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Moose's saddle feathers are very long! to be honest I am not too fond of his hackle feathers though. I love the hens shape and feather density

I have found that the weather conditions really impact on the way birds moult. At the moment it is raining and always overcast here but it is not cold as of yet so all of mine are taking an age to moult. When the weather is still pretty warm they moult quicker presumably because there is more...

Amazing colour, and very good type. They are brilliant

I have never seen one before but I would think that they are bread for colour and laying ability. From that picture they are quite Orpington like in shape. With a couple more generations it could start to breed pure and a new colour of orps could come out of it.

Try high protein, low carb foods, soya etc. And supplement them with some sardines in oil and cheese cubes

Here is the standard, I have removed the scale of points because it doesnt come up right but it amyone wants ot I can type it out myself ORPINGTON LARGE FOWL Origin: Great Britain Classification: Heavy: Soft feather Egg colour: Brown In the Orpington we have an English breed named after the...

I pick my birds by putting one hand underneath them and spread my fingers so that two fingers are between their legs and one finger either side of the legs and then pick them up and support them with my lower arm up against my body. I have had no problem with any bird I have picked up only a...

yes, good British orps are nice and deep but they should also be round. Generally if the birds chests and sides form an angle it isn't good.

Some do have very thick fluff and some don't, it depends on the breeder and where the birds were sourced. I tend to prefer birds with thick fluff but a fairly upright stance. A lot of breeders breed birds very like Cochins with a low to the ground stance with a lot of cushion on the tail. Those...

The British standards do not include mottled for orps

Im not exactly in The UK but in Ireland we call them mottled, we hardly ever call them spangled

Isn't that cheating :P

Sorry, I am getting a bit confused does cull mean to rehome bad birds as layers in the US? here it means to kill a bird

I have bred partridges for a while with not to much trouble, I live in Ireland so it is not as hard to get birds imported from mainland Europe or England. It only costs me €50 to get a trio of orps imported from the UK or €100 to get a trio from anywhere on Western Europe (France, Belgium...

Stups are a terrible sign of Cochins being bred through orps, I never breed with birds with stubs as it is really hard to breed out while still keeping the proper colours

I admire you for trying this late, any time I have tried to hatch eggs this time of year it has been an absolute disaster. Hens and cockerels are not as fertile later in the year as they are in march and April in my opinion anyway. I tried late hatches three times in the incy the first time...

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Yeah, I have removed the cockerel now to give her a break and next year she will only be put in with the cockerel twice a day for short periods