Folks, can we please keep it civil, I would hate to see this thread closed down like so many of the other good topics all because of a couple disagreements
As we are trying to figure out chick/egg orders and what breeds we need I came across some cubalayas. Duane Urch has BBR cubalayas and I am thinking about trying some, does anyone have experience with his birds? We have ordered other breeds in the past from him with good results, just unsure how...
Here are a few pics of my sumatras, I had to chase them down then put them in a pen together otherwise they'd be all over the place. These are basically the only sumatras not in a nasty molt right now.
Dun hen
Blue bantam hen
The three of them together
They are great free rangers out here. I dont like to keep them penned up if I dont have to so they roam most of the summer. Even the sumatra crosses are good free range birds. My birds love to go running into the field and chase grasshoppers down. I have never lost a sumatra to predators and we...
I have bantam black/blue sumatras and a pair of largefowl dun. I will be working on dun bantams this year as well as getting rid of the nasty bantam look so many of the bantam sumatras have. We have a trio of bantams that look like largefowl, they dont have the funny looking face or the cobby...
I have been following this topic forever and just wanted to say I love all the pics. We have sumatras in bantam and largefowl, I love the wild look of them. I love all the other orientals as well. I have seen some at shows but the price tag is always a few hundred dollars a bird. I too have been...