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Chris this is some great history for our readers to read. Did you get this article out of your issue? I dont remember how Mr. Cook made the Orpington in the old days. But he sure did event a nice chickens. bob​
 
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Chris this is some great history for our readers to read. Did you get this article out of your issue? I dont remember how Mr. Cook made the Orpington in the old days. But he sure did event a nice chickens. bob​
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Bob,

It's from one of the downloaded books I have on the Rhode Island Red.
I believe the book is titled;
Standard-bred Rhode Island reds, rose and single comb; their practical qualities; the standard requirements; how to judge them; how to mate and breed for best results (1911)

http://archive.org/details/cu31924003076910


Chris
 
william cooks book is free for downlaod at cornell free library to you kindle or nook ect.. i havnt had time to read the whole thing but he goes into a great deal of detail about breeding , selecting ect...also the book standard bred orpington another book from that time says buffs were actually developed in another location apart from cooks but he picked them up worked on them..its all interesting.i have both on kindle which is also free for PC .

people today have lost the art of poultry keeping , back then they grew up in it out of necessity..there was no tops grocery market to run and get your chickens..thou you could get eggs from local farm..but for the most part you got your supper from the back yard..and not much in the line of refigeration either....they knew and understood what they were doing and why they were doing it..when things were good for the farmer he would take to the enxt level almost to art form developing bigger better birds...mostly for practicality

.I have freinds that think Chicken grows under plastic wrap at the grocery store..that is why you see so many questions in here .. one of my freinds came up to see the chickens, she said eeeeewww ! they peeooop.. I said i know you think that eggs grow in a carton but , I cant beleive you didnt know that animals poop..shes an extream example but thats how far we are removed from farming. i turn to those old books all of the time for questions that no one today has answers for.
another one of my freinds asked me that when her daughter comes over to see the chickens, please do not tell the kid that the eggs come out the same location as the poop or she will never eat another egg....I said what am I supposed to tell her? that a magic door opens up underneath to let the egg out? she said sure that works..lordy...
 
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Robert Blosl said:
http://archive.org/details/cu31924003076910

I found the book and also a book on Orpingtons and Capines. Great readythanks again Chris. bob
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aveca said:
william cooks book is free for downlaod at cornell free library to you kindle or nook ect.. i havnt had time to read the whole thing but he goes into a great deal of detail about breeding , selecting ect...also the book standard bred orpington another book from that time says buffs were actually developed in another location apart from cooks but he picked them up worked on them..its all interesting.i have both on kindle which is also free for PC .

people today have lost the art of poultry keeping , back then they grew up in it out of necessity..there was no tops grocery market to run and get your chickens..thou you could get eggs from local farm..but for the most part you got your supper from the back yard..and not much in the line of refigeration either....they knew and understood what they were doing and why they were doing it..practicality.I have freinds that think Chicken grows under plastic wrap at the grocery store..that is why you see so many questions in here .. one of my freinds came up to see the chickens, she said eeeeewww ! they peeooop.. I said i know you think that eggs grow in a carton but , I cant beleive you didnt know that animals poop..shes an extream example but thats how far we are removed from farming. i turn to those old books all of the time for questions that no one today has answers for.
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Fowls for the times. The history and development of the Orpington fowl (1896)

http://archive.org/details/cu31924090115159

Author: Cook, William, 1849-1904
Subject: Orpington chicken
Publisher: St. Mary Cray, Kent
Language: English
Digitizing sponsor: MSN
Book contributor: Cornell University Library
Contributor usage rights: See terms
Collection: cornell; americana
 
aveca said:
william cooks book is free for downlaod at cornell free library to you kindle or nook ect.. i havnt had time to read the whole thing but he goes into a great deal of detail about breeding , selecting ect...also the book standard bred orpington another book from that time says buffs were actually developed in another location apart from cooks but he picked them up worked on them..its all interesting.i have both on kindle which is also free for PC .

people today have lost the art of poultry keeping , back then they grew up in it out of necessity..there was no tops grocery market to run and get your chickens..thou you could get eggs from local farm..but for the most part you got your supper from the back yard..and not much in the line of refigeration either....they knew and understood what they were doing and why they were doing it..when things were good for the farmer he would take to the enxt level almost to art form developing bigger better birds...mostly for practicality

.I have freinds that think Chicken grows under plastic wrap at the grocery store..that is why you see so many questions in here .. one of my freinds came up to see the chickens, she said eeeeewww ! they peeooop.. I said i know you think that eggs grow in a carton but , I cant beleive you didnt know that animals poop..shes an extream example but thats how far we are removed from farming. i turn to those old books all of the time for questions that no one today has answers for.
another one of my freinds asked me that when her daughter comes over to see the chickens, please do not tell the kid that the eggs come out the same location as the poop or she will never eat another egg....I said what am I supposed to tell her? that a magic door opens up underneath to let the egg out? she said sure that works..lordy...

Well in all practicality you wouldn't have been lying, ya know? There is a magic door so to say that opens and as it opens, it closes off the (other door) so to speak. LOL

Jeff
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cornell free library william cooks a fowl for our times ...orpington..ENJOY

http://archive.org/details/cu31924090115159

Cornell free library . standard bred orpington
there are a ton of these old books free for your e- reader at this library
http://archive.org/details/cu31924003088188

example page







Wow, those evolution of the breed sketches just reinforced my impression that some of the modern breeds look like mutants
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I have a really strong preference for the original birds that looked like practical chickens.
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