Are these Cubalaya chicks? NEW PICS ADDED!

[shelleyb1969]

And if so, are they brown red or red pyle? They're from Sand Hill Preservation and those are my 2 color options. I've never had Cubalaya, I know nothing about them, and therefore am totally clueless.

But I'm growing very fond of these friendly little fuzzies.

 

[shelleyb1969]

Wow....Cubalaya owners must be as rare as the chicken itself.

 

[Illia]

They're quite young and really not in the right pose to tell what the chick is. That's wind blowing on them right?

I usually can trust Sandhill to give the right breed though.

 

[shelleyb1969]

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Nope, that's not the wind blowing. That's how their feathers are growing in. The one almost looks frizzled. Are there any distinguishing traits that Cubalaya chicks have? I know absolutely zilch about them.

Thanks Illia.

 

[Chris09]

Hard to tell on the first picture but the bird in picture 4 isn't a Cubalaya it might be a Cubalaya cross but not a pure Cubalaya.
The bird in picture 4 has a single comb and Cubalaya have a pea comb.
Neither one is a Red Pyle so I would say they are some type of Brown Red from what I can see right know there not going to be very good Brown Reds...

Chris

 

[Illia]

Cubalayas alone are pretty rare, but I have never heard of frizzled Cubalayas. That's like frizzled Orloffs.

I would say either they have some sort of growth problem and it is causing the frizzling, or they're crossbred/not Cubalayas.

 

[shelleyb1969]

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With the quality of the other chicks I received from Sand Hill this year, I really won't be surprised if they're mutts.

 

[Illia]

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With the quality of the other chicks I received from Sand Hill this year, I really won't be surprised if they're mutts.

And I've been told Sandhill actually has better quality than other hatcheries. . . .

What a disappointment.

And all the more reason I'm against them.

 

[shelleyb1969]

Here's new pics of my guys at 8 weeks old...they look VERY different. Sand Hill does have black breasted red Cubalaya...is that what these are? Maybe they sent me the wrong color instead of the wrong breed?

 

[Illia]

NOW they look like Cubalayas. . . But those are Wheatens, not BBRs.