Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

[ccassidy18]

Woops, I meant butcher gamefowl.

 

[cubalaya]

13/16 cuba 1/8 asil 1/16 thai, mostly cuba and showing cuba type

butcher? tail too high for grading

 

[ccassidy18]

What does that mean? I was really wondering about temperament. Like are they friendly with people? Are they a good breed to have?

 

[cubalaya]

I was talking about the amount of cubalaya in that stag. when I cross him on my pure hens, their chicks will be cubalayas.

butchers are like any of the American games.

 

[ccassidy18]

Oh. But I was wondering what you meant by the tail is too high to to grade? Does that mean that the butchers have kind of like squirrel tails? I know what the fractions mean when it comes to breeding.

 

[cubalaya]

I meant to use on cubas because the tail must be below horizontal

 

[ccassidy18]

Oh...okay. I didn't know that. My pair is safe then. I have a pair of Zook strain bbr's. At least that's what he told me,though they look a little light to be bbr.

 

[troyer]

Oh...okay. I didn't know that. My pair is safe then. I have a pair of Zook strain bbr's. At least that's what he told me,though they look a little light to be bbr.

The hen color in the BBred Cubalaya should be a dark wheaten or as the standard calls it, a cinnamon color or a reddish cinnamon. I recently talked to one of the old time breeders and he calls all the reds BBred, wheaten and duckwing alike. In my opinion there are Wheatens and there are BBReds, that being said the roosters in both color variations look almost identical.

 

[ccassidy18]

That's true,and looking closer at mine,I see that they are of that coloring. I know the difference in rooster of the standard bbr color. Its that the red in bbr's is a darker red, like the dark red color in asils,and is an even tone throughout the red coloring. The Wheaton is a lighter red,basically orange coloring in some parts,and the base of the feathers is usually a red or darker red coloring,and the coloring gets lighter towards the tip of the feather...at least in the hackle and saddle feathers of the males of both colors.

 

[troyer]

Very nice type cockerel, about the only problem is that he has light yellow legs.