I Realized I Haven't Really Posted Much About Teriyaki's Babies. Unfortunately, We Did Lose Smore Shortly

Decided to sketch a quick group of birds.

I'm thinking of eventually starting a breeding project and would like to know yalls opinions on body type. Most probably wouldn't even notice much difference.

First off, cubalaya are much heavier/sturdier in body whereas the marans classic dual-purpose body type can fool you as to how much meat they actually have on them. Cubalayas are technically a dual purpose breed but most keep them for show. It's one of the rare breeds and most online breeders only keep the bantam varieties.

Personally I prefer the small comb and almost nonexistent wattles of the cubalayas along with the hens flat back in line with almost level tail.

What I'm looking for in my breeding project is

Color - white pattern red wheaten (finished breed)

Egg color - Speckled brown (not required)

Temperament - Flighty to escape predators

Foraging - excellent foragers

Egg/meat production - at least 3 eggs a week on the low end (most produce at least 4 a week) & good feed to meat ratio.

Oreo and Franny have their winter coats on. Franny has a thicker short coat compared to Oreo's longer thinner coat.

This is about 3 years' worth of Oreo's wool that I brush off him each spring. Franny doesn't usually let me brush her, so she just rubs it off herself.

32-hours, same pay. This is progress.

#MakeThisTheNorm

Oreo and Franny waiting for hay.

Eggs are in the incubator! CL- cream legbar, BCM- Black copper Maran, EE- Easter egger. All are hopefully fertilized by either Sampson or tulip. Tulip is a Golden pheonix and Sampson is crossed with tulip and his mother, a Golden commet.

Commet was sleeping hard here back.