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[Mother2Hens]

I am trying to find homes for my 2 Lavender Orpingtons Cockerels. I had gotten them both from Faraday40 as chicks. The one in front is an American Breed Orp and the 1 behind him is an English Breed, which I believe she got the eggs from someone here on the Indiana thread. They are both sweethearts and I am hoping to find a good home for them. Or maybe a home for one and find a Lav Orp pullet for me!

Welcome @ChicagoClucker ! I agree with @jchny2000 that the one in front looks like a hen although her comb seems large for that age. Here are photos of orps I have or had and their approx ages.

These are my first orps that I bought in person from chickenscratchpoultry.
English Jubilee and American Lavender ~ both pullets, approx. 3 months old. It was right before my lavender injured her leg, and I eventually had to put her to sleep. (photo on right is my Jubilee grown up)


Below are two photos of an English Blue Orpington cockerel (approx. 2 months old) given to me by a member and forwarded to jchny when he turned out to be a boy.

I still had he and his sister (below) housed in a spare bedroom since it was February (2014).


Here is a picture of him with his sister, an English Blue Splash Orp. They were approx. 3 months when this was taken. He grew his comb must faster than she did. On the right is a photo of her all grown up.


My English Orp on my avatar is a bantam chocolate, so she wouldn't help your LF identification. Good luck with the outcome!

 

[Mother2Hens]

@bradselig So sorry about your grandmother.

As far as the job prospect, it's always good to make a list of Pros & Cons. Because of your grandmother's death, they should give you more time to make a decision.
Neem Oil ~ Coincidence! I had just read info about Neem Oil before seeing the posts. I have a few maple trees and a couple of Japanese maples, so I noted this info: Several plants are susceptible to oils: maples, particularly Japanese and red maple; hickories and black walnut; plume cedar ( Cryptomeria japonica ) and smoke tree ( Cotinus coggygria ). Injury to these plants can occur from either dormant or summer oil applications. Light yellowing indicates that a summer oil application has burned the foliage. Later, these sites become water-soaked, darken, and die. Several plants are also somewhat sensitive: redbud, junipers, cedars, spruce, and Douglas firs.
Edited to add source: Pest Control Using Horticultural Oils

 

[daskhan]

so i have been debating on switching to a tractor coop or multiple tractor coops instead of my semi-permanent coop structures i have now.ive looked around a little a found checkencyclist.com or foodcyclist.com this guy seems like he cares well for his chickens although his seem to be all meat birds. he has about 12? tractor coops as far as i can tell no egg laying is done but i think it might be simply to add an egg box or two any advice on this i was thinking of adopting something similar to his design adding an egg basket or two and with his design would i need a coop or is it fine the way it is to just put a nest box in?

 

[browncow15]

Above is Hershey, my chocolate cuckoo English Orpington cockerel from @Junibutt. Above is the chocolate pullet, Cocoa, also from @Junibutt. They're about a month old. Hershey is very mellow. I'm sure Cocoa will chill out once her hormones kick in! They are sharing space with our "mutt" olive egger pullet that's half Lav Orp and half Red Wheaten Ameracauna, but she looks a lot more Orpish, and is right now is as big as the Orp pullets the same age. DH so wants her to have Ameracauna muff/beard, but I don't think that's going to happen. No signs so far.

I may need some of your chicks!!! ;-P

 

[ChickCrazed]

Above is Hershey, my chocolate cuckoo English Orpington cockerel from @Junibutt.



Above is the chocolate pullet, Cocoa, also from @Junibutt.

They're about a month old. Hershey is very mellow. I'm sure Cocoa will chill out once her hormones kick in! They are sharing space with our "mutt" olive egger pullet that's half Lav Orp and half Red Wheaten Ameracauna, but she looks a lot more Orpish, and is right now is as big as the Orp pullets the same age. DH so wants her to have Ameracauna muff/beard, but I don't think that's going to happen. No signs so far.

Wow! They are gorgeous!!!!

 

[ChickCrazed]

so i have been debating on switching to a tractor coop or multiple tractor coops instead of my semi-permanent coop structures i have now.ive looked around a little a found checkencyclist.com or foodcyclist.com this guy seems like he cares well for his chickens although his seem to be all meat birds. he has about 12? tractor coops as far as i can tell no egg laying is done but i think it might be simply to add an egg box or two any advice on this i was thinking of adopting something similar to his design adding an egg basket or two and with his design would i need a coop or is it fine the way it is to just put a nest box in?

I wouldn't use it unless you replaced the chicken wire with hardware cloth. They would be sitting ducks for pretty much any predator that walked past with chicken wire. You would also probably need some additional wind protection in the winter. Since he is only using them for meat birds he isn't concerned with sub zero temps like you would need to be.

Other than that, I think a lot of people use tractors year round and love them.

 

[daskhan]

oh forgot to add might be in florida by time i switch to this design

 

[ellymayRans]

I candled my broody Peahens eggs this morning when she got up for a bit and both have already internally pipped !! So excited about those. I didn't separate my Peahen. She's nesting in my front flower bed. I hate she's been in all this rain and storms but she nestled under a small fir tree and most of her stays dry. The Pea egg in the incubator, it's air cell has dipped but not pipped yet. It's not due til 7/4 but I think it may hatch a bit early so I went ahead with lockdown today instead of tomorrow.

As of this morning my incubated pea egg is now internally pipped! ! I checked on momma and thought I heard cracking but no peeping. I can't mess with her too much cuz she hisses and I'm sure she'd get me pretty good if I did more than just pet her.

 

[Faraday40]

Broody Cookie Update:
6 out of 7 eggs hatched, but today is the official hatch date. There's still a chance for 100%. The last egg is a dark, thick shelled, Maran egg, so there's also a chance of nothing. (I never could see into it when candling.)

Incubator:
3 chicks hatched last night. Many eggs still without pips. Looks like it could be a long 24 hrs!

DD has quickly fallen in love with a white silkie of Cookie's. She's already held it a few times & jokes of chick-napping it away from Cookie. LOL Not sure what I think of owning a silkie. I heard white silkies are hawk magnets. Does anyone here own a silkie - especially a white?

BTW- The silkie looks a little gray. I know that both parents were white. Could it be the black skin or low light making the chick look grayish?

 

[PeacefulWalls]

Quote: We got our organic neem oil at Lowe's. It was a smaller bottle (32 oz?? -- it's out in the greenhouse so I can't check) of concentrate for $9.97. We used it for the first time this year & sprayed our fruit trees. DH just did another application a few days ago. He commented that the top leaves where the spray wasn't hitting as well were bug chewed, but not the rest of the trees. Hope that means less bugs in the fruit! This will be our first year for getting a measurable amount of fruit -- pretty exciting for us!!
Just checked and it was only a 16 oz. bottle -- Garden Safe brand -- white bottle with purple cap.