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There is a listing on BYC for a Chocolate Orpington Bantam male. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=602381
She said she wouldnt call it a bantam because its so large.
There is a listing on BYC for a Chocolate Orpington Bantam male. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=602381
This guy is about 4-5 months old and is huge. He was the youngest of the cockerels I received. I wouldn't really categorized him as a bantam, but that is what he was sold to me as. He now weighs 5 lbs 9 oz and should top out at around 7 lbs or more according to my orpington sources.
This is suppose to be a bantam, yet may reach 7#. This would be great in a Chocolate large fowl project in any breed. But is not a bantam. We are now using a digital scale in all of our Orpington and Wyandotte Bantam programs. We must keep good type, but get the size down. We are now only keeping males with smaller weight, but good type. So many of the Orpington Bantams at Crossroads were extremely large. Yet the judges tend to pick the larger ones. I am hearing this about other breeds as well: Cochin, Wyandottes etc. Once judges start picking a trait that is not to Standard, breeders start breeding for that trait. as Orpington bantam breeders we need to be responsible and breed to the SOP.
This is suppose to be a bantam, yet may reach 7#. This would be great in a Chocolate large fowl project in any breed. But is not a bantam. We are now using a digital scale in all of our Orpington and Wyandotte Bantam programs. We must keep good type, but get the size down. We are now only keeping males with smaller weight, but good type. So many of the Orpington Bantams at Crossroads were extremely large. Yet the judges tend to pick the larger ones. I am hearing this about other breeds as well: Cochin, Wyandottes etc. Once judges start picking a trait that is not to Standard, breeders start breeding for that trait. as Orpington bantam breeders we need to be responsible and breed to the SOP.
She said she wouldnt call it a bantam because its so large.
