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[kittydoc]

LAST SALE OF THE SEASON!​

I have one 16 month old Jubilee Orpington roo for sale (100% English). He is easy on the hens and not at all people aggressive. He also is quiet, at least in my flock. Photo from last January below. He is almost as broad as he is tall now--that's the biggest difference. I have his nearly identical brother, and no longer need both. For people on this thread only, I'm asking $40, which is below the day-old chick price of many breeders. He is proven fertile and has been vaccinated against Marek's disease.



ORPINGTON CHICKS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE:


Half American (hinkjc) and Half English Lavender Orpington cockerels, about 3-4 weeks old, $8 each (also some younger)

Half American (hinkjc) and Half English Black/Lav Split Orpington cockerels, about 3-4 weeks old, $5 each (also some younger)

100% English Black Orpington cockerel (1) which MAY or MAY NOT be split to Lavender (50/50 chance), about 3-4 weeks old, $10 (also I think 1 younger)

All of the chicks above are out of my 100% English black split roo, Cogburn (my avatar). Mothers of the lavs and black/lav splits are hinkjc American lavenders. Mothers of the 100% English black cockerels that may or may not be split to lav are my 100% English blue hens (Fancy Chick and DM Rippy's lines).

Several people on the thread already have some of my "half and halfs," and hopefully will volunteer how their lavs and splits turned out. They are mighty cute chicks! @Faraday40 @flyladyrocks @jchny2000 among others whose ID's on here I don't know.

 

[ChicagoClucker]

LAST SALE OF THE SEASON!​

I have one 16 month old Jubilee Orpington roo for sale (100% English). He is easy on the hens and not at all people aggressive. He also is quiet, at least in my flock. Photo from last January below. He is almost as broad as he is tall now--that's the biggest difference. I have his nearly identical brother, and no longer need both. For people on this thread only, I'm asking $40, which is below the day-old chick price of many breeders. He is proven fertile and has been vaccinated against Marek's disease.



ORPINGTON CHICKS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE:


Half American (hinkjc) and Half English Lavender Orpington cockerels, about 3-4 weeks old, $8 each (also some younger)

Half American (hinkjc) and Half English Black/Lav Split Orpington cockerels, about 3-4 weeks old, $5 each (also some younger)

100% English Black Orpington cockerel (1) which MAY or MAY NOT be split to Lavender (50/50 chance), about 3-4 weeks old, $10 (also I think 1 younger)

All of the chicks above are out of my 100% English black split roo, Cogburn (my avatar). Mothers of the lavs and black/lav splits are hinkjc American lavenders. Mothers of the 100% English black cockerels that may or may not be split to lav are my 100% English blue hens (Fancy Chick and DM Rippy's lines).

Several people on the thread already have some of my "half and halfs," and hopefully will volunteer how their lavs and splits turned out. They are mighty cute chicks! @Faraday40 @flyladyrocks @jchny2000 among others whose ID's on here I don't know.

Here is one of yours I got from Faraday. Beautiful Cockerel! This pic is a month old, he is much larger now.

 

[flyladyrocks]

LAST SALE OF THE SEASON!​

I have one 16 month old Jubilee Orpington roo for sale (100% English). He is easy on the hens and not at all people aggressive. He also is quiet, at least in my flock. Photo from last January below. He is almost as broad as he is tall now--that's the biggest difference. I have his nearly identical brother, and no longer need both. For people on this thread only, I'm asking $40, which is below the day-old chick price of many breeders. He is proven fertile and has been vaccinated against Marek's disease.



ORPINGTON CHICKS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE:


Half American (hinkjc) and Half English Lavender Orpington cockerels, about 3-4 weeks old, $8 each (also some younger)

Half American (hinkjc) and Half English Black/Lav Split Orpington cockerels, about 3-4 weeks old, $5 each (also some younger)

100% English Black Orpington cockerel (1) which MAY or MAY NOT be split to Lavender (50/50 chance), about 3-4 weeks old, $10 (also I think 1 younger)

All of the chicks above are out of my 100% English black split roo, Cogburn (my avatar). Mothers of the lavs and black/lav splits are hinkjc American lavenders. Mothers of the 100% English black cockerels that may or may not be split to lav are my 100% English blue hens (Fancy Chick and DM Rippy's lines).

