Enjoying the Valley’s climate at the foot of California’s Sierra Nevadas, our orchards are tailor-made for these beauties. Sunbird Farms couldn’t find a bird better suited for our efforts. This is your chance to join this small group of in-the-know folks bringing this rare and historic chicken back to farms across the globe. Fortunately, while fewer than 2,000 currently exist on the planet, the breed is gaining some ground.Īs long as poultry enthusiasts and food aficionados continue to appreciate a pasturing marvel, there is hope for the Pita Pinta. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 to 11. Today, the Pita Pinta is finding its way into the hearts of conservationists, hobby farmers, and pastured-poultry enthusiasts. Prized for their clusters of ever-blooming, star-shaped flowers, penta plants (Pentas lanceolata) are the shrub of choice for many home gardeners in U.S. Sowing Seed Indoors: Sow pentas indoors 7-9 weeks before the last frost. (We love the Spanish preparation of covering small potatoes in very briny water and letting them boil down to “wrinkly potatoes… mmmm.) Pentas may be grown from seed sown early indoors and transplanted outside after frost, or planted as a potted plant. Once ready for the table, the dish of choice was the pitu de caleya, a stew of sorts with new potatoes. They were the prize of the farm, capable of living a completely natural life while delivering copious amounts of eggs. Boasting both rugged coasts and lushly vegetated mountains, it is one of the most well-conserved areas of the country…full of “wild spaces.” It should be no surprise that such an area, known for centuries for its agricultural prowess, should be the home of such a magnificent bird!Ī medium-weight chicken, the prowess of the Pita Pinta is pasturing. On the Bay of Biscay, this proud area of Spain is north of Portugal and west of France. Literally translated, the Painted Hen, the Pita Pinta is the only chicken indigenous to the autonomous Austurias region of Northern Spain.
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