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Flying Oriental Rollers - Husband's Tuffie Strain

None of these birds on this page are for sale. To see what we currently have up for sale go to our sale page.

The term "Tuffie" came from Dale Husband as a nickname because they were not sure what the genetic make-up of the strain was. If I have the story straight, his first Oriental was one of the Tuffs that strayed into his loft and it was an aggressive bird, so he called it "Tuffie." That was when he was a kid, like 60 years ago.

He loved the bird so much he tracked down the loft it strayed from and got more of them. And that's how he got his start in Orientals. I believe it was originally from Kurdistan.

No one really knows for sure what the color factors are in this family is. I am not a genetics expert but I am of the opinion (with input from Frank Mosca) that the Tuff and Buff family are actually Smoky Embers and the Buffs are Dilute. The Creams are possibly Pale.

 The following pictures are in thumbnail format. Click on them to see full size pictures.

This is a Tuff old cock. Notice the heavy bronzing in the neck and in the flights. That's typical of the Tuff's

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Old Tuff cock on the nest with his hackles up

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Another Tuff old cock on the nest. Notice how much lighter this cock is

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Tuff on the wire
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Wings of a Tuff. Notice the Ember glow to the flights

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Tail of a Tuff with Ember

Typical Tuff squeaker - notice the Ember colored flights

 

Here's a little Tuff nestling with an unusual coloration. He seems to be in-between the Red Bar and Black Bar. I'll know more after he molts

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Notice the red in the juvenile Red Bar Tuff in the first two pictures. As this bird molts the red will give way to more Blue, typical of Ember. The three pictures to the right is of this same bird after it molted.
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These are Charcoal Embers. They differ from the Red Bar Tuffs by being much darker.
 

  

This hen is a Cinnamon. It changes very little with each molt

 

Cream

Cream - Notice the variation in barring and color

Cream cock

 Cream Squeeker

A pair in the nest box - Buff cock and and Cream hen

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Buff cock

Buff

Buff cock in the nest box

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Buff hen

 Buff Squeeker
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A darker Buff

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 Buff Squeeker

 We are starting a new Flying Oriental Roller forum catering to this wonderful breed and you are invited to come join us! It is a Yahoo groups type forum. You may either receive the messages by email or read from the website. It will be a friendly and informative, interactive forum free of drama and negative behavior.  All aspects of the breed will be discussed including birds for sale and wants.  Please join us, you won’t be sorry! Go to the website here and join: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlyingOrientalRollers/  or send me a message with your email address and I’ll send you an invite from the forum.

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