This classified is for two Rare Large fowl (LF) Orpington Roosters, one Golden Partridge and one White. The price is for each rooster. So if you would like both it is £60. I have hand reared them from eggs from a breeder of the largest collections of rare Large fowl Orpington colours in the UK...
Hi I am looking for anyone who has bred Partridge orpingtons or a sexing expert. I am really struggling to sex mine. Any ideas. They grew their feathers and tails in the first week. Here are so.e pictures from the last couple of weeks. 7 - 8 weeks old. thanks
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Hi I wonder if anyone has experience of Gold Partridge Orpingtons. I thought I had 3 girls, but now two of them are growing wattles at 5 weeks and are simulating sex on top of their surrogate mother..... This is a photo taken today, the one in front has minute wattles but the one behind has...
If I had not seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it. My 4 week old lemon orpington rooster 'mounted' his surrogate mother today, grabbed her by her neck feathers and started simulating sex..... IS THIS NORMAL? My friend saw him do it again an hour later. He hasn't even got all his...
My hen has been limping since she sat on some eggs. Her chicks are three weeks old now. I have started massaging the bad leg and moving it backwards and forward. It is not as stiff now however I am concerned that the bad thigh is massive compared to the good one. Has anyone got any ideas? thanks
This is the first time I bought fertilized eggs for a broody hen .. six eggs. She was amazing but only left the nest once a day and some times I had to put her out. The main reason for this was because she developed a limp and I figured she needed the exercise. Anyway all the viable eggs hatched...
This is the first time I bought fertilized eggs for a broody hen .. six eggs. She was amazing but only left the nest once a day and some times I had to put her out. The main reason for this was because she developed a limp and I figured she needed the exercise. Anyway all the viable eggs hatched...
I have a stunning eight month old rooster who needs a rooster free home (he is too gentle and got attacked by a smaller white rooster at a farm) a couple of hens for company, a place where he can crow day or night and a safe environment where he can be a pet.
I am desperate to keep my beautiful rooster but he cock-a-doodle-do's too much and I live in a town. I bought him as a hen when he was ten weeks old but he turned out to be a rooster. He is a very friendly rooster and beautiful too. I am crying writing this because I don't want to let him go...
Hi I am worried about my rooster he started opening his mouth as if choking usually after food. Then he started doing weird neck moves see on YouTube. Thank you for any help in identifying his problem if any.
I am a little worried about the size and weight difference between my hens and the rooster. He is a massive Cochin and heavy. This morning he jumped on my black copper maran who disappeared under him. could he hurt them?
Hi I am thinking of putting some electric fencing on top of a six foot wooden fence to try and deter a pesky cat who is terrorising my chickens and using their sand dust bath as a toilet. Has anyone done anything similar if so does it work. Any other ideas welcome.
Hi I am wondering if my French Black copper maran could have laid two eggs on the same day. She has been in and out of the chicken house for a few days and nothing. Today two eggs. So proud.
Hi. does anyone know where I can find a development chart by breed. I have seven breeds and would like an idea of when they might lay, how old they would be when fully grown and their life expectancy for example. Thanks
Breeds:
Buff Orpington
Sussex
Cochin
French copper maran
maran
Polish silkie
Hi I am really excited today because I believe one of my two hens is about to lay. She is hunting around but every time she goes in the house the other hen follows closely behind followed by the rooster. They have always been close. Will this put her off? How long can she hold onto her egg...