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All breeders and admirers of the Orpington should sign the guest book for the Moore family. The greatest honor we can all give is to continue to produce excellent Orpingtons!

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Life Legacy


Cecil W. Moore, Jr., of Irving, passed away Friday, February 3, 2012. He was born October 28, 1930 in Cross Cut, Texas. Cecil served in the Navy from 1948 to 1952, including service during the Korean War, and participation at the Inchon landings (Sept. 1950). He graduated from Howard Payne College in 1957 and retired from a 24 year career at PepsiCo in 1989. Cecil was an avid poultry fancier and was a long time member of the American Poultry Association. He was well known for breeding champion Orpingtons and developing the Delaware bantams. In his later years he returned to the Brownwood area and devoted his time to raising cattle.

He is preceded in death by his parents Cecil White Moore, Sr. and Mattie Belle (Minica) Moore, siblings Pat Ratliff, Joyce Fowler, and Robert Moore, and is survived by his wife Marie Moore of Irving; daughters Alice Collini and husband Wayne of Mansfield, and Melinda Garza and husband Pete of Irving, son Cecil J. Moore and wife Marsha of Garland; siblings: Mike Ratliff of Blanket, Texas, Herman Moore of Brownwood, J.C. Elkins of Austin, Dorothy Jean Hemphill of Brownwood, Helen Denison of Brownwood, and Lawrence Elkins of Brownwood; grandchildren Renee, Anthony and Melissa Collini, Rebecca (Chris) Tilley, Rachel, Robbie and Ryleigh Moore; and great grandchild Jackson Tilley and numerous nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at Cross Cut Cemetery in Cross Cut, Texas at 2:00 p.m. Visitation with the family receiving friends will occur prior to the graveside at Blaylock Funeral Home in Brownwood, Texas. Family requests memorials to the U.S. Navy Memorial, Howard Payne University or the American Cancer Society. Friends and family may sign the guestbook at www.blaylockfuneralhome.com .
 
This is a true Cecil Moore bird: (his bottom has been clipped in this photo and it has been resized)

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From what I understand your birds were purchased from Superior Farms.
 
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Samson, below, was hatched at the farm of Cecil Moore. Sadly, we lossed him this fall. He was getting old and it was a very cold night. We still have one of his hatch mates, a hen. The remainder of our Black Orpingtons are from them and their hatch mates. With careful breeding we are building our flock with no new blood. We have also started a Blue Orpington line from these. They are 50% Cecil Moore. The offspring will be mated back to our best Black male to increase the % of Black blood in them. We have added a Spalsh (? its a chick) from shellyga for this season. It will be mated to a Black.

Cecil Moore left us all a legacy. I recall shows as a youth that he would attend. Cecil and Marie would pull in with dozens of champion quality Black and White Orpingtons. Thankfully I only had Bantams in those days. I only had to worry about Ralph Brazelton showing up. The Moore's birds would fill the coops with their massive and majestic size.
Cecil Moore line Black Orpingtons



 
I see a big difference in this bird. This bird has the appropriate size wattles. I am sure Cecil would not hesitate putting his name behind this bird's breeding.


This is a true Cecil Moore bird: (his bottom has been clipped in this photo and it has been resized)

Orpingtons092.jpg



From what I understand your birds were purchased from Superior Farms.
 
Interesting information.

This is an issue that we've been discussing on the English Orpington forum. Some people advertise their birds as being "John Doe's lines" when in reality they could have come from John Doe's line 20 years ago, and who knows what they have been bred to since. We really need to make some changes in advertising. Now if you get a bird or eggs or chicks DIRECTLY from "John Doe," that is one thing, but getting birds years later, and several breeders later, claiming that your birds are "John Doe's" really isn't accurate and can really damage a respected breeder's reputation. JMO
 
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