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Two 2.5 year old English Orpington roosters for sale. Will sell together or separately. They get along great and are completely people safe. They have been exposed to strangers and are very good with all humans. They are both black cuckoo carrying chocolate, and are brothers. Sire was black...

Approximately 3-month-old solid chocolate and chocolate cuckoo English Orpington pullets available for sale. $20 each for the chocolates, $25 each for the cuckoos. Below are photos of last year's girls owned by a friend of mine. They are vaccinated against Marek's disease. The sire is from...

Need sexually mature, fertile, and docile older male SGD for four hens. NPIP farm. Thanks!!

Looking for a chocolate cuckoo English Orp cockerel or roo. Solid chocolate or mauve will be considered. Prefer NPIP breeder like myself, but not mandatory if I can pick up (Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Tennessee). Large fowl only. No bantam or mixes. ABSOLUTELY no recessive white...

I have four lovely and lively lavender Orpington chicks vaccinated against Marek's disease and ready to go! Very diverse genetics including the American hink-jc line. Third year working with this color and they are wonderful birds. Very good layers. My six pullets and hens lay 4-6 eggs...

NPIP certified farm offering black split to lavender and lavender Orpington cockerels. Half American (hinkjc) and Half English lines. Black splits are $3 each, lavenders $6 each. 100% Black/Lav Split Orpington sire shown in photo. He is also an exceptionally easy roo to handle, easy on the...

NPIP certified farm offering Half English Black/Lavender Split Orpington chicks. Black/lav splits are from American Lavender (Hinkjc line) pullets and an English Black/Lav split cockerel (my avatar photo, at 5 months old). All are good layers. From each pen of four pullets/hens, I...

Four black/lavender split Orpington cockerels hatched August 18 available. NPIP certified farm. Vaccinated against Marek's disease. Came from a breeding pen with two huge, beautiful black English Orpington roosters and four large lavender hens with stocky, round body type. Very nice boys...

We have five roos, three of which crow (mostly wicked early, like 5 AM until sunup--then they are quiet almost the entire rest of the day). Making their enclosures entirely light tight will be somewhat of a challenge, and we have already put on homemade "crow less" collars (which do help...

I accidentally dropped an egg during lockdown last night, only about 4", but cracked the shell. Most of the cracks are over the air cell, and I did not tear the inner membranes (no leakage at all). I melted some food-grade paraffin and used a paintbrush to seal the cracks. I candled it, and...

This is probably a "duh" question asked out of an abundance of caution, because my chickens drink muddy rain water out of puddles all the time. But I'm thinking is it OK for rain water to be the only source of water for chickens? In ye olden days, I imagine that was the primary source for...

I did some reading here and elsewhere online about the differences/uses between ag/garden lime and barn/hydrated lime. I gathered that the biggest difference was the amount of magnesium (higher in barn/hyrated lime). I want the ag/garden lime to sweeten the ground and also to mix into the feed...

If you use colored metal or plastic leg bands to help identify your birds, I'm interested as to what you've tried, what you liked, and what you didn't--as well as why. I want different colors for different hatches, and a numbering system, of course. I have seen some metal bands that can fit a...

English Jubilee Orpington cockerel, 100% Greenfire line, hatched April 13, 2014. Breeder is Chicken Scratch Poultry. Chicks were purchased as straight run, and I have one more cockerel than I need or I would not be selling him. Big, heavy boy. Prefer not to ship due to his size, but I am...

English Jubilee Orpington cockerel, 100% Greenfire line, hatched April 13, 2014. Chicks were purchased as straight run, and I have one more cockerel than I need or I would not be selling him. Large, heavy boy. Prefer not to ship due to his size. I am located near Indianapolis.

I knew I should have written it down, but I had some older chicks (2-3 months old) shipped to me in boxes that were NOT Horizon brand and the shipper said they only cost $5 each. They were definitely poultry shipping boxes for older chicks, about the size of a cardboard cat carrier but with...

These are 5-week-old black Orpingtons, same two parents. First one is definitely a cockerel--I left his photo in for reference. I have my opinions about the other three, but want to see what others (especially other Orp or "big comb/wattle" breed owners) think about the other three chicks...

In search of quality Black or Black/Lav Split English Orpington pullets, any age from "you can tell 100%" to just starting to lay. I'm looking for 2 or 3 pullets. Looking for good English type and feathering to use in my lavender breeding program. I would prefer to pick up in person (all...

We have a watering system made from a large cooler, PVC, and a series of about 5 nipple waterers inside our coop, which just has a soil floor and some straw cover. The area under the waterers stays damp, and was causing two problems (1) erosion, and (2) odor. I covered part of the ground with...

We are pondering whether to get an outdoor dog for greater security (mostly from humans, but also predators). I know every dog is different from 20+ years as a veterinarian, but I am sure some breeds are more likely to work out than others. Suggestions on breeds to consider and avoid...