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[nnbreeder]

Robin, I would almost have to agree, the Imprted orp is just a fluffier Orpington making them appear larger. Most of the Imported orps out there have been crossed back over US based orps anyway to attempt to get closer to the standard of the Orp here in the US.
I would be very carefull if you purchase any "Imported" Orpingtons anyway as it is likely not what you are really getting unless they have the import paperwork and can document the the importation process they are likely just bumping prices for the new fad.. The folks that will spend teh time and money to import things seldom let much go until they have raised them out and choose for thier own breeding programs since it averages 4-5K a bird between bird, shipping, broker fees, and quarantine period at $20 a bird per day for 30 days.

Here are the reg. on this side. The part where it says "some hatching eggs will have to quarentined for 30 days" just slays me. LOL

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/poultry_eggs.shtml

Here they are for the far side of the pond.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/animal-trade/exports-non-eu/

Basically the UK will follow the rules of the importing country.

And here is the history of the Orpingtons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpington_(chicken)

 

[SimplyMe_AngieD]

Well all. I hope you had a good day today! I've obviously been off for more than 24 hours so I have a few pages to catch up on. I hope it is not annoying, but I am replying to each page.


I am really enjoying the chat about the bees. I would like to put a hive in my back yard, hopefully next year, and all of this info gives me something to think about.

Sooner hope all is well with your DD. I get migraines, and I have since I was 11. They never really found the cause, and I hope they find the cause of yours and remedy it!!

Nana- That link is so cute! Thank you for sharing it!

Poco... I hope you are feeling better!

 

[old*cowboy]

Howdy Everyone!, getting a bit cool out, I got caught up finally took a while LOL I had my 50Th birthday last year at POOPS I think that was the best birthday party I ever had and it wasn't thrown for me LOL I did quit smoking about a month later and have stuck with it it gets tough at the oddest times I can turn around in the yard and nothing really happens in particular but all of a sudden I really want to smoke and am not about to I might if I live to be 80 by then it will be too late for smoking to kill me LOL I still have all my pipes and sitting here sometimes I think how easy it would be to make a couple clicks and UPS would deliver a whole can in a couple days but I'm committed to quitting and it sure makes breathing a lot easier, I got home late so still need to go gather eggs and make sure everyones safe for the night, See you'uns later

It gets easier. I quit back int he mid 90s. I had tried quiting a few times. That is where most people make their first mistake, they tell themselves they are going to try to quit. I finally told myself I wasnt going to try, I was going to quit. Then I told myself that no little cigerette had more control than I did. In just a few days I aint never looked back. The cost factor alone would kill me now days.

 

[mefordz]

Well all. I hope you had a good day today! I've obviously been off for more than 24 hours so I have a few pages to catch up on. I hope it is not annoying, but I am replying to each page.


I am really enjoying the chat about the bees. I would like to put a hive in my back yard, hopefully next year, and all of this info gives me something to think about.

Sooner hope all is well with your DD. I get migraines, and I have since I was 11. They never really found the cause, and I hope they find the cause of yours and remedy it!!

Nana- That link is so cute! Thank you for sharing it!

Poco... I hope you are feeling better!

dont worry, no way you can be more annoying than i am!

 

[Ksane]

Bill, you know the reason the urge for a cigarette hits as supposed odd times? It's because you have to do something, drive down a particular street, walk into a particular building 1-2 times *after* you've quit smoking before your subconscious 'remembers' that the last time you did that particular thing you didn't smoke. The same reason the very 1st holiday, 1st season, 1st blizzard, etc gives you an unexplainable 5 second urge for a cigarette. Once you've been through each of those firsts as a non-smoker it affects you less and less.
I hadn't smoked in 2 yrs and walked into the library and reached into my pocket to see if my cigarettes were there lol it was because it was the 1st time I'd been to a library since I'd quit smoking. I didn't WANT a cigarette, it was just habit.
I love psychology
Congrats on quitting, pat yourself on the back

 

[SimplyMe_AngieD]

Ok.... I tried to catch up, but I am so deliriously tired I can't follow the thread. I will try again tomorrow.

I was woken up at 3 am by my youngest with a fever. Then the fever went away in 2 hrs. It was odd. Then we took a trip to OKC to hob-nob with our state rep and senator during the home educators capitol day.

So it was a busy day.

But we also got these today from the 4H extension office.



This is my first hatching experience... and these are broiler eggs. I figured broilers are short lived enough that it will give me a crash course in hatching and brooding. If I think I have a successful enough hatch, I might try to borrow this incubator later this year to hatch me several eggs of a breed I really want.

Or I just may decide dealing with the mess isn't worth it and just buy chicks or full grown hens. So we will see how this experiment goes, but either way we will have 8-12 nice tender broilers in the freezer in a few months.

Have a great night all. See you in the am!

 

[SimplyMe_AngieD]

I don't know.... maybe you should ask my hubby how annoying I am.

dont worry, no way you can be more annoying than i am!

 

[old*cowboy]

Well I should hang out a shingle. Guy's shade tree computer repair. After a full 24 hours of fighting and cussing this thing I downloaded Norton spy ware and virus protection. Lucky I still had internet. Only thing I had was internet. Tried to go back and reset it to awhile back and it just kept saying files were empty. So after I downloaded Norton first thing it told me to do was uninstall McAfee. Which didn't bother me a bit as it let some nerd from Haiti's infect my beloved machine. Then I installed and ran Norton. Over 200 issues that needed fixed. I then was able to reset computer to a week ago. Down side was a week ago I didn't have Norton, so beings it was paid for, I downloaded it again. Uninstall McAfee again

and been tweeking on the thing for a couple hours. I have retrieved almost everything, but for the life of me I can not find my few hundred or more pictures. I have found them, but when I try to open them it tells me file is empty. If I cant figure it out in a few days I may have to have a professional help me (hope he don't make me take down my shingle). I know I have been telling everyone my wife is away from home, so I hope everyone didn't jump to the conclusion that I caught this surfing unsavory sites

or did I.

 

[artsyrobin]

Quote:
i quit cold last march- tough... but i found a couple things, drink iced green tea, take b complex vitamins and hot licorice tea- and what i save monthly i use on the chickens... $80-$100 a month...

 

[Kassaundra]

i have heard it said they are cochins without the feathered feet.... love the blues though


hey, have you been sneaking off with kassandra and my here, Dr Who? and traveling in time, that would explain it!



here are a few more of my serama kids...

If the TARDIS ever shows up I'm soooo going on that trip, and all the better if it is David Tennent's Dr.