Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

[cubalaya]

jeremy i have a few that color and they came from my duckwings.

troyer suggestions on getting solid black males?

 

[troyer]

jeremy i have a few that color and they came from my duckwings.

troyer suggestions on getting solid black males?

That same person also told me that we need to use the wild type/stippled ones in order to ever get solid blacks. I don't know that I have anything that is EE based that I can breed from if that is the case. The real brown red could possibly also be used if they don't have any wheaten background.

 

[cubalaya]

i have both. can you go into more detail

 

[troyer]

i have both. can you go into more detail

What I remember from the coversation is that wheaten is one of the worst colors to use when trying to get good blacks. I don't remember the right wording to use, but it seems wheaten can almost block solid black and can fairly easily hide under black in the hens. I had a very nice spangled/wheaten colored pullet come out of a solid black hen and a white cock. As I remember it, wildtype/duckwing dies not block black like wheaten does.
It's still jumbled enough in my mind that I find it difficult to explain it.

 

[troyer]

Black Cubalaya bantam project cockerel.

 

[cubalaya]

met with mr hanley from north carolina and also mrs graham from kentucky today. they each left with 4 birds. i think we have some people that are dedicated to this breed and will improve the american cubalaya as a breed. mrs graham splitting colors up and working on black as her friends are working on white and another on bb red. mr hanley looking for some healthy, sustainable bb red cubalayas. and myself cutting back to the standard colors of black, white, and bb red.

 

[troyer]

met with mr hanley from north carolina and also mrs graham from kentucky today. they each left with 4 birds. i think we have some people that are dedicated to this breed and will improve the american cubalaya as a breed. mrs graham splitting colors up and working on black as her friends are working on white and another on bb red. mr hanley looking for some healthy, sustainable bb red cubalayas. and myself cutting back to the standard colors of black, white, and bb red.

 

[NeoFlightRN]

My tiniest serama just hatched four Cubalaya chicks-three of which you can see peeking out. Really hoping some are hens as I am covered up in roosters yet again this summer.

 

[troyer]

My tiniest serama just hatched four Cubalaya chicks-three of which you can see peeking out. Really hoping some are hens as I am covered up in roosters yet again this summer.

Super!

 

[cubalaya]

a high percentage bb red cubalaya stag


a 7/8 cubalaya 1/8 claypoole jap from kentucky. thanks barbara graham


some cubalaya pullets