Happy New Year fellow South Dakotans from Us and our Flock!
And our chickens hate the snow as well!
Except for our tight-knit rooster crew. They are always outside during the day for some odd reason!
Thought I'd post some pictures of our Orpingtons.
7 Lavender, 7 Black, and 1 Chocolate at 17 days.
Chocolate.
Chocolate and Black.
Lavender Roolet.
Lavender lady.
Chocolate.
Lavender Roolet.
Wow, you have been busy on the coops! I built a small solar furnace as you suggested and Wow, those things do work well. Thank you! We have also been busy building and growing our flock. If you know anyone who works at 3M, they can get you cardboard.
Hi and Welcome, Mrjp43 & Adam n Angie!!
We have many different breeds of Chickens here on our farm.
English Orpingtons:
Black (Split to Chocolate) - Project birds
Blue, Black, & Splash
Lavender
Buff Orpingtons - Hatchery
Giant Silver Laced Cochins
Ameraucana
Barred Rocks...
Diva is our first Lavender. He was born on January 30th, only one out of 8 eggs.
He is English [Hink JC] and American Lavender. He is finally very well built and tall.
Here he is at 7 Months.
Oddly enough, he isn't our best looking Lavender.
Hansel, Our English Lavender [Hink...
Just wanted to get some opinions of our Orpingtons:
"Cocoa": English Black Split to Chocolate; 4 1/2 Months
"Freckles": English Splash; 5 1/2 Months
"Hershey": English Black split to Chocolate; 4 1/2 Months
"Gretel:" English Lavender; 5 1/2 Months
"Snickers": English Black Split to...
We currently have 7 Orpington Roos. 2 Lavender, 2 Blue, 1 Black, & 2 Young Buffs. As far as crowing I cannot say ours crow a lot. Just heard one of the Blues (5 Months) the other day and he wasn't very skilled at crowing as of yet. Still haven't heard the other Blue yet.
Our Lavender "Diva" is...