I decided to open a thread just for this wonderful heritage stock; the Mapuche Huastec!
Here are some picks:
Here are some picks:
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Oh, and they also do very well in extreme cold...
The Huastec is also known as the Mexican Taihe or Mexican Silky, though the actual silken plumage is recessive with only one in ten being feathered like a silky. The Huastec has a unique appearance - the other two ancestral progenitor breeds are the Paco or Crested Mapuche of Chile and the Yapese Quechua.
The Nikkei is a Paco Mapuche with Japanese domestic chicken genes. The Nikkei ancestral progenitors include Jitokko, Japanese White Silky and Paco Mapuche. They are named after the Nikkei people who created them.
Here's a link about the Nikkei...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_people
And on a side note:
It is critical that people know the difference and the history of these cultural breeds so they don't just become popularized and out of ignorance have their bloodlines destroyed by mixing.