From http://www.orpingtonimports.com/?page_id=21
WARRANTY & ASSURANCE:
ALL OUR BIRDS ARE TESTED FOR DNA AND BLOODLINES AND WITH THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC: USDA AND DEFRA. TO PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT WE MUST ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT ANY ILLEGALLY IMPORTED BIRDS...
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As an administrator-owner of the featherauction.com site I can assure you we did contact BurtonJon to verify that the bids were real, we certainly work hard to make sure shill bidding is not going on. Its always interesting to see the speculation and imaginations run wild on here...
There is one other issue that must be considered. If you plan on showing the Chocolate Orpingtons, they will have to be bred to the American SOP. Since only the bantam was imported, you would also need to AI any Black Orp LF hens. Not sure how many generations it would take to increase the size...
From what I understand, these are not Dun, but true Chocolate. Would be nice to get an extra male and mate to a pen of Wyandotte Bantams. Wonder what would happen if a Chocolate Orpington bantam was mated to a Dun Wyandotte bantam?