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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Quote: When selling eating eggs, we always refridgerate the eggs for a few days at a VERY cold temp. Should kill the embryos. You can also store the eating eggs upside down. This will damage the air cells. nope, storing eggs upside down is a good idea if you want to preserve the air inside...
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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Cracking chucks agree its a dark blue
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    Chocolate Bantam Orpingtons - Direct UK Import

    well some say choc x choc lightens it, not seen it myself - not to say it wont happen. chocs are broody old lumps, so getting lots of chicks is the main thing. watch out for the wing on that girl, and maybe think about a splash to get mauve, etc if you have black problems. here a couple of...
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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

    Mrs. Fluffy Puffy : Quote: The only problem is that I would love to get some chicks out of him, but he can't see good enough to do his "thing". Did your blind one every figure it out? She - mine that is had a rather nice chap. so yes. yours might be problematic. needs company, so worth a...
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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

    he is fun, laid back the buffs, get him a girlfriend, thats what I did for my blind one.
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    BBS Orpingtons

    Best type regardless of colour.
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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    big fluffy chucks, looking nice ever the way with splash here too, get them when its a small hatch, or boy heavy. Have a couple of sweet youngsters, but one is looking rather quiet for my liking, wish the weather would warm up here.
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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

    not sure on the last one, id say girl like the 1st 2. enjoy them growing up, esp the 2nd blue, and then figure what you want. just take your time - it soon goes quick when you dont want it to, and slow when you want it quick. enjoy, they look healthy bright things.
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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

    lucky orps, and looking good
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    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: Ever happy to share my pics of lavs. just sortingg them out from one old pc to my new one. You mention Nic's website and those pics are quite old, dont know where Chirpychicks has been, he does like a verbal scrap as well as breeding cracking birds, those on his website are quite old...
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    The BANTAM ORPINGTON Thread

    What fun even more orps. Tricia - my US standards book is from 1915, so guess things change - just takes a while, keep up the good work here is a little lad I took outside to get a pic of, he ran around like a roadrunner - lots of pics of his tail......but did get one showing the work in...
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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Gl is my own work from last year or so, cross of European to English or is it the other way round - lol This year trying to get the lace back in the fluff & also to hatch a spare boy. Didnt work out that way as I hatched 40 odd boys. Did offer to sell this girl, no takers - even for a silly...
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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Bantam Orp Thread? where is that then? newbe here remember. bit of a tail on that pullet henthymes. I have the same problem with some of mine, trying to get my lines sorted, too many colours..... so I have mixed results ...its all a mess - what with trying to get nice chocs/blacks & blues I...
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