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[Tony]

I haven`t submitted any recent pics lately, so here you go:

 

[tennesseeckn]

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I love the color on that splash hen!

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Those hens haver very nice lacing Tony.

 

[NC ChickenKate]

Is there any such chook as a bantam Orp?

 

[HenThymes]

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Sure is!! I actually live in NC, raise and show bantam orps.

There is a thread devoted just to Bantam Orpingtons:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=426353


Here is a pic of my newest edition, just hatched a couple of days ago. A bantam lavender orpington!

 

[lcw1995]

very nice lookin birds Tony

 

[wilds of pa]

Tony like your black girls.. but the others are looking good to..

HenThymes nice lil lav bantam orp...

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

Question for the Orpington experts. At what age can you start to tell the girls from the boys?

I bought sexed pullets three weeks ago but I'm starting to have my suspicions about one. It's a tad larger than the other one and it's got thicker legs. But then they both seem to be growing at the same rate. And just when I begin to freak out, a few days later, I notice that the little one has caught up to the bigger one.

There's nothing I can do at this point so I should just chill. Even if it is a roo, I'm not going to get rid of it and then have a lonely chick. I'll just continue to raise them until I know for certain and can put them out with my one year old BO.

But I'm just curious at what age, I should be able to know for certain and what exactly to look for.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

sexing is only 95% guarenteed by the best hatcheries.

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

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Yes, I'm aware that it's not an exact science. I'm HIGHLY suspicious that the place I'm buying from is not buying pullets but straight run. I bought four chick from them last year and one turned out to be a roo.
I vowed I wouldn't buy from them again. But after giving away the roo, I was down to three. Then I had to give away my seriously high strung bully EE who was beating the living daylights out of the BO. And thus, I am down to two.

The BO lives with a Jersey Giant and while they tolerate each other, they don't love each other. So I thought the best thing to mix up the dynamic was to get a few more chickens and get back up to 4 birds.

I was afraid I'd have to wait till February before I could get my hands on chicks, but when I called the store on a whim three weeks ago, low and behold, they were just opening up a box of 25 BO's. So I bought 4. One died. I don't think it was right. From the time I got it home, it held its wings out and they kind of were dragging behind her. Then she got pasty butt after 7 days. Very odd, I thought. I cleaned her up and the next morning she had passed. So sad.

So now I have three in the brooder. Two are bigger than the 3rd. And of those bigger two, I'm suspicious that one is a roo. For me to get two roos out of 8 chicks just seems rather high odds. And I'll do what I can never to buy from this place again.

Provided at least two are girls, I'm good. That will give me four hens. I have room for 5 and would LOVE to keep all 5 provided they are hens. No roos allowed where I live.

But the day they develop a pill or shot to keep roosters from crowing, I'm getting one on the sly. Those BO roos are BEAUTIFUL and I'd love to have one to look after my ladies.