Cubalaya Thread For Sharing Pics and Discussing Our Birds

[SwampPrincessChick]

I do not own Cubalayas, but I will be following this thread because they are one of my favorites when it comes to appearance.

 

[troyer]

Bantam Cubalaya chicks, the quarter is for reference on how small they are.

 

[fluffycrow]

Bantam Cubalaya chicks, the quarter is for reference on how small they are.View attachment 3462178

Too cute to be innocent

 

[artMontague]

Partridge hen as a two year old.

Partridge hen as a two year old. View attachment 3462168

Did she have a chipmunk pattern as a chick?

 

[troyer]

Did she have a chipmunk pattern as a chick?

Chick down was very similar to brownred.

 

[Red Mangrove]

It feels like I'm posting some scraggly goblin compared to all of the beautiful birds in this thread. I just bought this guy yesterday off my local craigslist. I suspect he's been abused or neglected at the very least. Supposedly he's a blue cubalaya around a year of age

What do you all think? Here he is in a box coming home and outside of my back door cannibalizing some eggs. I'm hoping he'll regain some vitality on my land

 

[Red Mangrove]

I am so incredibly impressed by this year old cubalaya rooster's behavior. He immediately started protecting the hens, finding them food and assisting the brooding mothers. Right now he's sitting on a clutch of eggs so that one of the two mothers can take a break

The door to my coop is always open and I've never even seen another rooster enter it

 

[troyer]

It feels like I'm posting some scraggly goblin compared to all of the beautiful birds in this thread. I just bought this guy yesterday off my local craigslist. I suspect he's been abused or neglected at the very least. Supposedly he's a blue cubalaya around a year of age

What do you all think? Here he is in a box coming home and outside of my back door cannibalizing some eggs. I'm hoping he'll regain some vitality on my land
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The color looks like a blue wheaten. He has pearl legs, a good pea comb and smallish wattles which is good.
I think you're right that he'll become more healthy looking once he's in your yard for awhile, unless the hens feather pick him.

I am so incredibly impressed by this year old cubalaya rooster's behavior. He immediately started protecting the hens, finding them food and assisting the brooding mothers. Right now he's sitting on a clutch of eggs so that one of the two mothers can take a break

The door to my coop is always open and I've never even seen another rooster enter it
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That behaviour is consistent with Cubalaya temperament.
Could you post a picture of him at alert with a full body shot from the side? It give us a better perspective on his type.

 

[Red Mangrove]

Could you post a picture of him at alert with a full body shot from the side? It give us a better perspective on his type.

Thank you for the information you provided. Here he is standing around on alert, and another one of him watching hens eat. I hope these images work

This is his fourth day here but he's adapting very quickly. On his first night here he slept hiding underneath my house, I think perhaps because he didn't know how to roost like my other birds. Based on his frantic running around and inability to fly that night, I suspect that he was in a cage for most of his life

 

[troyer]

He looks high percentage Cubalaya. I wouldn't say pure, but it's a guess not knowing his parentage. He won't win any shows where color is a deciding factor, but he'll make a nice barnyard rooster.