The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[ColtHandorf]

How is everyone's Orps holding up in the weather? Mine are not enjoying the heat. I hosed down the floor and walls in the barn last night to cool it off for them some. I may have to start running the sprinkler in the afternoons for them. I could hear them all breathing last night while I was feeding and watering, and they sounded miserable.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Hello, I have been nosing around on this thread. So many beautiful English Orpington pictures, what’s not to love. I got my fist Orpington eggs from Carolina Rare Chicks and they hatched on May 5th.

Here are my wee ones currently 7 weeks old:
The boys:

The girls

 

[ColtHandorf]

I always go back and forth on Jubilee. Those make me want some. lol

 

[knoturavggrl]

I always go back and forth on Jubilee. Those make me want some. lol

High praise I am loving them so far and the olive green eyes are pretty cool

 

[Auntiejessi3]

How is everyone's Orps holding up in the weather? Mine are not enjoying the heat. I hosed down the floor and walls in the barn last night to cool it off for them some. I may have to start running the sprinkler in the afternoons for them. I could hear them all breathing last night while I was feeding and watering, and they sounded miserable.

Mine are doing ok, I dump a 5 gallon bucket of water in their favorite dust bath area every morning and that's where I find them after work, lol

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Hello, I have been nosing around on this thread. So many beautiful English Orpington pictures, what’s not to love. I got my fist Orpington eggs from Carolina Rare Chicks and they hatched on May 5th.

Here are my wee ones currently 7 weeks old:
The boys:
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The girls
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I got some lavender eggs from them, kept 1 pullet and she is big at 9 weeks. Beautiful littles you've got there!

 

[ColtHandorf]

High praise I am loving them so far and the olive green eyes are pretty cool

We'll see how I feel about them when they feather out into grown-up plumage.

For those of you that get eggs from Carolina Rare and Papa's Poultry, how do you find their egg-packing skills? I'm so nervous about ordering eggs from anyone because my PO is so hard on them.

@Auntiejessi3 - how did my box of eggs compare to their box of eggs?

 

[Auntiejessi3]

We'll see how I feel about them when they feather out into grown-up plumage.

For those of you that get eggs from Carolina Rare and Papa's Poultry, how do you find their egg-packing skills? I'm so nervous about ordering eggs from anyone because my PO is so hard on them.

@Auntiejessi3 - how did my box of eggs compare to their box of eggs?

They package differently, they use foam shippers, shavings on the bottom a layer of foam, the eggs in the foam shipper, packing peanuts, then another layer of foam. Both y'all eggs were packaged great!
Edit to add: papa's wraps in bubble wrap and uses shaving in double boxes

 

[ColtHandorf]

They package differently, they use foam shippers, shavings on the bottom a layer of foam, the eggs in the foam shipper, packing peanuts, then another layer of foam. Both y'all eggs were packaged great!
Edit to add: papa's wraps in bubble wrap and uses shaving in double boxes

Hmmm, I may have to give it a try. I'm really needing some new SLO males. I wonder if they'd ship eggs in the fall?

 

[knoturavggrl]

We'll see how I feel about them when they feather out into grown-up plumage.

For those of you that get eggs from Carolina Rare and Papa's Poultry, how do you find their egg-packing skills? I'm so nervous about ordering eggs from anyone because my PO is so hard on them.

@Auntiejessi3 - how did my box of eggs compare to their box of eggs?

Carolina Rare: They were packed in foam, individually each in their own pocket. One of the 22 eggs I received was broken upon arrival, I ordered 18. I suspect something heavy was on that side of the box during shipping it was the silver laced side of the box. All of those eggs were badly saddled. They started developing but quit every single one of those did not make it. I hatched 6 lost one to umbilical hernia and another to a predator later on. Leaving me with the 4 I currently have.

Overall, Carolina Chicks did very very well with the packing imo. USPS did not do fine.