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    *Chocolate Orpington Thread*

    I've got a small group of chocolate Orpington chicks growing out now :) quite rare in Canada still! Super excited about them. I wish I could get my photos to upload on this site, they almost never work.
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    Post Pics Of Orps/ Orpingtons HERE

    My lemon cuckoo Orpington roo and his unrelated buff ladies :) just hatched my first chicks from them a few days ago!
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    Color genetics thread.

    Thx so much Lozuufy- that is what I thought but I wanted to be certain before I based any of my breeding selections off of it without confirmation :)
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    Canadian Breeder list

    I saw someone with a ayam cemani in Canada a few months ago. On Facebook the "cmc poultry auction" site. There was also someone with the other black breed, svart kahona. both were asking hundreds, one was eggs one was a few young birds. Wish i remembered their names so I could pass along their...
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    Canadian Breeder list

    Hi all, Vagabond Farm poultry here (look us up on Facebook), I'm located on Vancouver Island in bc :) for spring 2017 we will be breeding (and yes we are experienced shipping hatching eggs) Blue laced red Wyandotte Cream legbar Bielifelder Orpingtons -lemon cuckoo -black mottled -lavender...
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    Color genetics thread.

    Colour question, I found two different answers online!! Chocolate Orp roo over blue Orp hen. What do I get? Colour calculator says 25% mauve F 25% chocolate F 25% blue M 25% black M Website with a good breakdown of colour breeding (everything on it have experience with is correct, but I'm...
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    Canadian Hatcheries - Poulty/Egg Sales

    Greendale Heritage Farm in bc is fantastic. I have ordered from her for years, excellent fertility and hatchability. And a nice selection of breeds. Alternatly I run Vagabond Farm Poultry, and we breed several fancy heritage breeds. I took a few years off due to work commitments but am...
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    Hatching Marans eggs

    Are Marans eggs more difficult to hatch? I can't think of any reason they would be. I've just tried to incubate a dozen black copper Marans eggs i purchased, no shipping involved. 8/12 were fertile and developed full term, only two tried to hatch and both had curled up legs and had to be...
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    Laced Polish possibly rooster?

    First looks like a pullet. Second photo isn't showing for me.
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    Is My Bird Show Quality? ~ Thread ~

    Breed? Age? *If* it is a lavender Orpington it looks similar to what I was seeing in that colour of the breed about 6 years ago when it was first becoming popular and did not yet look like an Orpington. It should be very fluffy and almost round looking. Although age depending it could be a...
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    Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons

    I have a cuckoo question, but about lavender cuckoo, if breeding a double barred lavender rooster to black hens will all offspring be single barred black and show the barring? Or are they solid black (I assume barred as the gene would cause white feathers?). I will be working with buff and...
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    old hatchrite incubator

    Hi everyone, I have the opportunity to purchase a two cabinet four tray style hatchrite (top and bottom compartments with two rows of rollers in each), $1k Canadian. Apparently rebuilt by an electrician for more than asking price, but hasn't been used since rebuild. What to look for when I go...
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    Hatchrite questions

    So I have been looking at getting another cabinet incubator (previously had an old sportsman and loved it) and have recently come across a hatchrite incubator. I don't have any information yet on what model it is, but I looked them up and it appears they stopped being made around 2000. And parts...
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    Black Mottled Orpington

    Hi, I have recently hatched some standard size black mottle Orpington chicks. This is a relatively new colour in Canada. All five chicks have slightly feathered legs. One incomplete line of feathers down each leg. Was this a normal result of breeding the mottled colour into the Orpington...
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    Mottled lavender Orpington

    Thank you. I have played with the calculator but didn't realize it would account for split genes. I will have to look at it again!
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