Orpington Contest!! - ends 25/2/16

[BroodyChik]

Very handsome! Welcome to BYC

Big Daddy has a Big Family!

Thanks!
We raised 120 chicks from him and 14 hens. Momma hens 50 & "bator" 70.

Seeing some good-lookin' fluffy butts here!

 

[morbius18]

I've been crossing Buff Orpingtons with Golden Cuckoo Marans in order to create a golden cuckoo orpington. This hen turned out perfect for what I was attempting. So she's a cross, but still an orp.

This is her with her father:

 

[gotro17]

I've been crossing Buff Orpingtons with Golden Cuckoo Marans in order to create a golden cuckoo orpington. This hen turned out perfect for what I was attempting. So she's a cross, but still an orp.

This is her with her father:

Wow!!! Incredible!!!

 

[morbius18]

Wow!!! Incredible!!!

I just have to work on the leg feathering, which is against the sop.

 

[nanasacres]

I just have to work on the leg feathering, which is against the sop.

She is beautiful just as she is to me. I understand you are aiming for the cuckoo buff Orpington.

I happen to like feathered feet, but worry about diseases in rainy, hot climates. What are your thoughts?

 

[kidcody]

Pure English Silver Laced Orpington Rooster
"Skip" Keith Orpington, England bloodline
Skip is very gentle and friendly and loves to be the
center of attention. He also enjoys wading in pools of water in
our back yard, and sleeps among the sheep as if he was one!

 

[nanasacres]

Pure English Silver Laced Orpington Rooster "Skip" Keith Orpington, England bloodlines Sorry...photo didn't appear..

Marvelously Handsome! I can imagine all the work that went into that bird.

 

[morbius18]

She is beautiful just as she is to me. I understand you are aiming for the cuckoo buff Orpington.

I happen to like feathered feet, but worry about diseases in rainy, hot climates. What are your thoughts?

I've never heard about feathered shanks and disease, it's the same as feathered bodies. Hers are really lightly feathered:

 

[nanasacres]

I've never heard about feathered shanks and disease, it's the same as feathered bodies. Hers are really lightly feathered:

Thanks. I was thinking of mites and feces hiding in the feathered area.

 

[morbius18]

Thanks. I was thinking of mites and feces hiding in the feathered area.

I provide DE in their dust bathing spots in the summer. We've had a really wet winter here, an I haven't had any issues with mud or poo. Mine are on 1/3 acre run though, so no mud pit small run either.