Back from the show. It was a lot of fun. I met cubanlongtails there and Sam Brush. I bought a nice Dominique cockerel from Sam for my wife (she just liked the way it looked). There were no Cubalayas in the show though. I would say a good 50% of the birds were bantams. I would called them micro bantam they were so tiny. Then there were chickens of gargantuan sizes that make normal turkeys looks small. When I saw them, all I could think about was the feed bill. It was hard to take good pictures because of the poor lighting and the cages. If there would have been some Cubalayas, I would have tried harder with my DSLR, but I still took some snapshots with my smart phone. It was worth the trip just to meet Sam and make the connection. I got the eight BBR Cubalayas I bought (3 roos and five hens). They are now resting in individual cages in side my my heated pavillion. It's going to get down to 20 degrees tonight and I don't want to subject them to too much more stress after spending two day in a shipping box. These birds are not as tame as the ones I got from Zook. They are very skitish. According the owner he had lines from Everett, Zook and Brush. A friend of the owner that was showing birds delivered the birds to me so I did not get a chance to ask him which is which. Once I get the birds situated in their pens, I will take pictures ask him to identify them.
On a side note, I got home to find one of my Silver AGs sitting on a hidden clutch of eggs. I did not even know she was laying ( 9 month old pullet). Did not expect this this time of year. I don't really care if she hatches them, but I doubt they will survive the winter. I guess we will see just how good this little hen is.
