Cubalaya Spurless Genetics

[MysteryChicken]

Please please please pics of this!

Here they are.

 

[Coops Dad]

That's too cool!

 

[MysteryChicken]

That's too cool!

Thanks.

 

[Alex_Zurago]

I had a bantam cubalaya named Napoleon and his spurs were two inches long and curved. It was terrifying.

is he a cross

 

[Aapomp831]

is he a cross

I don’t think so… I don’t have him anymore. I was trying to find pics; I’ll have to check my husbands phone.

 

[Amer]

I’m pretty sure a lot of Cubalayas have multiple spurs, I don’t know where you heard this.
Belgian bantams have very small, undeveloped spurs though, and I’d be curious to hear what causes it.

 

[NatJ]

I’m pretty sure a lot of Cubalayas have multiple spurs, I don’t know where you heard this.

I've read it here:
https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/cubalaya
"A distinctive trait of the Cubalaya is a lack of spurs, which was favored during the breed’s development. This lack of spurs prevents young males from injuring one another during struggles for dominance."

(I have no idea how accurate that site is, but it certainly does say that Cubalayas have no spurs.)

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I've read it here:
https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/cubalaya
"A distinctive trait of the Cubalaya is a lack of spurs, which was favored during the breed’s development. This lack of spurs prevents young males from injuring one another during struggles for dominance."

(I have no idea how accurate that site is, but it certainly does say that Cubalayas have no spurs.)

Strange, the rooster pictured on that site appears to have spurs.

 

[Amer]

I've read it here:
https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/cubalaya
"A distinctive trait of the Cubalaya is a lack of spurs, which was favored during the breed’s development. This lack of spurs prevents young males from injuring one another during struggles for dominance."

(I have no idea how accurate that site is, but it certainly does say that Cubalayas have no spurs.)

Okay, so Cubalaya male description in the SOP (spurs are definitely a requirement): Spurs are short and domelike, not pointed; multiples spurs preferred.

They don’t lack spurs, in fact, multiple spurs are preferred. They just have very short spurs.

 

[Alex_Zurago]

I've read it here:
https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/cubalaya
"A distinctive trait of the Cubalaya is a lack of spurs, which was favored during the breed’s development. This lack of spurs prevents young males from injuring one another during struggles for dominance."

(I have no idea how accurate that site is, but it certainly does say that Cubalayas have no spurs.)

That's where I saw it too