Fairy Tail Farms English Orpingtons

[rayrose]

Agatha

 

[ColtHandorf]

Agatha

I know which bird Agatha is. I'm asking for clarification in whether you do. Most people want more pictures of Dahlia, the Black hen, not her sister.

 

[rayrose]

Yes, the blue one.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

How's everyone doing now? Hoping the weather stabilized a bit

 

[ColtHandorf]

How's everyone doing now? Hoping the weather stabilized a bit

Weather has warmed up considerably. All the girls have started laying well. I've still got a couple of hens that are fighting the crud after getting stressed during the storm I think. We'll see if they pull through or not.

I've got multiple batches of eggs in the incubator and according to candling I'm going to have some big sets of babies soon. I've got more egg trays on order for the GQF incubator I picked up about three weeks ago. I'll have to get some recent pictures when it dries out some. It's been raining a lot.

 

[ColtHandorf]

I ended up shuffling a ton of birds around last night after work.

1. Pomeranian Geese and Khaki Campbells
2. American Buff Geese (one broody)
3. Silver-laced Orpingtons, F1 Blue Silver-laced and Muscovy Ducks
4. Blue, Black, and Splash (plus Mauve) Orpingtons; added some older started birds
5. Bourbon Red Turkeys
6. Lavender Silver-laced cockerel over the Recessive White hens; I figured now that I've hatched out a dozen White chicks after letting the SLO males that carry Recessive White cover them I might as well let the Lavender do it and create Silver-laced that are split to Lavender and to White. I'll have to be super careful labeling their eggs and keeping track of the chicks. I also added the trio of Butterscotch Calls to this pen. They've not produced a fertile egg yet up in the breeding cage so I'm hoping the ground might help.
7. Lemon Blue Bantam Cochins
8. Chocolate Orpingtons and the "yard" girls. The only egg I'll have trouble telling apart in the whole batch is the Lavender and the Chocolate Orpington eggs. The Ameraucana, Mars Bars, and Splash Copper Marans all have distinctive eggs.
9. Silkies/Satins; I'm not planning on breeding these, per say, but I wanted them for little broodies.
10/11. Seramas

I've got three cages outside with chicks and started birds, a tub of chicks indoors, and four large empty breeding/chick cages. I set 146 eggs last Friday. I've lost my mind.

I'll try to get some decent photos today of everyone. The weather has been so gross.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I ended up shuffling a ton of birds around last night after work.

1. Pomeranian Geese and Khaki Campbells
2. American Buff Geese (one broody)
3. Silver-laced Orpingtons, F1 Blue Silver-laced and Muscovy Ducks
4. Blue, Black, and Splash (plus Mauve) Orpingtons; added some older started birds
5. Bourbon Red Turkeys
6. Lavender Silver-laced cockerel over the Recessive White hens; I figured now that I've hatched out a dozen White chicks after letting the SLO males that carry Recessive White cover them I might as well let the Lavender do it and create Silver-laced that are split to Lavender and to White. I'll have to be super careful labeling their eggs and keeping track of the chicks. I also added the trio of Butterscotch Calls to this pen. They've not produced a fertile egg yet up in the breeding cage so I'm hoping the ground might help.
7. Lemon Blue Bantam Cochins
8. Chocolate Orpingtons and the "yard" girls. The only egg I'll have trouble telling apart in the whole batch is the Lavender and the Chocolate Orpington eggs. The Ameraucana, Mars Bars, and Splash Copper Marans all have distinctive eggs.
9. Silkies/Satins; I'm not planning on breeding these, per say, but I wanted them for little broodies.
10/11. Seramas

I've got three cages outside with chicks and started birds, a tub of chicks indoors, and four large empty breeding/chick cages. I set 146 eggs last Friday. I've lost my mind.

I'll try to get some decent photos today of everyone. The weather has been so gross.

You mentioned somewhere that you sell eggs, is it only locally or are you able to ship?

 

[ColtHandorf]

Currently only local, technically, but I'm working on the NPIP certification to allow shipping. I'm PT tested and TAHC Certified, but is still need to do that.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Currently only local, technically, but I'm working on the NPIP certification to allow shipping. I'm PT tested and TAHC Certified, but is still need to do that.

When you are NPIP, I will definately be interested in eggs. Already saw several on your list that I'd love to add here.

Do you have any pictures of the lemon blue Cochins? Are they like Isabellas or different,?

 

[ColtHandorf]

Do you have any pictures of the lemon blue Cochins? Are they like Isabellas or different,?

I haven't taken any photos of them in a while, and so far the young cockerel hasn't figured out how to actually do the deed. So all the eggs have been clear. They breed like any Andalusian Blue with BBS. Isabelle requires Lavender. Oddly the blacks produced are called "Brown-reds" not black, but that's the only weird thing.

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