Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

[fowlsessed]

and does it matter which color the cocks are? or will it work with either color of cocks and hens mixed?

 

[gallorojo]

With the silver/gold duckwings, yes, the color of the various sexes does matter. It works like this. Silver hen x Red cock = Golden cockerels and red pullets. Silver cock x red pullet = Golden cockerels, silver pullets. Golden cock x red hen = 50/50 split golden/red cockerels, and 50/50 split silver/red pullets. Golden cock x silver pullet = 50/50 split golden/silver cockerels, 50/50 split red/silver pullets. Silver is sex linked color, just like barring. There is no golden female. Some hens appear to be golden, these are IMHO wheaten/wildtype heterozygotes (crosses).

Blue works the same as in any other breed of poultry, and the sexes don't matter.

 

[fowlsessed]

sounds complicated, but thanks for explaining that.

 

[fowlsessed]

and the red pyle cocks over wheaton hens simply improves the red pyle?

 

[gallorojo]

Suppossedly will intensify the red in the pyle. You will get 1/2 pyles, 1/2 wheatens from that mating.

 

[fowlsessed]

Okay, thanks.

 

[troyer]

Mottled cubalaya hen with 15 chicks. The cock on the bottom is the father to these chicks.

 

[gallorojo]

Very nice, that is a lot of chicks for one hen to hatch!!

 

[cubalaya]

they look good jat. the 'mottled' hen looks pyle or sport wheaton to me.

 

[gallorojo]

That hen is from me, she is technically spangled red pyle. Although mottling/spangling are the same gene and operate the same way, mottled is usually only considered the white spots on a black background. White spots on another color is spangled. It's a recessive in any case. The spangling in Hamburgs is a different set of genes.