Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

[tigercreek]

Thanks. After considerable research, I have not been able to find out where Welp got their birds, but it is possible that they might have come from Sam Brush's line.

I ask at Welp, and was told that they came from Privett. Privett told me, I think it was the owner at Privett, that he considered them his line. He said he had been collecting and breeding them for a number of years.......stan

 

[Jungleexplorer]

Thanks, Stan. I only said that they might have some Brush blood in them because I was told by someone else that Privett is near Terry Britt and it might have been possible that they could have got some of Terry's birds. But it is all just speculation based on location and opportunity. All I know is that these Welp birds are strong and healthy, and actually look like BBRed Cubalayas, which is a lot more then I can say for the birds I got from Ideal, which looked nothing like a BBRed and all but one have died from some mysterious affliction (possibly genetically related). I only have one of the Ideal birds left. He is much smaller at 9 months old then the Welp birds at 4 months. I am waiting for him to die just like the last one did a few days ago.

 

[fowlsessed]

Does anyone remember that picture of a group of Cubas on tie cords in a grassy yard? I've lost it and need to show it to someone!! Please direct me to where I can find it.

lol, no one knows what I'm talking about? I believe they were Brush birds for some reason. A bunch of BB red cocks.

 

[bruceha2000]

Hey! You can take away my house, my gun, and just about anything else, but don't you dare try to take my machete away. I have survived for over 20 years exploring the jungles of Central and South America and my machete is the most valuable tool in the world to me. With it I can obtain everything I need to survive in almost any environment. Of course, not all machetes are created equal. Most machetes you can buy in this country are worthless and I would not take one if you gave it to me. I only use machetes from a special factory in Central America. The formula for their steel is as carefully guarded as the Coca Cola formula. I have used countless brands of machetes over the last 35 years and none of them come close to those made by this one factory. Okay, that is enough machete talk. I just "Pitty da Fool who try to take my machete away." (Mr.T accent).

I didn't say I was going to take your machete! I said I was going to use it "when your time came" so you wouldn't suffer! We should be as humane to you as you are to your chickens

You can decide who gets your machete after.

It is amazing how fancy you can make a deer feeder, a 5 gallon bucket and some 2" PVC pipe sound!

No doubt using the machete to cut the slots in the PVC pipe

All this talk of high quality machetes we can't get really makes me want one to whack brush. At least I know not to buy one we CAN get since they are all a waste of money.

And speaking of Cubalayas

I think my girls are reading the forum where I whined about them not even laying USDA Small. The last egg from Fae was 46 grams and the one from Peep was 44. They both looked like Tom turkeys yesterday when the wind was howling from the south and the flock was headed north to the barn. Every single chicken's tail was blown up, forward and fanned out. Sadly, no camera on me.

Bruce

 

[cubalaya]

so all cubalaya breeders must have machete? machete is no good unless made in el salvador?

i think the pic that fowl is asking about is the brush birds.
i am on my second batch of cuba/thai grades and have some cuba/asil grades hatched and more in the incubator. have a broody sitting on some pure asil eggs. the black cubalayas are looking good this year. should get more white cubalayas and gold duckwing cubalayas from the next hatch.
http://www.machetespecialists.com/im18padecuma1.html
is this a good one?

 

[Jungleexplorer]

"I didn't say I was going to take your machete! I said I was going to use it "when your time came" so you wouldn't suffer! We should be as humane to you as you are to your chickens

You can decide who gets your machete after.

"

Do you promise to be quick?

I think the way I do it is a lot more humane then chasing the bird around the yard until it is worn out and then twisting it's head off or taking it to the chopping block while it struggles to get away. The poor bird builds up so much adrenaline during this process that it can run around without a head for up to a minute. The way I don't the bird falls over and barley moves. It might just be me, but it seems like it cannot be good for us to eat meat full of adrenaline. Just my opinion. Anyway, my kids are going to inherit my machete; so you are out of luck there.

"All this talk of high quality machetes we can't get really makes me want one to whack brush. At least I know not to buy one we CAN get since they are all a waste of money."

If you watch eBay they come up every now and then, but they don't go cheap. Just search for La Corneta or Imacasa. Or you could PM me and I might have one extra ( as long as you were not serious about what you said you would do with it. LOL!)

"And speaking of Cubalayas

I think my girls are reading the forum where I whined about them not even laying USDA Small. The last egg from Fae was 46 grams and the one from Peep was 44. They both looked like Tom turkeys yesterday when the wind was howling from the south and the flock was headed north to the barn. Every single chicken's tail was blown up, forward and fanned out. Sadly, no camera on me."

The birds I got from Zook are young and lay extra small eggs, but the older birds that came from Cubakids line lay large to extra large eggs on occasion. "No camera on me." Hey, that is what smartphones or for.

 

[Jungleexplorer]

so all cubalaya breeders must have machete? machete is no good unless made in el salvador?

i think the pic that fowl is asking about is the brush birds.
i am on my second batch of cuba/thai grades and have some cuba/asil grades hatched and more in the incubator. have a broody sitting on some pure asil eggs. the black cubalayas are looking good this year. should get more white cubalayas and gold duckwing cubalayas from the next hatch.
http://www.machetespecialists.com/im18padecuma1.html
is this a good one?

Hey, I think everyone should have a machete, not just chicken breeders. There are other machetes that are good, just not as good. Tramontina makes a decent machete. Their weak point is there handles, which are made out of wood, but they are still more durable then these had brittle plastic handles you see on most machetes sold in stores here in the US.


"http://www.machetespecialists.com/im18padecuma1.html
is this a good one?"

It is an Imacasa, so the steel is top quality. The handle is wooden though and I would rather have the indestructible rivetless nylon handle.

 

[cubakid]

lol, no one knows what I'm talking about? I believe they were Brush birds for some reason. A bunch of BB red cocks.

I have been looking for it. I have an original, that I got from Gary Barnes. I bred from four of his birds two years ago. They were nice but the heads were pretty long. It could be a different photo that I've seen. There were probably ten or fifteen fully feathered and sized cocks in a backyard that was green and looked semi landscaped.

The whelp birds look good. In the group shot, leftmost pullet has really high wings, as do the others but to a lesser extent. The pullet in the cockerel profile shot has a real short beak. The shape of the body and size of the wings also give me clues... I think there may be Malay crossed in. They also don't have the fullest tails(but I guess thier only 4mos old).

 

[Felix1]

Where do the Sandhill, Urch and Ideal Cubalayas come from?

 

[cubakid]

Gary Barnes gave us permission to share this picture of his birds with people. This is a scan of our original(that I can't find). It depicts 11 BBRed cocks in his backyard.

These are the pullets we received.

Zach