Several people on the thread already have some of my "half and halfs," and hopefully will volunteer how their lavs and splits turned out. They are mighty cute chicks! @Faraday40 @flyladyrocks @jchny2000 among others whose ID's on here I don't know.

 

[kittydoc]

Here is one of yours I got from Faraday. Beautiful Cockerel! This pic is a month old, he is much larger now.

He is handsome. If he grows into his feet, he's going to be a big boy, too. I am finally keeping one of his cousins as my lavender roo for next season! Thanks for posting!

 

[kittydoc]

Glad to hear that you love your splits, too. Black birds have more going for them than most people think. Black Orps, especially the roos, have such a beautiful beetle green sheen and look like they've been rubbed down with car wax! Cogburn will be keeping the girls in general population happy next year, since I'll be breeding just lavenders unless someone orders black splits. Cog will be used again in the future, though, when I need more splits. I would be hard pressed to find a better English black split roo.

 

[iamfivewire]

he's a beauty k-doc .
we are not in need for another roo tho .
i had an opportunity to get some jubilee orpingtons a couple months back, but we decided on bielefelders instead . (maybe someday orps will fit into our plans, but with our 3 breeding groups (iowa blue, chantecler, bieles) , + our EE/misc group, we're at max capacity currently)

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: As far as human interaction, they are very social. They are a lot more broody, and the Tom is less actively chasing the hens than my Bourbon tom does.. At the beginning of the season, I had several poults hatch before they started hiding eggs. I took eggs from them a couple weeks ago and they were all infertile, and smelled pretty bad. They actually tried to take over a scovy nest today, and pecked my lil girl Hueys head pretty good. What upset me most, they drug a few of the eggs from the nest, pecked them open and killed the duckling inside.Did not eat the eggs! I had found this in my main coop last week, and assumed it was a chicken, until I walked up on this earlier. Very odd behavior for turkeys on high protein feed. Never saw this behavior even out of BB variety turkeys.

Vet visit for "Alli" went well. It's not brain or an infection. They've never seen it before but did pull fluid but said it was mostly blood. Viewed under a microscope. So she stated we should just wait it out and discuss removing if we choose once "she's " bigger and can handle the anesthesia. I'm just concerned because it's growing faster than she is and it makes me think it will be bigger than her head before too long. So strange. The vet also said it didn't appear to have a pocket or a solid mass. She said she poked around in it with a needle. After a local anesthetic of course.
This is her at hatch again. For comparison.
Just Friday.

Today after our visit.

Eeek!

Poor baby! The news is good, but still having to wait out whats happening is so hard! Hoping for an answer soon.

I've put her in with the broody hen and her babes. Momma doesn't mind. But boy Alli really doesn't want to part with me! She kept going through the crate holes and running after me. I had to put some things around the bottom but I can hear her out there just peeping so loud! I put her under momma twice now and once she's there she's content but only for a bit. Momma has about trampled the others because of Alli leaving the brooder. She's making her a nervous wreck!

Aww, I would bring her in, poor thing.

I should be taking advantage of this rainy day by getting some inside work done, but I kinda just feel like leisurely looking at our thread.

@wheezy50 ~ Love your photos! Your raised beds look perfect and your chickens do, too.

Here's our "garden." The only totally sunny area is around the pool. Last year we had a lower sized bed like yours. This year I told DH that I thought a taller bed would be nice for handy access. He built one out of redwood ($200!) and then we realized how much soil was needed to fill it! Me and my bright ideas! DH did admit that it's easier to watch the plant grow each day. It's also probably easier because these plants are kind of spindly this year!

The photo unfortunately shows the messy, unfinished part of the flagstone path that I've worked on for two summers (it started at the top of the hill by the chicken coop). I'm waiting for the forecast to improve.



Here's the long lost brother of my precious Lionel. We adopted Purrcy last fall, and he and Lionel remembered each other after 4 years apart.
Purrcy is enjoying the catnip. Honeybees enjoy it, too.

Loved your pictures!

Well we are under water again. 1.75" of rain in the last 6 hours and my birds look like drowned rats.

and I lost another chick this morning.




I've also had to find a temp place for my roos as they are tearing up my girls! I think I already know the answer to this but do I want to keep roos that don't seem to be able to mate without making a mess out of my hens?

