Orpington maturity rate??

[ShrekDawg]

He still runs from the girls and it’s hilarious. but he doesn’t run from EVERY girl now so we’re making progress LOL

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Yours are so pretty.

This is my handsome boy.

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He's gorgeous. He's gonna be even more good looking when he matures fully.

 

[ShrekDawg]

He's gorgeous. He's gonna be even more good looking when he matures fully.

Thank you!!! I think so too!! he looks even more handsome in person but he wouldn’t stay still long enough to let me get a good picture of him

His tail feathers finally came in lol he didn’t have any for a while

They look a bit scraggly though LOL poor boy

This is his girlfriend Wilma

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

She's a good looking welsummer.

 

[ShrekDawg]

She's a good looking welsummer.

Thank you!!!

I think so too lol

They stick together

 

[ShrekDawg]

I wish Jack would man up already

He runs from the girls just for looking at him sideways or walking past him lmao

 

[ShrekDawg]

But he does still appear to be growing. He’s huge.

I weighed him about a month ago at just past 4 months old and he was almost 7 pounds then. now he appears to have filled out some and probably weighs even more now. Need to weigh him again haha or maybe in a few weeks when he’s 6 months old.

 

[Angileen]

Hi everyone, I have a bit of a weird question.

I was wondering if Orpingtons take longer to mature than other breeds or not??? Like in terms of mating, crowing, etc.

Because I have a 5 month old Lavender Orpington cockerel and he’s HUGE size wise but he still hasn’t done any of that stuff.

In fact, he is still terrified of the girls. Runs away if they look at him sideways.

Not that I care or anything, he can take his time, I’m just wondering if he’s normal or not haha

I did have a bunch of other cockerels with him and they started really crowing and acting crazy at like 4 months old, so I’m wondering if maybe they were just the dominant ones??

I had to put the last one down yesterday (was going to keep him but he got sick) and I think he was dominant because he was a very vigorous mater and crowed and everything he was making fertile eggs at 4 months old.

He was a Welsummer.

So maybe now with Red gone Jack will step up? Or maybe the other boys were just early bloomers and Jack is more normal?

I’m hoping he starts mating soon because he is gorgeous but I don’t mind if he takes longer. He is very sweet.

Anyway, just wondering and thank you in advance for any insight you might be able to give.

I have a Lavender Orpington Roo along with 3 other Roosters , a Midnight Majesty Marans, Buckeye and B Jersey Giant. My Orpington was the last to crow and I was beginning to wonder the same thing you are now. It took him forever to become interested in the ladies! Now he is one of the top Roosters. He also is huge, bigger than my Black Jersey Giant.

 

[Angileen]

Here is a picture of my boy at 10 months.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I have a Lavender Orpington Roo along with 3 other Roosters , a Midnight Majesty Marans, Buckeye and B Jersey Giant. My Orpington was the last to crow and I was beginning to wonder the same thing you are now. It took him forever to become interested in the ladies! Now he is one of the top Roosters. He also is huge, bigger than my Black Jersey Giant.

Yeah, I don’t think he’s even crowed yet!!! Haha which is weird because the other boys I had all started crowing up a storm right around 4 months old, especially 2 of them, but not Jack!! One of them was also running around trying to mate all the hens and even had some success at only 4 months old very confident boy. Meanwhile, Jack is still terrified of the girls. he’s definitely huge though!!!

Here is a picture of my boy at 10 months.

Your boy is so gorgeous.