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You also asked about DE. It seems that is more a personal experience thing. Some have used it and swear by it. Others can't live without it. I can only share our personal experience. It seems to work if we use a large volume of it. In our barns, we spread it over manure piles to keep them dry...

Actually, we need more trace minerals than we realize. Animals too. 75 or 70. What a petty correction! Copying and pasting from the website to correct me (we can all read, thank you very much) does not change the fact that this product has changed our lives. It's almost as silly as copying...

Azomite and DE are two completely separate things. We use azomite for our sheep and goats as a mineral supplement. Our birds love it too. It is not much different than sweetlix minerals or putting out a mineral block. It has the same benefits. It has over 75 trace minerals that are...

Quote: I am still reading through ALL the pages on this thread, but somewhere on here, someone gave good advice. That all genetic lines have some value. Also they said that since there is no set criteria yet on the feather coloring yet, that the best focus we can have are on the basic visual...

Quote: No, this is not correct. This is from the standard that only described black birds. Varying amounts of white in a spangled Orloff is no big deal. AND, I am SO excited to see the feathers between the toes! I can't remember where I found it now, but it was one of the older documents...

I will pay for fertile hatching eggs or baby chicks! I am still searching for another good line to add to my Tinstar Farm line. ~Stone Cottage Heritage Farm~ Quote: I can't WAIT til you have eggs! I'll be moving my rooster into the breeding pen probably next week....and then I'll need...

This might help... Disqualifications: Combs other than rose; decidedly wry tails; crooked backs; pure white in any part of the plumage extending over one-half of an inch, or two or more feathers tipped or edged with positive white.

Double check your laws. Some counties say no rooster unless your neighbors are okay with it. It's basic noise ordinance laws in most places. If he starts crowing, you can talk to your neighbors and promise them that you will remove him the first time they ask or leave an anonymous note on...

Quote: I think it's gonna be tougher to find the "true spangled orloff" because there have been that sussex crossed in. Your best bet on that would be a breed who has done their own breeding and reduced the white legs to a minimal or none altogether. As far as eggs goes, I've read most reports...

Just to be clear, what color are their eggs? Brown or white? I have a shipment of chicks coming to me and they said they lay brown eggs. But others say white eggs? I am starting to think they might be a speckled sussex cross and not the true spangled orloff. Won't really know until they are...

For those who can't hatch eggs, do you only have one roo? I was only going to keep one, but now I wonder if I should keep two. Thank you for the link to the Preservation Society, I just joined it. Also, I have never done this and I am researching it now, but can Orloffs be sexed? And how...

Quote: Ha ha ha! I love it! Ruffians orloffs is what we should call them. I would like to be part of the breeders club or at least be able to see the site when it goes up. Do I leave my email with someone for updates? Just to start, I have some coming from Purely Poultry (with no known...

Quote: Thanks for bringing up such great questions. I love this breed and have had the same experience that many people listed, with them being very gregarious with both people and other chickens, as well as being weather hardy. Orloffs come in lots of colours, but I have yet to find...

Okay, I know I am asking a lot of questions, but bear with me as I am a newbie to this breed. I was looking at the ALBC list for Orloffs and the desired traits. But then when I compare it to photos online, they are way off. For example, it says that there shouldn't be tips of white on wings...

Also, what do you think of the ones for sale here? http://www.russianorloffs.com/ In search of fertile hatching eggs from good stock, but came across this.

When reading through here I saw a website mentioned for Russian Orloff breeders but cannot find it. Anyone know what it is? Also, here in the US - I know we have the spangled breed, but what else do we have? Also, has anyone crossed the orloff with another breed? If so, what kind and what...

Okay, just to confirm - you want to keep the ones with yellow leg and muffs? Right? Right now our plan is to have only 5 hens and one rooster of the Orloffs. I am going to raise the other roosters we are getting for meat birds and I am pretty sure I don't want to keep a rooster that's been on...

Has anyone gotten spangled russian orloffs from purelypoultry.com? I just ordered five hens and five roosters from them. Also, I am going to cull the roosters and only keep 1 or 2. What is the best way to tell at such a young age which one I should keep? Can you see if they have an upright...

I forgot to mention that you will want to do separate waterers/bowls/pans as chickens are territorial and some won't get enough. I put one bowl per three chickens to be sure they are all treated. This is why I go ahead and do the full gallon with two fluid ounces. That's about enough to...

Our bottle of wazine-17 calls for 2 fluid ounces per gallon for 100 birds. I simply filled up a gallon jug with water and added two ounces. Then enclosed them for a day so that the only water they drank was that one. We have anywhere from 9-30 chickens at a time. Discard the rest that they...