very interesting indeed.
I suspect you might not have had pure pedrez as they are good layers. Over here the locals call all chickens with that colouring pedrez. There is an orginization near Braga called AMIBA which is preserving all Portuguese poultry and animals, There is a guy in the Lisbon area selling cream legbars, not selling hatching eggs though.
I like the auracans too, bred the lavenders, hard to sex till much older though. Eventually was forced to cross them with legbars, most hatched out with black feathers.
Very tempted to purchase Ameraucana, nice colour egg, seen some for sale up north, what is more charming than a bowl of multicoloured eggs?
Good luck with the breeding

hello, just stumbled on your post about starting to breed easter eggers.
How successful have you been and do you still have cream legbars?
I really like the cream legbars they were my first chickens I bred, purchased eggs from wernlas collection in England, would be interested in purchasing two hens.
thanks, fernandinha

stephen, hello.
i was wondering how you got on finding information.
the organic Agrobio.pt was offering financial help for flocks of 50 chickens.
I would not worry about regulations, let any official bodies contact you, easiest way to discover whats expected of you!
Very impressed with what you have built. Any particular breeds of chickens and ducks?
I bred khaki campbell ducks a few years back, eggs posted from England, lovely breed. Lately I had a few Indian
Runner ducks, quite charming.
I am looking for a dark egg laying strain of Barnevelders, only have two hens left, anyone?
Thanks Fernandinha

hello, thanks J Black for the very interesting and informative feedback.
I usually let hen and chicks freerange when they are around ten days old.
my concern was having to keep them confined while they are so young, should the rains come.
Thrilled to find all eight eggs hatched last night, I could not candle the eggs using my torch as the shells are a very dark brown...
Tomorrow will have a look at their wing feathers to try sex them.
Heres hoping the sun keeps shining.

hello, I live near Aveiro,there are several alternative markets in Coimbra, a saturday organic market by the botanic gardens, first Saturday of the month a feira sem regras, free and you can sell anything except cooked food. mushrooms are popular.
Hope you do get your goat milk for sale as we can only buy a Spanish brand.
strongly suggest you purchase a caravan, easy to heat in the very cold wet winters. we lived in a motorcaravan when we arrived was great.
best of luck, fei

hello, i am a new member, live in central Portugal and raise pure breed chickens. I have Maran noir cuvree chicks hatching out at the moment under a broody hen, not the best time of year i know but at least i know the young rooster is fertile so can sell hatching eggs next year.
I am unable to purchase non gen.modified chickfeed around here and would be interested to know what other members feed theirs in a similar situation.
thanks, fernandinha