Hi Geoff - you know me from pp forum - check out threads here on breeding/genetics Orpingtons/French Copper Marans. I didn't know you lived in Glouc - I used to live there, in Cheltenham and Redmarley. Whereabouts do you live?
At least you're livin' a bit closer then most people on this forum. I'm from Belgium. I think I'm the only one here. I've been in England last september, my cousin lives in Great Missenden.
I have 2 Brahma's (5months) and 1 Malines, she's 17months. It's the first time I have chickens off my own. My dad used to keep some when I was was a kid but not in the last years. Clara, Joséphine and Charlotte are living with me since november 3rd.
Ma avatar shows Clara's first egg since she lives here. She layed it on the 19th november.