Orpington Thread

[Dianne88]

At what age should I see wattles coming in on English Orpingtons?? Would it be a tale-tale sign of a cockerel?

 

[HighStreetCoop]

At what age should I see wattles coming in on English Orpingtons?? Would it be a tale-tale sign of a cockerel?

Around 6- 8 weeks. BIG red comb (much larger and darker than the girls) and early wattle development are signs you've got a cockerel.

There's a good progression in message 13518
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/386051/the-imported-english-orpington-thread/13510

Here's my boy's progression in message 40
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-keeping-on-the-left-coast-aka-chooksworth/30

 

[OnlyOrps]

What is up with this one partridge chick(the last 3 pics)? It has lots of black and then some white tips on its feathers... another one from an older group has some white also but isn't so black... they are supposed to be partridge...Some updated pics of my partridges... one of them is developing white tips on the ends of its wings, partridges can't carry mottled can they?

In the younger group this one is much bigger, had odd markings as a fluff ball and now is developing odd markings. Is this a partridge or a mix or what?

 

[OnlyOrps]

Here are updated pics of the odd chick. I'm not sure but I think it's a cockrel, what do you all think? I am still not sure what it is, it seems to have mottling coming in yet it has some partridge pattern in the brown and it's feathers are framed in black... I'm so confused by this little one lol

 

[devinandfeather]

Yay I ended up getting my orpington now i have a breeding quad already got my first egg from them it is huge

The orpington is the one to the right and it is next to the younger plymouth rocks egg

 

[agwchicken2002]

So I will be getting an Orpington in the summer of 2016 and I was just wondering if there are orpington colors that are more rare than other orpington colors

 

[devinandfeather]

So I will be getting an Orpington in the summer of 2016 and I was just wondering if there are orpington colors that are more rare than other orpington colors

In Australia the blue and lavender are really hard to find but I don't know in america

 

[agwchicken2002]

Oh ok thanks!

 

[Kiniska]

A few days out of the incubator. Just placed the last set for the year then no more chicks till spring.

 

[Kiniska]

So I will be getting an Orpington in the summer of 2016 and I was just wondering if there are orpington colors that are more rare than other orpington colors

In the U.S. I think the silver laced are rare. Black, blue, and splash are pretty common with hobby breeders. That is what I have.