Blue Orpington Pullets....14 Weeks Old **Updated Pics Added! 21 Wks

[Mrs MIA]

Dooo the Puyallup! (singing...) LOL! Sorry... can't help myself. I love the Puyallup fair!!

 

[KKluckers]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

Dooo the Puyallup! (singing...) LOL! Sorry... can't help myself. I love the Puyallup fair!!

ROFL. Hey you should come one year and DOO the Puyallup. I love all the funny commercials they have on ever year.​

 

[Mrs MIA]

Maybe I can talk Hubby into a trip next Fall.

I think it would be fun!! And then he'd see how sorely lacking our fair is. I've been spoiled. I grew up with the Del Mar Fair, in San Diego, and it literally took us 2 days to hit everything.

Here it's hardly worth the money to park, cuz you're done in 2 hours, if that!

If we're ever in your neck of the woods, we'll be sure to look you up.

 

[farmergal]

wow, what beautiful beautiful birds! I have major chicken-envy right now...

what's the best way for a blue orp newbie to get started?

 

[speckledhen]

You could get chicks from one of the two hatcheries that sell them, but they are straight run with minimum order and quite expensive. Or you could hatch eggs from someone here who has them.

 

[franko]

speckledhen, I always enjoy your post. What hatch can I order from? and/or who would have the eggs? Thanks in advance. franko

 

[speckledhen]

There are only two U.S. hatcheries that I know of who have the Blue Orps, but then there are smaller breeders. Both the big ones are sold out till next year. Sandhill Preservation and Catalpa Grove Farms. To me, it seems cheaper to incubate the eggs yourself. I sell them (or will again when my now 21 week old girls are laying and Skye starts up again, post-molt). Bama Chicken and some others do as well. I have custom hatched for people, too, for pickup of chicks.

 

[Pumpkinpup]

Hi Cyn! Glad to see tha girls are doing nicely, congrats!
Robin

 

[Buster]

Those are beautiful Cyn!

 

[speckledhen]

I'll post new pics of them when I put them in with Suede, which will be pretty soon. They have filled out nicely.