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I've heard to use a good black over lavender to get more size and better feathering into the line. Lavenders are notorious for poorer quality feathers.

I agree, he has great type for sure, and looks very English to me.

Sorry, no can do haha. We really like them both, They may be the friendliest 2 of our whole bunch!!

3 month old red pullet. Can anyone give me insight on the peppering in this red? What can I do about it, is there anything I can do about it? I only have 2 pullets and this is one of them. I'll have a nice roo by the time they are laying, I just hope I don't need different hens to get rid of...

Here's my very first hatched Orpington!! Sorry it's not that good a picture.

Miss Betsy, I think she looks better every day!!

According to the jubilee thread, the diamonds have mil fleur with a darker mahogany base.

Hope you all had a great turkey day!!

I think his son will look great, and a lot closer to standard, which is what I am shooting for.

It's a project, I plan on working him back down to size. Do you have any suggestions on the best way to go about that?

Thanks for the input, I put him with the hen pictured earlier.

I found an older pic of our Cuckoo Orpington. Please tell me what you think and what could be improved on.

Would it be better to breed best brother with best sister? Then breed best of their offspring to the grandfather.

Same here, I just got some monster sized cuckoo orps to play with. It's raining tho, so will take pics soon hopefully.

I want a Jubilee, but have decided to practice working on type with just Black Orps until I figure out how to cull good. Here is my best hen (imo) and her roo. Keep in mind, I just got into chickens this year and am just now beginning to select for breeding so my stock is small scale. They are...