Fairy Tail Farms English Orpingtons

[NagemTX]

Those pens are what I want to do for my set up as well. Or something like it. Kinda run and coop in one. I will have to cover mine till we get the electric fence in place around the property because I have a coon the lives under the deck that is right behind th eff house.

Beautiful dream set up!

 

[ColtHandorf]

I realize I didn’t add the pictures I drew up. Lol

 

[ColtHandorf]

The Jubilee Orps are very tentative. If I do get them, I only want a quad or four hens and a rooster. I have found some lovely Salmon Faverolles I want though...

https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/grd/d/scurry-salmon-faverolle-hatching-eggs/7600621266.html

That male is Recessive White. The breeder believes he's Splash, though. I asked her what colors she was getting, and she said Salmon and Blue Salmon. I tried to explain if he was Splash covering Salmon and Blue Salmon hens; she could only get Blue Salmon and Splash Salmon. But whatever. I think they are handsome. I had them when I was a kid and would love to have some again. She's got the eggs, and some started birds available, but that'll have to wait until next month and after I rearrange some stuff.

In other news I have six Serama chicks growing out, three cockerels and three pullets, and two Lavender Mottled Orp chicks (fingers crossed for girls) to give my massive Black Mottled/Lavender Mottled male some lady friends. He's just so big and so handsome I can't stand to get rid of him, and I hate him being all alone.

I have all the remaining goslings pre-sold to a breeder. He wants all five Blues and the one Buff. And I've got Lavender goslings on order with the lady I got my Blues from. She's been having a hard time hatching goslings out. She's got one now, but obviously, I need more than that. lol

I've got some random eggs in the incubator that should be getting close to hatching. And I have to trim some Orpington butts over the weekend to improve fertility. They aren't laying well (except the Silver-laced), and the SLO have been completely infertile. A first for me. I'm not sure if the rooster just isn't breeding or if he's not making contact.

I do have an F1 Blue Silver-laced cockerel I could toss over the SLO hens, but according to the genetic calculator, that's a hot mess. Which is odd because breeding the SLO rooster to the F1 Blue Silver-laced hen does not result in the same dumpster fire. @The Moonshiner, what would you do? I've not had any luck tracking down any Silver-laced males that aren't Chocolate. Same with Gold-laced. I have a Chocolate Gold-laced cockerel, and he's very fertile but a huge prick. I'll be finding him somewhere to live as soon as I can find another normal male.

 

[ColtHandorf]

You should look into Luffa gourds. I think they'd grow in your climate? They're pretty cool

I'm not really a fan of functional plants. Things that grow vegetables are hideous, especially in the Texas heat. I'd much rather just have pretty flowers and shrubs. And that's if I can get over the fact that I'll think there are snakes lurking inside all the flower beds. #notafanofnoperopes

 

[NagemTX]

Love the silver laced and blue silver laced. Not a fan of chocolate. It just looks like washed out black.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Love the silver laced and blue silver laced. Not a fan of chocolate. It just looks like washed out black.

This. Normal Silver and Gold-lacing looks lovely. Lavender and Isabel also look nice. BBS looks good on both. Chocolate looks like they are dirty/grungy. The Chocolate Gold-laced Cockerel doesn't look Chocolate or Gold. He's like a weird brown-ish red color. The Chocolate SL are even weirder because, at a quick glance, you can tell they aren't black, but they almost look blue? Except they aren't. Blech.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

I have a Chocolate Gold-laced cockerel, and he's very fertile but a huge prick.

That sucks he turned into a prick, he was such a pretty chick

 

[ColtHandorf]

That sucks he turned into a prick, he was such a pretty chick

He doesn't bother me, at least not really. But he's hateful to everyone else. I've never had an English Orpington male act like that. I used to have one that was weird about mud boots, but he never actually got after you. He'd just run up and stare at them. lol But he usually gets hosed if my roommate is out helping me feed and water or they get fed and watered after dark.

The Isabel Lavender-laced is lovely, though. And he's been breeding his Gold-laced/Isabel Lavender-laced girlfriend, and they have fertile eggs in the incubator.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

He doesn't bother me, at least not really. But he's hateful to everyone else. I've never had an English Orpington male act like that. I used to have one that was weird about mud boots, but he never actually got after you. He'd just run up and stare at them. lol But he usually gets hosed if my roommate is out helping me feed and water or they get fed and watered after dark.

The Isabel Lavender-laced is lovely, though. And he's been breeding his Gold-laced/Isabel Lavender-laced girlfriend, and they have fertile eggs in the incubator.

Pics?

 

[ColtHandorf]

Pics?

I'll get some this afternoon if he cooperates.