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[Mingming]

And her top beak looks trimmed   Orps lay brown eggs... Legs.. lay white.. soo you should have a pretty good idea what she is from that

No trimmed beaks here! Think the pics are kind of blurry because they don't ever stop moving! Oh she lays brown eggs, but interestingly enough (to me anyway) a much lighter shade than the lav. Thanks for the info!

 

[AinaWGSD]

No way that hen is a leghorn, she's far too squat and stocky and her comb isn't as big as a leghorn hen's comb probably would be at that age. Some orpingtons are better layers than others. My blue orp hen lays just about every day, when she isn't broody. Her eggs are pretty large, have been from the very first pullet eggs, and a very pale pinkish brown, I can almost always tell them apart from my other brown egg layers' eggs. Although when we hatched some of our eggs earlier this spring I swear all of hers were infertile and the only brown eggs that hatched were from one of my sussex hens, but I have one chick running around out in the yard right now that looks a lot like an orpington cross, he feathered in much more slowly and has a different build from the sussex crosses. I too wasn't expecting her to lay quite as well as my hatchery hens, but you get what you get I suppose. I expect her laying to slow down a little after this first year.

 

[zooweemama]

With Orp Cockerels you sometimes have to wait at least until they are crowing. 8-10 months is better. Just choose the largest, BROADEST in chest and hips, and deep ,round chested one, with the nicest comb and color.Easy? No, but just spend a lot of time watching the boys.

Thank you! I haven't read up on breed standards yet so this is very helpful!

 

[zooweemama]

I have newb question. My 18 week old pullets are from a Farthing/Britt line and the rest of my Buff Orps are from the Clevenger/Coulter line. I was hoping anyone would know what is the difference between these two lines? I am not sure how to look up how the lines differ in physical characteristics? Should I band them differently for future breeding purposes? I do not plan on being a pro breeder but I do want to preserve the quality of my Buff Orp breed itself.

Is there one line that is 'better' than the other? The body lines, feathering, color, carriage, egg laying abilities...etc. I am also happy to read up on it if anyone can point me into a direction- I googled and got lost really fast. Thanks!

 

[valschicksrus]

Your going to give one of my chicken a big head. She is already photobombing my other chicken's picture!!!

This is suppose to be a picture of my blue(in the background) but my splash jumped in front of her for the shot.



There is my next attempt to get a shot of my blue. Do you see the extra leg behind my splash's butt? That is the blue I was trying to take a picture of before she walked into my shot.


I shoved my splash aside out of camera range but was not quick enough to get the shot.....


And I almost got a decent shot if not for a head that came into the view of my camera!!!

And I think she was getting worse about jumping in front of the camera!!!

This is the first time I have seen photos of "Blue or Splash colors on the O's These are very beautiful birds! You must be proud! I only have 2 Buff colored ones right now. Such a sweet breed.

 

[thedragonlady]

I have newb question. My 18 week old pullets are from a Farthing/Britt line and the rest of my Buff Orps are from the Clevenger/Coulter line. I was hoping anyone would know what is the difference between these two lines? I am not sure how to look up how the lines differ in physical characteristics? Should I band them differently for future breeding purposes? I do not plan on being a pro breeder but I do want to preserve the quality of my Buff Orp breed itself.

Is there one line that is 'better' than the other? The body lines, feathering, color, carriage, egg laying abilities...etc. I am also happy to read up on it if anyone can point me into a direction- I googled and got lost really fast. Thanks!

There are differences in all breeder lines of poultry, but all show breeders try to conform to the Standard of Perfection issued by the American Poultry Association.What differences you see between one line and another are the result of that breeder's interpretation of the SOP. My advice would be to join APA, and buy a copy of the SOP.You can also learn a lot by going to APA sanctioned shows. Not fairs, shows, because most fairs' entries are hatchery birds owned by 4-H members, and have not been bred to the SOP.

I would band each bird with a numbered bandette.You can use different colored bands for birds from different lines. The numbers will help you identify each bird within a line.
Hope this helps,
Vickie

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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[prettychicks]

Here is a pic of my Lavender Orps. They are now close to 6 months old. Still waiting for that first egg. I ended up with too many roosters and they are plucking each others tails out. Gonna have to get rid of a few. I would love to know what you all think. I know they are not the best pics. They are HinkJC and English Ramsley bloodlines.

 

[thedragonlady]

Here is a pic of my Lavender Orps. They are now close to 6 months old. Still waiting for that first egg. I ended up with too many roosters and they are plucking each others tails out. Gonna have to get rid of a few. I would love to know what you all think. I know they are not the best pics. They are HinkJC and English Ramsley bloodlines.

Love the color! Am I counting 5Ks and 2 Ps? I can't see the far back one too well.

 

[zooweemama]

There are differences in all breeder lines of poultry, but all show breeders try to conform to the Standard of Perfection issued by the American Poultry Association.What differences you see between one line and another are the result of that breeder's interpretation of the SOP. My advice would be to join APA, and buy a copy of the SOP.You can also learn a lot by going to APA sanctioned shows. Not fairs, shows, because most fairs' entries are hatchery birds owned by 4-H members, and have not been bred to the SOP.

I would band each bird with a numbered bandette.You can use different colored bands for birds from different lines. The numbers will help you identify each bird within a line.
Hope this helps,
Vickie

Thank you so much! I am going to all my fav feed stores today and I hope someone carries them!