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Do the White Orpingtons from Sandhill look goof for type and size? Have never seen any or photos of any. McMurray White Orpingtons look like Leghorn crosses.

Yep, the one on the left is the hatchery bird. It's a very pretty and nice bird. Would make any backyard flock happy. But when compared to one bred to the Standard of Perfection, it can not compare or compete.

This thread has been a bit slow lately. With the Orp Photo thread locked for cleanup, maybe we can all just discuss our American SOP type Orpingtons here. Please no bickering! Here is a comparison with the American SOP Orpington and a normal hatchery produced Orpington.

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Life and death happens. Especially in the poultry world. Defintely set every egg for the next month+. Hoping you get some good hatches. You may also keep an eye on the sale are at the shows. Some one may have an extra cockerel to sell. Hope one of your juveniles is a cockerel. Understand, it...

A very good friend in Texas told me about how he had helped youth with accepting an essay. The idea is an old one. One of my mentors, Hoyt Seeley (an OEGB fancier) would charge $5 for a $50 bird. He used to give away birds and learned the youth did not care for them properly. Then he started...

About a month ago or so I did a great swap. A 500 word essay and shipping cost for a dozen Orpington hatching eggs. Here is the homeschooler's essay. We sent him some Buff and some Self Blue Orpington hatching eggs. Quote:

One old poultry judge once said, "Start where you are at and go from there." You start with what you have and work towards the Standard of Perfection. Your Blue Orpingtons look nice. theys eem to have good size. Look for a Nice Black Orpington male and use him to improve to the Standard...

It should be noted that this is the The American Orpington Fanciers Thread. All posted photos are subject to being critiqued by the American Standard of Perfection. This thread was started to have a place for those who agree and breed to the American Standard.

I believe Walt would say, too much fluff. An American Orpington should show a lot of shank.

Your birds look great. I have never heard of crossing a Splash and Buff to get a Partridge. You will want to keep a Blue cockerel with your Splash pullet. That will give you 50% Blue and 50% Splash with their offspring. Photos do not always tell the whole story. You need hands on. When I...

We opened the fence that divides the juvenile paddock from the main paddock. This allows the juveniles to eat the scraps that fall from the bantam coops/hutches. One of the Buff Orp cockerels walked over to our White Chantecler coop and started picking a fight with the White Chantecler male. The...

Some of our juveniles. Sorry about the photo quality. A few of our Orpington juveniles. There are also some UA Blue Egg Layers in this group. A few of our Orpington juveniles. There is also some Sussex in this group and one duck.

Here is the sire to the eggs we shipped you. Hope every egg hatches!

Respectfully, please direct all questions of this nature to the AOPF board privately. BYC is not the proper forum for this subject. Thank you.

I corrected my mistake.

Here are a few more photos of our chicks that hatched in South Carolina! Quote: