Orpingtons splash, jubilee, laced eggs

[Angela Urquhart]

Hi, I am wanting to learn where the best place is to get Orpington eggs from in different colours I'm interested in splash, jubilee and laced colour patterns and I'm in QLD

 

[ddepalma63]

Hi we purchased Buff chicks from McMurray Hatchery. They eat ALOT !! Nice eating eggs, every now and then they are quite possessive and noisy when collecting eggs...

 

[roostersandhens]

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome to BYC! You might try finding your location in the Where Am I Where Are You forum to see if anybody in your area has orps. https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you Also there are a couple of really long orp threads in the breed section... and don't forget the BYC Buy-Sell-Trade forum.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/386051/the-imported-english-orpington-thread
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/259995/post-pics-of-orps-orpingtons-here

 

[drumstick diva]

 

[sourland]

Hello

and Welcome to BYC! You might try finding your location in the Where Am I Where Are You forum to see if anybody in your area has orps. https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you Also there are a couple of really long orp threads in the breed section... and don't forget the BYC Buy-Sell-Trade forum.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/386051/the-imported-english-orpington-thread
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/259995/post-pics-of-orps-orpingtons-here

This should help get you started - welcome to BYC.

 

[liz9910]

Welcome to BYC! x3 on Kelsie's advice good luck.

 

[Angela Urquhart]

Thanks for all the welcomes!! The colours I'm after in the orpingtons are very rare in Australia I'm finding out. I'm starting to think Wyandottes are the go. They are a smaller large breed but have a number of nice colours like gold laced, blue buff laced, silver laced and so on.

 

[texgardengal]

Hi! AM new to the site but wanted to pop in and say hello!!

 

[ddepalma63]

If you have overhead predators inyour area, be selective. They usually don't like black here in Eastern US, cuz they taste like crows, therefore, they leave them alone. Whites and buffs are a different story. Easy to spot for a hawks eye.