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Orpalorp! I LOVE THAT!! Reminds me of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I can see two chicks, one named Oompa and the second Loompa. :lau

This is really interesting! I had three cockerels and three pullets. The alpha cockerel was the one I kept. The Numbers two and three were horrid to the pullets and to me. I remember one of them biting me on the hand -- hard! -- and twisting his beak. Alpha boy crowed really early, at 8 weeks...

Genetics question... Pardon my ignorance. I keep reading that the F1 cross is likely to have more vigor, disease resistance, etc. than the original two pure breeds, in my case, BO over BA. But those traits don't carry over to the F2 generation. Or is it that they *may* not carry over? Can...

After having to cull two MEAN cockerels (BO), my husband said we would only be buying pullet chicks from now on. I have on BO cockerel left, and three BA pullets. While I want chickens mainly for eggs and poop for the garden, I can see that if TSHTF, being able to enlarge my flock could be a big...

I hope this thread catches on. Next spring, I hope one of my girls goes broody and hatches a Buff Orpington over Black Australorp mix. I even have a name for my "new" breed: Buff Aus.