CALLING ALL ORPINGTON OWNERS!

[Pampered chicken girl]

I have been getting eggs from ebay, and a 50% hatch rate is standard for shipped eggs. My last hatch 0 out of 36 hatched. The one before that, the ameraucanas, 12 out of 12 hatched. It's a crap shoot. Maybe look on Craigslist for a local seller first>

Ok thanks, I do look on Craigslist but very few have hatching eggs and no one has bantam blue laced red Wyandotte or seramas

 

[MysteryChicken]

I have a thread like this, The Orpingtons Only Club, if I remember the title correctly.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Has anyones orpington been super sweet and nice she runs up to you and pecks you gently to get your attention so she can be picked up. Then this morning i go to give them more feed and i found a broken egg under the roost she was in the coop and when i went to pick it up she tried to attack me. Is she going broody?

 

[egamalski]

All three of my chocolate orpingtons and two of my buffs. My buffs are the sweetest.

 

[Dharmachick]

Is she going broody?

Could be. Does she shriek like a dinosaur?

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Could be. Does she shriek like a dinosaur?

Not anymore she use to when i picked her up now she just comes up and pecks me in the leg to get attention. I still think shes hiding eggs somewhere we went from getting 3 eggs a day last week to 2 a day this week.

 

[Hip Hillbilly Acres]

my four babies are one month old as of last week. We are finally closer to their "real" home. The brooder is a hot mess (poor things). I will have funds for the rest of their tractor coop on Wednesday (phew, will be SO glad). Of course hubby has to put it all together. But with another batch coming end of week he'd better.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I ordered from Meyer's last week. I ordered a few I wanted, and some adopt me bargains which are straight run, but I did get a F blue orpington with a one green leg strap to ID it.

 

[kurby22]

I ordered from Meyer's last week. I ordered a few I wanted, and some adopt me bargains which are straight run, but I did get a F blue orpington with a one green leg strap to ID it.

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Sooo pretty

 

[kurby22]

Nohope is now for sure a boy and he’s getting so huge! Super sweet boy though His bestest bud/girlfriend is Roxy my young BLRW pullet they are literally attached at the hip.