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  1. Oldhound

    Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

    Troyer , your birds continue to improve year after year .
  2. Oldhound

    Best Peking breeders in USA

    Pekin Ducks ? Metzer Farms , advertise here... Pekin ( Chickens )are known as Cochins in the USA . Search Cochin
  3. Oldhound

    Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

    Uh Oh ! Find out which hatchery they are coming from. Some hatcheries have Cubalayas that aren't very sturdy . You can go back in the posts here to find out which ones .
  4. Oldhound

    Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

    At least you tried , Jonathan. As they say " nothing ventured , nothing gained ".
  5. Oldhound

    The NEW Crazy 24hr AUCTION thread

    You have to register before the sale begins. They will assign you a number. If you make the winning you bid the auction house will record your number. You pay at the end before you are allowed to pick up your purchases. Good Luck & have fun .
  6. Oldhound

    Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

    Troyer, I saw a wooden nest box built on the same principle as the roll away layer cage. The bottom slopes to the rear which is open at the base allowing eggs to roll out of the box to a compartment out of reach of the egg eater . It might prove useful when you have a hen that is worth saving...
  7. Oldhound

    Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

    Light and blue are recessive or hidden by the darker color, which is considered dominant. Two lighter colored bred together produce all light colored eyes. The trick is to breed darker to darker. When a light colored eye turns up, one should think, " is the bird so good that it is worth...
  8. Oldhound

    Australorps in the mountains?

    Tony B , you will most likely have frost bitten combs at those temps. I know that when I lived in the Catskills the temps went as low as -30 and many birds ended up with frozen points , they fall off. Vaseline did not help . If I were living in as cold a climate now I would either heat the...
  9. Oldhound

    Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

    Eyes should be "bay" , think bay horse, a reddish brown. Blue eyes No.
  10. Oldhound

    Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

    Very Good start, Like the cock bird a Lot. Hatch as many you can properly raise and cull as you go. Best of Luck to you
  11. Oldhound

    Ayam Cemani

    There are some interesting articles on Feathersite by a fellow from the Netherlands. He imparts some first hand experience from his visits to Indonesia , regarding the history of the chickens and breeding techniques.
  12. Oldhound

    Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

    Kaella , congratulations you have chosen a wonderful breed, I have had chickens for many years and the Cubalayas are far and away my favorites. You are right, eggs are very risky but do not be afraid of receiving live birds via the US Mail. I have done it and mine arrived in great shape. They...
  13. Oldhound

    Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

    These are examples of the red Pyles that I have been working with, they do breed true. I have not offered any for sale because I feel that they need more improvement . I have made progress but there has been no overnight success . The pyle pullet is the one facing forward in a mixed pen...
  14. Oldhound

    Calling all Penedesencas Owners/Breeders

    Good Job Jason, Looks Great !!!
  15. Oldhound

    Post Phoenix Pics Please

    F1 Phoenix X Polish
  16. Oldhound

    Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

    Only trying to relate some of my experiences. With me the late twisted toes I attribute to the hard surface of newspapers. Instead of the nail penetrating soil , it turns to the side , bending the toes. I have seen this with puppies also. Not being there I have no way of knowing what the...
  17. Oldhound

    Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

    In my experience curled toes resulted from incubator temps and also in one case hereditary. Also a hard surface such as newspaper did cause the toes to turn to the side, though not actually curl, with my chicks in the past . Chicks on wire or shavings or raised outside with brood hen do not...
  18. Oldhound

    What's the difference between a "breed" and a "hybrid" in chicken taxonomy?

    Just a few cents from an old ( retired) dog man. We were all taught that a Horse bred to a donkey produced a Hybrid , a mule, which for all intents and purposes is sterile. In the world of agriculture the word Hybrid is used in the place of crossbreeding . Be it hogs, chickens, vegetables...
  19. Oldhound

    aseel rooster

    You might want to post this on the Oriental Game thread . Is he big ? if so he looks like a Kulang to me, but I am no expert.
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