CSU - Chicken State University- Large Fowl SOP

[thedragonlady]

Notice the resemblance ?
One thing we have not discussed here is Oprington temperament...........
The standard calls for a dual purpose bird who will lay heavily , and then be fit for Sunday dinner at a few years old. In the inter men what happens with these big birds?
I expect a calm, people / bird friendly chicken, who gets along with it's flock mates, without undue scrapping. I will not tolerate an agressive , towards people , Roo .My cock birds will not eat scratch thrown out by me. They call their hens, who devour it. The cock birds also manage their girls, and will not put up with fighting amongst them. The calm temperament allows them to do their job, and is a delight for the owners of good ones.

Corrected...after 50 years, I can't spell bird ?

 

[aveca]

cluck cluck.....Vickie bred that bird, and he at my house..he is just a delight .i have better pic but its in pc..im on tablet right now.he is not a year old quite yet so he will something to see

Vickie,thank you for bringing the temprament up..they are completly non agressive..you never have to be afraid of going into a pen with them...my australorp rooster on the other hand can get testy with me..they stand and watch while the hens eat..and somewhere in here i posted a picture of that rooster allowing a pullet to hide under him while she laid an egg...

i would like to add to that also the egg from the belgium pullet is very big! consistantly..

 

[cluck-cluck]

Lovely, it would be nice if all birds had that temperament.

 

[galanie]

As many of you know, I have a trio of Vickie's birds too. That cockerel is such a joy! Yesterday my neighbor's 7 year old granddaughter came to the fence (chain link) to talk while eating an apple. Harry really wanted that apple! He did everything but get on his knees. Then her younger cousin (4) walked up and he went to see if she had food. She didn't, so he stationed himself back in front of the 7 year old and talked up a storm. She finally dropped the core over the fence and he called all his girls over and just watched them eat it. She has a silky roo and laughed because what her boy does is call the girls over and then eat the food himself.

He is the sweetest boy ever and I have no fears of anyone, even small children, coming into the yard where he is. Yes, temperament is important and I too don't mess with an aggressive one. My worst was the tastiest.

 

[aveca]

You should show a couple pics of those glorious looking birds Sarah..and the new grand chicks..

 

[galanie]

Plan to when I take some decent ones. Cleo is broody though. Fifi has on a new hen saddle today and isn't liking it but she's getting used to it.

 

[thedragonlady]

Plan to when I take some decent ones. Cleo is broody though. Fifi has on a new hen saddle today and isn't liking it but she's getting used to it.

Those girls need to get with the program. Their sister just went CH. English at her first show at 7 1/2 months. Details later.

 

[aveca]

details, and pics please!!

 

[thedragonlady]

details, and pics please!!

I'm waiting on both ! I believe it had to have been Sussex County, which usually has a good LF entry.

 

[wekiva bird]

details, and pics please!!

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