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  1. rachelsflock

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Good to know. I like to get attached to my breeders, and I'm soft for the males once they get past the annoying phase. If it stays for more than a year or two and is sweet tempered I can't bear to kill it. I'm lucky. Our roosters don't start crowing until sometime around 6-8 months so I let...
  2. rachelsflock

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Hi out there! From what I've seen it's not always spoken about on this thread, but this past week we processed one of my cockerels. He'd learned to wait until the other males were on the roost and inch over to them and start pecking their eyes in the semi-darkness until I had a cockerel with...
  3. rachelsflock

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    My red Orpington pullets STILL don't have waddles or have the tiniest little things ever, and they're over 6 months, while their brothers just exited the "looks like a dump truck" phase and are headed toward the "full rooster mode, but still a little dumpy" phase, so I'm going to vote that...
  4. rachelsflock

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Lol, no pics at the moment-at least not until my rooster becomes decent again. He's half molted right now and looks totally undignified and the young cockerels I'm growing are just barely heading out of the ulgy stage. The young pullets are looking okay, but my hens are also in molt. I'll do...
  5. rachelsflock

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    My big boys don't crow much in the morning unless it's raining and are quieter than my geese, lol and my poor oldest rooster hates rain. We live in town, and most of my neighbors wanted to hear crowing in the morning but are slightly disappointed and how infrequently my boys sound off, and right...
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