In 2011 gff imported a trio of isbars(f1) which turned out to be siblings, so they hatched out there eggs and raised them up(f2). The chicks they originally sold were the offspring of f2. So everyone has been breeding sibling's, without sourcing from different breeder's the breed will stay weak...
First show of the season tomorrow, here in North/Central FL. The heat is gone, the humidity is down, and I am left with a bunch of half naked chickens....Two of the hens I entered suddenly have no tails, so I am down to three entries. I will be putting the Imported against the half American...
I am pretty sure the one on the left will get her stiff tail feathers in and then you wont have to pick between them! I have a pullet that for the longest time only had one stiff tail feather. It awkwardly stuck out from her cochinesque tail for the longest time. We called her Alfalfa (from...
Credit should not be given to me, but to quite a few people on this thread who have provided solid building blocks that I get to play with now! Kudos to Julie, Roger (Joy, prior to him), and Nellie for your hard work with maintaining and perfecting the blues! I appreciate the kind words though....
Hello all! I've been on hiatus for the last couple of weeks, spending all my time raking feathers , but finally had a chance to catch up on the thread. So many beautiful orp pictures everyone! I thought I'd add to the bunch...
Progression of my favorite blue cockerel from Julie
at four...
I'm no authority, but I do show and breed black English Orpingtons. Chocolate splits (or roosters carrying the chocolate gene) do not express the chocolate color on their feathers. The only way to know for sure is to breed them to black and see if any resulting chicks hatch out chocolate. More...
Julie - They are beautiful! I love the splashes for their uniqueness, but yours especially for the type. Your blues make me green! Someday, hopefully soon...