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post #611 of 1956
4/5/12 at 5:15pm

A question- we got some assorted chicks from Duane Urch and there are a few that I think might be cubalayas. They look like wheaton chicks, they are yellow with a few black specks on the down and the wings are coming in black/tan. The comb looks like a pea but I'm not certain. Do the BBR cubalayas look wheaton as chicks?

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post #612 of 1956
4/6/12 at 3:48am

BB Red cubas are wheaten genetically, so, yes, the chicks should be yellow, regular wheaten chicks. 

Been working with Cubalayas for 4 years, I have many colors but am more focused on perfecting type at this point. I have recently begun to work with Ko Shamo in wheaten.My Dad raises Columbian Wyandotte Bantams. I have Tufted Roman Geese, sheep, and goats as well. Usually have about 100 chickens midsummer, and overwinter 20-30.

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Been working with Cubalayas for 4 years, I have many colors but am more focused on perfecting type at this point. I have recently begun to work with Ko Shamo in wheaten.My Dad raises Columbian Wyandotte Bantams. I have Tufted Roman Geese, sheep, and goats as well. Usually have about 100 chickens midsummer, and overwinter 20-30.

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post #613 of 1956
4/12/12 at 5:52am
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my incubator full of of cubalaya eggs are hatching today. so far 7 have hatched and more eggs are pipped.


Edited by cubalaya - 4/12/12 at 6:03am

 

CUBALAYAS- IN MANY COLORS; BB RED, BLACK, WHITE, GOLD DUCKWING, RED PYLE, BROWN RED

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CUBALAYAS- IN MANY COLORS; BB RED, BLACK, WHITE, GOLD DUCKWING, RED PYLE, BROWN RED

WE ALSO KEEP A FEW ASIL AND THAI

 

 

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post #614 of 1956
4/12/12 at 11:02am

are bantam cubas any different from standard cubas in personality?

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"The greatest fear for the future is that we forget the way God has led us in the past"
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best"

 

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post #615 of 1956
4/12/12 at 11:08am

I have ventured into incubating too. Got one parked at my daughter's school with a teacher who has more experience. We set 22 cubalaya eggs and 10 mixes a week ago. We candled yesterday, so far so good... kind of holding my breath since we are so new to using an incubator.

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post #616 of 1956
4/12/12 at 3:16pm
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are bantam cubas any different from standard cubas in personality?


They seem about the same to me, nice,. calm, tame compared to some things. The hatchery ones don't count as Cubas, so, don't even go there. I saw some a local show, all the hatchery ones were flighty and so horrible all were DQ'd. The breeder birds were very nice looking and very tame. 

 

Been working with Cubalayas for 4 years, I have many colors but am more focused on perfecting type at this point. I have recently begun to work with Ko Shamo in wheaten.My Dad raises Columbian Wyandotte Bantams. I have Tufted Roman Geese, sheep, and goats as well. Usually have about 100 chickens midsummer, and overwinter 20-30.

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Been working with Cubalayas for 4 years, I have many colors but am more focused on perfecting type at this point. I have recently begun to work with Ko Shamo in wheaten.My Dad raises Columbian Wyandotte Bantams. I have Tufted Roman Geese, sheep, and goats as well. Usually have about 100 chickens midsummer, and overwinter 20-30.

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post #617 of 1956
4/14/12 at 5:42pm
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I have ventured into incubating too. Got one parked at my daughter's school with a teacher who has more experience. We set 22 cubalaya eggs and 10 mixes a week ago. We candled yesterday, so far so good... kind of holding my breath since we are so new to using an incubator.



good luck with your hatches. i have set my eggs for a fifth incubation this spring. we usually do three in spring and one in fall. raising delawares with cubalayas is a challenge as the dels try to peck the cubalayas feathers off. will not raise them together again. overall very pleased with the quality of this springs hatches.

 

CUBALAYAS- IN MANY COLORS; BB RED, BLACK, WHITE, GOLD DUCKWING, RED PYLE, BROWN RED

WE ALSO KEEP A FEW ASIL AND THAI

 

 

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CUBALAYAS- IN MANY COLORS; BB RED, BLACK, WHITE, GOLD DUCKWING, RED PYLE, BROWN RED

WE ALSO KEEP A FEW ASIL AND THAI

 

 

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post #618 of 1956
4/20/12 at 11:04am

Some mention having multiple spurs, I thought the cubalaya was supposed to be spurless?

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post #619 of 1956
4/20/12 at 5:34pm

Ive never heard that Cubalayas are to have no spurs. I have hheard of single spurs but they are to be multiple spurred... and dull spurs as well. The standard of perfection states that they should have multi spurs as well.

 

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-Cubalayas: BB Red, Blue Red, GDW, Blue GDW, White, Red Pyle             -OEGB: Black and Wheaten
-Sumatras: Large and Bantam Black                                                         -Australorps: Black (one White hen)
-Ko Shamo: Blue Wheaten                                                                        -Brahmas: Light Bantams
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Breeding 2011
-Cubalayas: BB Red, Blue Red, GDW, Blue GDW, White, Red Pyle             -OEGB: Black and Wheaten
-Sumatras: Large and Bantam Black                                                         -Australorps: Black (one White hen)
-Ko Shamo: Blue Wheaten                                                                        -Brahmas: Light Bantams
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post #620 of 1956
4/21/12 at 1:46pm

Thanks for the info, I don't have a current standard of perfection. 

 

From Cackle Hatchery website

 

Cubalaya Bantam Chicken Breed Information:

The Cubalaya Chicken is a great show bird and hard to find breed. The bird originated in Cuba. Notable features are the pea comb and low carried tail. The males do not produce a natural spur and or the spur is just a nub.

 

 

 

 

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