I am so sorry about losing the chick. Very good point to make. Its a hard call, but I have learned if they are over a year old, and not a "gentleman" they won't ever be. I have kept a few human aggressive roosters way too long before, because they treated the hens so well. Aprons can't completely protect them either. Bruce my BA was here a LONG time, but he would feed them, and none of his girls ever had a bare back. No bare necks, no spurring. Any hen I put in his coop stayed right with him free ranging, period. Bruce never lost a hen to a predator, he was good at watching out for them and alerting if anything wasn't "right". The funniest part of it is he never ran off another rooster unless one of his hens was squealing.
Bruce made the mistake of attacking my Mom while she was trying to take a walk. That was it for him, bye bye Bruce! For me, I will toe bump the chest to stop them, but just cannot allow them attacking my parents. I have all human friendly roos now, but several have been terrible to the hens. Its a real puzzle to me also.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

LAST SALE OF THE SEASON!​

I have one 16 month old Jubilee Orpington roo for sale (100% English). He is easy on the hens and not at all people aggressive. He also is quiet, at least in my flock. Photo from last January below. He is almost as broad as he is tall now--that's the biggest difference. I have his nearly identical brother, and no longer need both. For people on this thread only, I'm asking $40, which is below the day-old chick price of many breeders. He is proven fertile and has been vaccinated against Marek's disease.



ORPINGTON CHICKS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE:


Half American (hinkjc) and Half English Lavender Orpington cockerels, about 3-4 weeks old, $8 each (also some younger)

Half American (hinkjc) and Half English Black/Lav Split Orpington cockerels, about 3-4 weeks old, $5 each (also some younger)

100% English Black Orpington cockerel (1) which MAY or MAY NOT be split to Lavender (50/50 chance), about 3-4 weeks old, $10 (also I think 1 younger)

All of the chicks above are out of my 100% English black split roo, Cogburn (my avatar). Mothers of the lavs and black/lav splits are hinkjc American lavenders. Mothers of the 100% English black cockerels that may or may not be split to lav are my 100% English blue hens (Fancy Chick and DM Rippy's lines).

Several people on the thread already have some of my "half and halfs," and hopefully will volunteer how their lavs and splits turned out. They are mighty cute chicks! @Faraday40 @flyladyrocks @jchny2000 among others whose ID's on here I don't know.

Gorgeous Roo, I hope to have room to add more orpington breed colors someday. Seriously enjoy this breed very much.

My lil black orp from you is a Treasure to say the least. He has joined the lavender babies flock for next years breeding. Social, sweet friendly lil guy, but not intimidated or pushed out by my American breeds (EE, WL etc) He is doing well, his first week comingling outdoors for short periods. He is never fearful or flighty and will stand on your foot! Hey, pick me up or just pet me! My Breeding Lavender Orp rooster accepted him without any issue, and he comingles with my adult group very well also.

 

[PeacefulWalls]

For those of you who use Martin's Chicken Butchering on CR 142 in Goshen (Foraker area): if you are not already aware, the owners of Martin's sold the business to some other family members. It is still at the same location, but is now called Roland's Chicken Butchering (24454 CR 142, Goshen, 46526). Their new phone number is 574-354-1246. I was aware this was taking place but just picked up the business card with new info at the feed mill today & thought I'd pass the info along.

Not sure if I missed anyone replying to the request for butchering info in Goshen, but here's the address/phone info.

 

[kittydoc]

Gorgeous Roo, I hope to have room to add more orpington breed colors someday. Seriously enjoy this breed very much.

My lil black orp from you is a Treasure to say the least. He has joined the lavender babies flock for next years breeding. Social, sweet friendly lil guy, but not intimidated or pushed out by my American breeds (EE, WL etc) He is doing well, his first week comingling outdoors for short periods. He is never fearful or flighty and will stand on your foot! Hey, pick me up or just pet me! My Breeding Lavender Orp rooster accepted him without any issue, and he comingles with my adult group very well also.

So glad to hear it! The group of that he hatched with was handled quite a bit. Cogburn has never produced an aggressive baby yet, though a lot of his kids won't be coming into their own for a few more months. I will let all of you guys know that Cog crowed at 3 months and 29 days of age, and was breeding a couple of weeks later. You'd think a roo that full of testosterone would be a jerk, but he's so easy for me to handle when I need to (moving him between breeding pens, etc.). I can hold him with one arm, not even securing his feet, and he is just chilled out about the whole thing.