Thanks for the warning, so far the ones I got seem to be doing alright, and definitely are Orloffs (or so I think) but maybe I will need to look elsewhere to improve my flock? *Edit* I just did some BYC searching and found someone else had bought from him as well, they were inquiring about what a "Blue Iza" is. After some emails and whatnot they discovered it was a fancy name he attached to a mixed breed.
They look good to me, but I'm not an orloff breeder or even owner. When you decide to start breeding, you will be much better off to have someone that knows & breeds orloffs come and help you evaluate you flock, and then get a rooster that is strong where your existing flock is weakest, being careful not to bring new flaws into your flock. A dedicated breeder also culls relentlessly, which is my downfall. I love my birds and don't cull at all. So I just buy birds I like and let them do their thing, that means most of my birds are mixed. I keep a few "pure" eggs to incubate every year, combined with my no culling, I've got lots of chickens.
Well, that makes four that are not happy. I would definitely go elsewhere...I privately send a good breeder (another breed) to his CL add and she said all his breeding was really poor quality.
It was in the 60's here today. Had the girls out for a bit and they loved it. They were a bit jumpy as I had been babysitting the ex's black lab all thanksgiving and didn't think much at all of that big black ball of fury coming right up against the hardware cloth on their tractor. Needless to say, I didn't have him loose in the chicken yard when I had them out. We do have a fenced back yard for the dogs to go out in, so he was out in that while Belle and the girls were out in the yard. Didn't go out for long as I did have to run him back to his mother in AA. Hung out there and did some shopping.
