What breed is good to cross to silkies to introduce specific colors? I’m considering crossing my lavender Orpington girls to my black silkie or paint silkie roo to work towards producing a line of lavender silkies. I know it would take time and work but that’s the fun part! I also thought about...
Are you buying / hatching chicks next year ( 2024 )? I’m getting salmon favorelles, Cochin, Orpingtons, and blue red laced wyandotte.
What are you getting?
I am new to this site so I will do my best. I was excited to get a lavender roo and in isabel lavender orpington hen Thinking I will get a lot more if I bred them together , After reading some previous threads about genetics, I know. I will need more than five minutes to grasp Everything. I'm...
Hi, I suspect I already know but looking for reassurance before I rehome or otherwise as cannot keep roos. All 6 weeks in photos
Hens or roos please - I think 4 roos and 1 maybe pullet
My guesses
Buff sussex - roo (guessed by day 2!)
mauve orpington - roo
Splash mauve orpington (blk/white...
My two-year-old lavender Orpington hen, Crystal, has been acting odd since yesterday. She seems to be about a normal weight.
She is acting lethargic, and has been since yesterday. She is walking slowly, and she kept closing her eyes yesterday, like she was falling asleep. She has also been...
Five beautiful, healthy and friendly chickens looking for a new home. We are moving and sadly can't take our girls. We have 2 grey Orpingtons, 1 black Orpington, 1 light Brahma and 1 partridge Cochin. They were all born in April of last year and are the sweetest things! They will eat from your...
Hello,
Thank you in advance to anyone who can assist. I am new to chicken keeping. I ordered seven baby chicks from MPC. They are 6.5 weeks old currently. I ordered six girls and one boy. However, I have my suspicions that some of my bullets are actually roos.
I have an assortment of breeds.
1...
Hi, I have a broody hen in a mixed orpington pen and curiosity.
This is the first year we have had any roosters, so this is the first time they could hatch chicks! The babies will either be used for meat or kept for eggs - so the coloring is not especially important to us. We are very excited...
I have four beautiful buff Orpingtons.
I'm going to get hatching eggs because I want an Orp male but I don't understand how the colours work. My option for egg colours are:
Splash
Blue
Black
Gold Laced
Silver Laced
Jubilee
Is anyone able to tell me what colours would be produced with these...
I’m interested in adding a black pullet chick to my flock with our next round of raising chicks. We live in a neighborhood, on about a half acre, and thankfully, our neighbors are for the most part cool with it, but I want to make sure we’re looking at quieter breeds. We are of course going to...
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I recently got some new chicks and I am trying to figure out if I have a roo or pullet in both my birds. I have a splash silkie and a silver laced orpington. These pictures were taken when they were 8 weeks old. They are now 11 weeks old.
We purchased 2 Lavender Orpington chicks together, and now they are starting to look different. Need help to determine if one may be a rooster.
#1 has always been a little bigger, so we thought it was just a tad older, it has the longer tail but a smaller comb and not a big wattle
#2 is...
We got a straight run of chickens mid February, but have a few too many roosters. We have two buff Orpington roosters that are coming into their own, and would be great for a their own flock. They are too nice of a roosters for eating, and would be great free range roosters. Protective of their...
👋 my family and I are first time chicken keepers
We have 5 hens, we are raising from chicks so they are just pullets. We have: an Americana, a Buff Orpington, Lavender Orpington, a Salmon Faverolle, and a mystery hen that we think is an Amberlink.
I have always liked the idea of raising hens...
I can’t stop googling! I’m trying to figure out what type of breed this is, tractor supply said it’s a buff Orpington. I have never seen orpingtons with fuzzy legs?