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Originally Posted by prettychicks 

Beautiful Buff Orps!

 Thanks! I think these will cross very well with my English Buff Os. as they are just as large.Might have to get a cart for them to pull!

Vickie, beautiful color and shape..you must be so happy with them...

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Originally Posted by thedragonlady 

The bandettes are worth it, but get light ones with dark numbers. I thought I had photographed all 4 of my Hall Buff O. pullets who are 16 weeks old this morning. Didn't wear my glasses, so here's 2 of them.They look so much alike I kept grabbing the same two! These are very big girls who were not happy about being in a show coop!

First 3 pics of #97.

 

 

Here's # 98

 

 

 I'm very pleased with these girls. I can't wait until they finish out.

If anyone is interseted, we do have some siblings of these available. Juvenile cockerels and one pair. See our signature for a link.

We just put some Black Orpington, Self Blue Orpington and Lemon Cuckoo Orpington eggs in the hatching baskets. Hatching chicks is so much fun!

These are what we prefer to use as hatching baskets.

http://www.rubbermaid.com/Category/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?Prod_ID=RP091308

Here are some of our Spring Buff Orpington chicks we hatched. Will post photos of the new ones asap.

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Originally Posted by HallFamilyFarm 

These are what we prefer to use as hatching baskets.

 

http://www.rubbermaid.com/Category/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?Prod_ID=RP091308

 

how many fit? 6?

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Originally Posted by HallFamilyFarm 

We just put some Black Orpington, Self Blue Orpington and Lemon Cuckoo Orpington eggs in the hatching baskets. Hatching chicks is so much fun!

 

I'm jealous.  My gals are growing up so fast and I missing having chicks around. 

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Originally Posted by naturespace 

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Originally Posted by HallFamilyFarm 

These are what we prefer to use as hatching baskets.

 

http://www.rubbermaid.com/Category/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?Prod_ID=RP091308

 

how many fit? 6?

We easliy get 6 large fowl eggs in these. We also toe punch, so when a couple hatch, we remove the chicks, toe punch and place in the brooder tote in the living room. using these allows us to split hatch dates. We can remove two yellow turning trays and replace with two hatching baskets.

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Originally Posted by Orps 

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Originally Posted by HallFamilyFarm 

We just put some Black Orpington, Self Blue Orpington and Lemon Cuckoo Orpington eggs in the hatching baskets. Hatching chicks is so much fun!

 

 

I'm jealous.  My gals are growing up so fast and I missing having chicks around. 

In trying to build our flocks and to not dispose of fertile hatching eggs, we have set all extra eggs. We have young birds that are in show prep pens, but our older birds are all in breeding pens. An exhibitor last year pulled an extra hen from a breeder pen to fill his entries. The hen won Best of Breed. Its rare, but does happen. We have not decided how many shows we will be entering this year. We stayed home this spring so we could produce hatching eggs. I know Thedragonlady was in agreement with us. Her photos prove this!

We are so excited to have these Self Blue hatching. The hen is a 50% Cecil Moore Black Orp and the male is a F5 hincjc we acquired. Most of their eggs have been hatching Self Blue. We hatched a few Black. Glad we toe punched. We can not tell the difference between the pure Black and the Splits. Toe punching and hatching baskets is the only way to hatch with multiple varieties that hatch the same color...Black. We also have Blue Orps. 

We acquired some Lemon Cuckoo eggs earlier and only hatched a nice marked pullet. Hoping for some more pullets and at least one nicely marked cockerel. The LC cockerel we acquired at Crossroads last year we lost to the heat.

The heat has slowed our egg production. When the eggs reach a  week old we set if there is not enough to fill an order.

Playing around with my Buff Sport cock, I had taken him to a Black Orp hen to see what would come out.

Hopes would be something I could use back to Black or even White in the future. 

Here is a 5 month ole cockerel.  Pretty much everything that I get from my Dun Splash and my one White Orp cock looks like this too.

Here is the Buff Sport cock.  Being in a breeding pen for the entire season has taken it's toll on his tail.  But he is a very nice type and has a decent tail as seen in his son.

Just another one of the Buffs pullets I may use next year

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Originally Posted by HallFamilyFarm 

 

We easliy get 6 large fowl eggs in these. We also toe punch, so when a couple hatch, we remove the chicks, toe punch and place in the brooder tote in the living room. using these allows us to split hatch dates. We can remove two yellow turning trays and replace with two hatching baskets.

 

 

In trying to build our flocks and to not dispose of fertile hatching eggs, we have set all extra eggs. We have young birds that are in show prep pens, but our older birds are all in breeding pens. An exhibitor last year pulled an extra hen from a breeder pen to fill his entries. The hen won Best of Breed. Its rare, but does happen. We have not decided how many shows we will be entering this year. We stayed home this spring so we could produce hatching eggs. I know Thedragonlady was in agreement with us. Her photos prove this!

 

We are so excited to have these Self Blue hatching. The hen is a 50% Cecil Moore Black Orp and the male is a F5 hincjc we acquired. Most of their eggs have been hatching Self Blue. We hatched a few Black. Glad we toe punched. We can not tell the difference between the pure Black and the Splits. Toe punching and hatching baskets is the only way to hatch with multiple varieties that hatch the same color...Black. We also have Blue Orps. 

 

We acquired some Lemon Cuckoo eggs earlier and only hatched a nice marked pullet. Hoping for some more pullets and at least one nicely marked cockerel. The LC cockerel we acquired at Crossroads last year we lost to the heat.

 

The heat has slowed our egg production. When the eggs reach a  week old we set if there is not enough to fill an order.

Oh My!  I'm even more jealous now!!  Been wanting self-blues but the ones I've seen over here for sale are not pretty like the ones hincjc has eventhough they say are hincjc line.

On a sader note, I'm going on a chick hunt again.  After I get over the fact that my sister let her dog loose in the backyard with my chickens.

I dont think Vickie would miss that pullet  bottom picture if I I accidently took her home....shes just so pretty ,well all of them are...these are my cousins dream birds..he wants good buffs so bad..he calls me all of the time..I told him just be patient, we are working on getting you some...hes SO excited.. and Vickie, you are a master at conditioning, not  too often you see shine like that in buffs..must be those sunflower seeds..