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I will say I'm a bit disappointed by my lorps as well. The one who just started to lay, Jedi, has gone back to being a bit more aloof along with her side kick Ruthie. I'm not sure I will stay with lorps but for now I will enjoy them. I would like birds who have the personality of my barred rock...

Mine will peck hard at times but I train them as I do puppies.....if they are trying to take the treats hard, I yell "Ouch" if it doesnt stop them, then I close my hand so they can no longer access the seed. I use black sunflower seeds most of the time for hand treats. Once my hand is closed and...

Since being corrected that Jedi is STILL a pullet (they are hens to me as soon as they give an egg), I stand corrected. Today all is quiet in the pen. Whew. As was mentioned, I am at times somewhat disappointed by the laying of lorps. But I remind myself that I picked this breed for the other...

I have small hands. I would consider it a medium to medium + size. Not the size or my BR who is now a year and half. I was going to break it open but have decided to hope for the best when I need to use it for food.

Whoo my pullet lorp Jedi (now a hen ) laid her first egg today.....

Everyone starts somewhere, me included. I got my chicks from someone else who didnt want them who got them from the feed store. They may not be show quality but they are nice birds and one day hope to get an egg from them My br was another hen I got from someone else - feedstore too. What...

Are the hens good layers? Or are they more into show?

Ive been reading a bit about Hupp farm. Im not that far from them so I was hoping someone could tell me about their flock and the cost of eggs etc.

I will add you learn a lot from the point of incubation to hatch to growth of the chicks. I think everyone needs to go through that to get what it takes to produce healthy stock that is human friendly.

I started out with "just hens to lay" but after reading about the breeds I chose lorps. They have their drawbacks just like any breed, but I still like them best. If you want to really open up your choices of where to buy, I would highly recommend getting an incubator and hatching eggs. I take...

I have two pullets that I'm sure came from the same hatch (I got them at 2 mo so not sure). They act as if they have been together from the very beginning. YET they are very different in temperament and structure. The hen who is at the bottom of the flock order is really the nicer hen in...

Are they laying every day?

He is shipping the eggs tomorrow so they will already be hatched (hopefully with some prayers) by then. I had thought about the New Years Hatch a Long but when they were offered to me, I took them. Sure wish my gals would start laying. They are almost 6 mo old

Ronott THANKS for the suggestions. I just ordered some eggs from Dick Hortsman.

THANKS! Just sent out emails.

Do you know of anyone who has them to ship? I have found a couple of people but havent heard anything back. I would even be willing to drive to the LA area (Im in Vegas) if someone had them but wouldnt ship. Price would need to be reasonable since the gas would run me about $100.00 to drive there.

Well I went in the coop today to check out the diggs and I really like it in there. Now that the coop is completely covered, the gals are more calm. They were getting kinda flighty with that cat around. Now they just hang out and do their thing. They are still standoffish and really dont like to...

Those funny australorps......today I re-tarped the coop to keep a frickin neighborhood cat out (who likes to kill birds) and while I was at it decided the old roost would be replaced by something more friendly to the girls feet while they roost and give them more room. Well Miss Jedi (my avatar)...

Reno is 8+ hours from me so most will be out of reach (the drive is horrible)

Thanks Ill check that out. Not right now. Where I live I cannot have a rooster so the hens would only be egg layers. I sure wish they bred a no crowing roo.