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[aveca]

pretty nice shape in front as well..

The head on that one Fred Buff hen is killer. So far I am only hatching from this hen and that male. Classic line breeding your best first to give me the best chances for quality in the future.
I shown this hen at Connorsville. She lost to one of the best Buff hens in the country. A Buff Doug did not show at Crossroads. But also beat a Doug hen to get RV

 

[BamaChicken]

Very nice looking girl

The head on that one Fred Buff hen is killer. So far I am only hatching from this hen and that male. Classic line breeding your best first to give me the best chances for quality in the future.
I shown this hen at Connorsville. She lost to one of the best Buff hens in the country. A Buff Doug did not show at Crossroads. But also beat a Doug hen to get RV

 

[lildinkem]

Very nice looking girl

Thanks Julie!!! I have about a dozen eggs from her in the incubator.

 

[galanie]

Very nice looking girl


 

The head on that one Fred Buff hen is killer.  So far I am only hatching from this hen and that male.  Classic line breeding your best first to give me the best chances for quality in the future.
I shown this hen at Connorsville.  She lost to one of the best Buff hens in the country.  A Buff Doug did not show at Crossroads.  But also beat a Doug hen to get RV



 

I gotta admit, I oooh'd and ahhh'd over this one, too. She could adorn my yard any time!

 

[aveca]

cant wait to see the babies from her bill... classic

 

[aveca]

you know , someday i am going to have to break down and get some buffs..right now im taking christinas advise , trying to get as many eggs out of my whopping one black orp hen as i can..no easy feat as they dont churn out eggs like my australorps...they lay 3 eggs to her 1.... that in itself is a project for me...im thinking as the weather warms a bit more and the grass comes out she will step it up a bit...takes quite a while to save up enough from her...going to have to stagger hatch those.

mr softie that is in with her is a true princess...he will absolutly not step out the door if there is even a spattering of snow on the ground..open the aussie door and boom, they are gone for parts unknown...he is just not going to put his feet into anything other than his sawdust or dirt and grass..luckily he has a big enclosed run...

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Orpington hatching eggs available today only! We have donated 6 Blue/Black Orpington and 6 Buff Orpington hatching eggs to the silent auction at the Rison, Arkansas -1st Annual Backwoods Benefit Poultry Show March 3, 2012

So drop by the show today and place a bid on our hatching eggs. The eggs are there (though we will not be).

I also heard there will be some very nice Orpingtons at the show.

 

[lildinkem]

you know , someday i am going to have to break down and get some buffs..right now im taking christinas advise , trying to get as many eggs out of my whopping one black orp hen as i can..no easy feat as they dont churn out eggs like my australorps...they lay 3 eggs to her 1.... that in itself is a project for me...im thinking as the weather warms a bit more and the grass comes out she will step it up a bit...takes quite a while to save up enough from her...going to have to stagger hatch those.

mr softie that is in with her is a true princess...he will absolutly not step out the door if there is even a spattering of snow on the ground..open the aussie door and boom, they are gone for parts unknown...he is just not going to put his feet into anything other than his sawdust or dirt and grass..luckily he has a big enclosed run...

Most Exhibition Orps have a short life for getting eggs. My first Buffs was given to me 3 years ago. They we're prolly going on 2 years old when I got them. And the last one just passed on this past week. She did not lay an egg for the last 2 years. With a good male you should not have to pluck/cut feathers. I had Cochins and the original 2 never had fertility issues. Right now my 2 most aggressive and successful males are Harold and my White Orp cockerel. Feran takes his sweet ole time before getting to business. KORgo is still doing well. So even for some males their interest in breeding is short lived. So, hatch every single egg. Do not waste them.

 

[Shaffer]

Bill,
Well I had a black Orp hen (american type) that was laying good at 5 years old but you know like pool when you put a little English(UK blood) on them you get a better shot. So her daughters were well larger than her and she was replaced.

 

[aveca]

Thats what I am doing Bill, collecting up everything from her and dating them..its painstaking....there is an egg, then wait three days and egg..sometimes she makes an egg a day depending ..the more she goes outside and runs around with her freind the more she seems to lay eggs sun is out today , and windy but they dont seem to mind..I had 7 collected up already so I had to put those in bator befor they got too old....I know one of those has a little spot in it so will wind up pulling that one..just in case Im leaving it in till monday....LOVE the brinsea candeler you can see veins and everything with it.have to be careful. its blinding if you accidently turn it into your face..very bright.

I am going to borrow her at some point to make some australorps..I have that champion line australorp from bill whitney and tried all of my part hatchery stock with him, but they never lived up to the better parent..so maybe these will be something I can work in.
been trying to buy good aussie hens for so many years , they just wont part with anything decent, you see lines of them at north east shows, but most are hatchery..whitneys had a pair in there a while ago for pick up..they stood out like a big sore thumb next to the other birds..the quality just stops you in your tracks.