Cubalayas?

**Assuming free-ranging on an acre or two and staying in a coop at night.**

Could I keep more than one male Cubalaya in a flock if they grew up together from chicks?

Do the females fight each other? What would tempt them to fight?

Do these birds fight with each other to the death of one of them?

Will the males attack me when I'm watering or feeding the flock or even just walking by?

If I wanted to keep back up Cubalaya roosters, would I have to keep each male Cubalaya in a separate pen or could I put them in with dual purpose back up males from other breeds (Speckled Sussex or Marans or Barred Rocks)? What if the Cubalaya was the last one put into the pen with the group of males, would that make him less likely to assert dominance?

How far do they forage? 100 yards, 300 yards?

Do they keep the hens rounded up fairly well if they are with 10 hens? What about 2 roosters with 20 hens?

Are they diggers as opposed to just scratching the surface when they forage? Meaning, will they go below the grass/weeds into the dirt looking for food?

Can you have other breeds in with them in a flock, like say, 3 Marans hens or 3 Speckled Sussex? What breeds can be in a flock with them, assuming the rooster of the flock is a Cubalaya? What if the rooster of the free-ranging flock were a Speckled Sussex with both Cubalaya females and other breeds of females?

Try not to laugh at me. I'm sorry to be so ignorant, but I'm only getting a little info when I research them on the internet and YouTube.

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I had Cubalayas all together, not only with Cubalaya roosters, but with all my other roosters and hens too. No problems at all. My Cubalayas were one of the most mild, least memorable chicken breeds I have ever owned. Absolutely no drama. Mine were not free range either. They were all in a coop with a run. I think they get a bad rap because they look gamey, but they are more like the Phoenix or Sumatra than games, in my opinion.

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My regular ol' dual purpose roosters can attack if I do that. I would expect that since those are his hens.

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Hmmm. Well, I think I would prefer diggers, but at least they forage a long ways out, hopefully taking, theoretically, the dual-purpose hens with them.

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Noted. Thank you.

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Henderson's list has them down as "Cuba's fighting meat bird." Other pages have mentions of "game" and "aggression," etc.

I think Cubalayas may need a marketing specialist to get them some better publicity, to more firmly cement their image as "drama free" and to help folks to realize that they're super for some backyard situations.

Thanks for your reply.

These Cubalayas were raised with Dorkings and a couple of other breeds with no issues whatsoever. Oh ! There were no less than 5 Cubalaya cockerels and 5 Dorking cockerels raised together in this pen . The breeds have now been seperated and the lesser quality males removed from the pens. Point is that I found the Cubalayas no more agressive than any dual purpose breed , and less so than some Rhode Island reds that I've had. Actually some of the Dorkings dominated the pen, maybe because of their sheer size.

WOW CUBALAYAS ARE VERY SHARP LOOKING BIRDS

LETS SEE MORE PICS, I MIGHT HAVE TO GO BUY SOME NOW

There is already a thread with lots of pics. Let's not start another...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=352331&p=1





Go have yourselves a look, a lot of birds pictured are far better than my own...

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Henderson's list has them down as "Cuba's fighting meat bird." Other pages have mentions of "game" and "aggression," etc.

I think Cubalayas may need a marketing specialist to get them some better publicity, to more firmly cement their image as "drama free" and to help folks to realize that they're super for some backyard situations.

Thanks for your reply.

I've tried and tried and tried.