The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[lildinkem]

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They are two different varieties "over there".

Here is another site that shows them

http://garden-hens.weebly.com/orpingtons.html

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Well today is the day... YEAH!... My first bred by 3/4 English Hen, Mortisha, hatched in Feb 2011 (5 months old) laid her first pullet egg today... and boy did she make a loud announcement.. lol She is soo proud of herself.

 

[fifelakelooper]

Renie'sPeeps :

Well today is the day... YEAH!... My first bred by 3/4 English Hen, Mortisha, hatched in Feb 2011 (5 months old) laid her first pullet egg today... and boy did she make a loud announcement.. lol She is soo proud of herself.

Congrats!!​

 

[jeremy]

Renie, congrats on your first egg!

Look what I have right now...

Sorry about the crappy picture, I took it with my phone.

 

[lildinkem]

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I LOVE THAT PIC! Nothing like a broody hen to make your day easier. Are you going to let her raise them? I read somewhere that someone had there babies eyes pecked out by their broody hen mother.
Here is the only broody I am letting do her stuff.

She is mother to my Flotilla a 3/4's Russ Milkey line cockerel. And this is an open pen. She could have chosen the coop, but no, the garbage can has something that is too appelaing.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

OH boy Jeremy.... priceless.. love those babies. I have completed my 2011 hatching season.. concluded with a splash baby

All of my bators are cleaned and packed away waiting for next season. I had a great time this yr with all the new babies. I am pretty sure I have about 150 chickens right now. Soo I will be doing some serious culling in the near future.

Congrats on your babies

 

[fifelakelooper]

What a adorable picture Jeremy! I have had two hens (not orpingtons) raise their chicks and they were terrific moms.

Renie...holy cow! 150!!! You must have a HUGE HUGE coop!?

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Renie...holy cow! 150!!! You must have a HUGE HUGE coop!?

lol It's a duplex coop.. lol complete with 2 rooved over yards and 3 additional fenced in yards. There aren't enough perches inside the coops right now for every body but many of them perfer not to use them. I still don't want to house that many during the cold NE winters.. umm nope.

 

[jeremy]

Everyone was helping out in the garden this morning.

 

[hippichick]

Beautiful birds, but I just

that little Corgi! He looks like he's really getting with it there.