We bought these two Gold Laced Orpingtons in April. They were 3 months old. These pictures were taken on 9/7/14... We were told they were female. We love the Orpington breed and wanted to add to our flock. We lost 3 of our ladies last year. Long story short, we are now convinced that we...
We have two Gold Laced Orpington Roo's. We just discovered this little dilemma earlier today. I know that we will be giving everyone who reads this a good laugh, We bought them back in April at a local Swap meet that takes place several times a year. We wanted more orpingtons to add to our...
We really have a problem with out flock, I am pretty sure it is coccidiosis. We have 7 hens total, 1 is 2 years old, 4 are 1 year and 2 are about 22 weeks. We noticed a big bout of diarrhea about 2 weeks ago and a couple of the hens were really lethargic with 1 not coming for the worms or...
We got two new ladies to add to our flock a bout 3 weeks ago. The are 18-20 weeks old. They look and act healthy, we have them in a small coop inside our chicken run and have kept them inside since we got them. This just started. It is kind of clear but snotty.
We just got our 4 girls in March, Buff Orpingtons. Things have been going very well, healthy, eating, friendly, get along with the dog. They started laying about a month ago. Laying regularly, eegs, hard shells. We let them out to free range in the yard everyday. Up until last Thursday. I...
We have been putting our ladies, 4 buff Orphingtons out in the coop every day for a week. We have been bringing them in at night. they are 5-6 weeks and really feathered out. We decided to leave them out permanently tonight. They were in the coop raising cain, I went out to reassure them and...