we got some good ones coming along.. should have some white orp eggs again coming spring..right now we growing out some new birds for the breeding pens..Really love the whites on the farm..excellent additon to anybody who really loves orps
Hey Tim, the dominant white gene is know as the leaky white right...Which i know i have both types here in my araucana, i believe the recessive type doesn't allow any color leakage and the dominant white does..
Ive read else where, that birds can carry both white genes as well. I quess if a...
micki, they are great looking birds,even the white regardless of the leg color and they still make great eye candy..
Thanks for sharing your pic's with all us Orp enthusiasts
Charlie
Nice little start to a large White orp flock there.., at least the leg color is white to start off..
Body size is looking pretty good as well considering they are young birds and will fill out some more..
Guess not everybody is getting wrong leg color from McMurry..
Thanks for sharing the...
lesliet I was just throwing it out there and i myself havent purchased from either of these places.
So i just couldnt say what they have or not.
Of course the one on ebay appears to have white legs in the pic.
But well if you got some and they do have white legs, than that is great.
That...
Harry, hope you can build a nice big flock of whites..Beings good ones are so tough to come by you may be able to fill the needs of them..
Ya thats not good if they are selling them and they wind up with yellow legs and probably skin as well.
Charlie
Well it Doesn't sound to good..
You don't here to many really after them like the Buff, blacks, blue's and splash which seem to be the favorite at this time for most farms..
Charlie
Ya like i said i didnt know of there quality, they may be white rocks if having yellow legs. id be calling them and saying hay i thought you said they had white pinkish legs...
Charlie
I see McMurray has them as well, however they are sold out till next year it looks like. Don't know if there quality is any good.
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/product/white_orpingtons.html
Somebody on ebay selling hatching eggs right now...