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[Heartlandrabbitry]

Does anyone know if the Lavender variety can be shown?

 

[OSUman]

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The Lavender variety can be show but it is not accepted so the best you can get is best of variety. If you want to show your birds you would probably be better off with one of the accepted varieties (Buff, Blue, Black or White)

 

[kathyinmo]

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WOW, that is just wonderful ! Congratulations to you!

 

[Heartlandrabbitry]

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The Lavender variety can be show but it is not accepted so the best you can get is best of variety. If you want to show your birds you would probably be better off with one of the accepted varieties (Buff, Blue, Black or White)

Ok, thank you. We have a Buff hen already but just wanted to see if the Lavender was accepted! New to chickens here

 

[silkieluver_07]

Here's pics from Frederick, MD Poultry Show! Buff Orpington Pullet- 1st, BV, BB, Best English, Champion Largefowl, Best in Show! ~~~~Buff Orpington Pullet- 2nd, RV, RB, Reserve English~~~~Buff Orpington Cockerel- 1st


Best in Show Pullet

Other Pullet

Cockerel

 

[lildinkem]

Double congrats again silkieluver_07! They look great!

I have been in the past much for NOT encouraging project Orps till about spring when I started having some unique looking birds pop up in my flock. We all remember my New Hampshire looking pair, the cockerel did get shown, not DQ'd and was given best cockerel of breed. No one showed a NH cockerel. He won by default. And those NH's wannabees are half real Orps. Then I had laid in my lap some project Lav birds. Cuckoo Lavs and a real Lav from the same breeder who generously GAVE me my start in that project. And as I predicted, by using the less then attractive for US Orpington fans, my cock bird BUSTOFF has opened a few doors in new directions of potential Orp projects.
This Spangled looking girl has altered my direction in what new projects I would like to do.
As mentioned on the internet, and by a fellow BYCer on another ORP thread how lucky one would be to have ANY Spangled Orps. Now mine are NOT 100% UK, nor is she even 100% APA style Orp. She is one of the APA style 75%ers that came outta the BUS I like to have. And now knowing how my BUS babies I have grown out, despite what others may believe, she is on the path to turn out like ALL the other pure Black colored BUS pullets. Not many wind up being too narrow, many who start out with this build will turn out like these Blacks I shown in the Central Indiana Poultry show. They grow out slower and take longer to mature. I still have yet to get an egg from these Blacks I hatched in early May.

In this pen are one, or two from that darn BUS. I expect the Spangled girl to follow in these girl's bird feetsteps. IN type at least.

Unice is very young, and I am told to take her back to the BUS. And I like one messed up BUS cockerel I have I want to take her too as well.
Just a fun bird to p[lay with is my LiL Unice. And yes that is the way I spell UNICE! I am a hick remember?

 

[denniselk]

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nice job and nice birds

 

[lildinkem]

Next year here in Indianapolis IN there will be the biggest Poultry show to hit Indy, maybe ever. This will be the Orpington Nationals. So now is a great time to hatch an Orpington. I never did turn off the bators. We're just down to a hand full of eggs in the bators. And I have two out who will be ready to entered as cockerels or pullets. And should be nice sized in 50 weeks.
Here they are.

This little one is from the "Penguin". The Penguin and Sweetness have my largest heads in my Buff Orp flock for the henes/pullets.
And I am titely wound up over head size all of a sudden

Also hatched one from Feran and the best Black Orp hens.

 

[rebel yell]

not a very good picture but here is my blue rooster at about 6-7 mounths, with a hint of English.

 

[kathyinmo]

I took some pictures yesterday. These are 2 of my "American" Orps. I am really surprised at their size. This past month they have really grown! They are now 7 months old. No eggs yet.