The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread - Page 755

I like how even their little feet are chocolate colored. I'm really excited to see everyone's birds grow.

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Originally Posted by jeremy 

I like how even their little feet are chocolate colored. I'm really excited to see everyone's birds grow.

Thanks for that heads up, I did not know choc could dilute chicks shank dermal/epidermal melanin...

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Originally Posted by OSUman 

Here are my chocolate chicks so far, I have 6 out and also some blacks or splits out.  They're pictured from youngest to oldest.  Ive been trying to hatch out some pure blues before I pen up my mauve pen.

 

 

 

OSUman are your chocolates large fowl also?

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Originally Posted by rockinpaints 

 

OSUman are your chocolates large fowl also?

 

Nope, workin on American bantams, these are the F2s.
 

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Originally Posted by OSUman 

Nope, workin on American bantams, these are the F2s.
 

 

BEAUTIFUL!   Good Job!

Once again I must Thank Julie for all her hard work with Orpingtons. Had a show yesterday, left my best boy at home as he is not thru with his molt. Pulled out and took one of my girls not expecting much. There were 8 LF orps and all were nice and large birds, there and 16 total in the class and my girl took BEST ENGLISH!!!   Thank you Julie.

Good looking bird Henthymes, congrats. on your win.

A word of advice for everyone with these beautiful birds, Keep check on the hens when the roo. is with them, I usually check mine about once a week for cuts from the roo. breeding them, well I had knee surgery about 2 weeks ago & couldn't get around very well & let it go till now & last night I found while checking them that the roo. had been very rough with one of my young hens & cut her up so bad that while trying to mend her up a little while ago she died while I was trying to fix her up, she never showed any signs of being hurt until today, I had no idea she was in this kinda shape & it upsets me so bad that this has happened to one of my pure English hens only had 5 now I'm down to 4, so just a word of addvice keep check on them !!!!!  even though they look & act OK, I hope this will prevent it happing to any of y'all, all my others are fine, just this one, Anyway hope this helps out.

Rebel

Soo sorry to hear about your loss Rebel.

Congrats to Hen and to all those that worked hard to make it possible. Rebel.. I know exactly what you are talking about... I buy those hen aprons.. they honestly have saved my girls from the over population of roos that I have.