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[valschicksrus]

Question, what are all the colors seen in the Orpingtons breed?? If I want to breed better birds, what "lines" are the best to go with and how would I start? I think I want to stay with 2 breeds, the orpingtons & wyandottes and sell the others I have. The photo is of my 2 buffs O. that I love.

 

[Shaffer]

Question, what are all the colors seen in the Orpingtons breed?? If I want to breed better birds, what "lines" are the best to go with and how would I start? I think I want to stay with 2 breeds, the orpingtons & wyandottes and sell the others I have. The photo is of my 2 buffs O. that I love.

Go to Feathersite under poultry letter O and look up Orpingtons. That will give you some idea of what colors are available.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Question, what are all the colors seen in the Orpingtons breed?? If I want to breed better birds, what "lines" are the best to go with and how would I start? I think I want to stay with 2 breeds, the orpingtons & wyandottes and sell the others I have. The photo is of my 2 buffs O. that I love.

The American Standard of Perfection (SOP) recognizes Buff, Black, Blue and White; in Bantam and large fowl.

Other countries accept other others. There are also many colors that have been imported and a few that have or are being developed here. Acceptance in the SOP is a process that can take 5+ years. Any color can be shown at poultry shows and compete in that variety. But only a recognized variety may win a Best of Breed.

As far as what lines are best. You may get 100 different answers from 100 different people. Most will agree the best Blacks come from the Cecil Moore line. Terry Britt has had the top Buff line for decades. The Blues really have no top runner. Though "The Loft at Holly Lane" in TN has some nice ones and has been winning a lot lately. The best White Orpingtons, in my opinion, are the Hincjc Mountain.

We have the Britt line Buffs; Moore line Blacks. Our Blues are a composite of several lines with 50% being Cecil Moore line Black. We are still working on our Whites.

Bantams: J. Ralh Brazelton had the best in all varieties. We have some of his line in the Buff. Majestic Lane (WV) has great Blacks. We have their line. there are several on the Orpington Bantam thread with excellent stock. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/426353/the-bantam-orpington-thread

The thread has lots of photos of winning Orpington Bantams.

Hope this helps.




Some of our birds:

BANTAMS:


BUFF. Nicole calls our Buff Orpington Bantams BOBs. They are from several sources; however all acquired theirs from the Brazelton Line. We have won Best of Breed numerous times. At Crossroads 2011 Joint National we placed 4th.

BLACK/BLUE/SPLASH
Blue/Splash. We acquired these from Dick Hortsman. They have placed Best of Variety several times.

Our Splash male is from Superior Farms.

BLACK. We acquired these from Majestic Lane Poultry, via one of our 4-H club members. He showed the hen at Crossroads and won Best of Breed, Junior Show.

Our pure Majestic Lane Black Orpington Bantam chicks. Hatched November 2011.

LARGE FOWL:

BUFF. Our Buffs came from Superior Farms. They are Britt, Bacon, Clevenger and Brazelton lines.

For comparison, here is an American Hatchery Buff Orpington male.

BLACK. Our Black Orpingtons are pure Cecil Moore line. These came from the Superior Farms sellout. We are extremely pleased with their quality and size.

BLUE. Our Blue Orpingtons are a composite of several lines. We acquired them from a friend. We are now using the our Blacks to improve size and type.

SELF BLUE. Our Self Blue projects. Not APA accepted yet. We crossed a Hincjc Self Blue male to our Cecil Moore line Black hens. We will be mating their offspring Splits this season. We showed these as Blacks at a small 200 bird show this fall and won Reserve Champion Large Fowl and Best and Reserve Variety. We lost the show to our own Buff Orpington hen. These Splits won over their own mothers and a Cecil Moore hatched Black Orpington male, their grandsire. We are very impressed with their type and quality.

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[HallFamilyFarm]

Quote:
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Orps/BRKOrps.html

 

[Bulldogma]

One of our newest flock members is the cutest Black Orpington chick (and yeah - I'm totally biased about how cute this chick is - LOL).

Meet "Steve."



Steve belongs to my 17-year-old son who says that if Steve starts laying eggs, his name will be changed to "Astrid."

 

[lildinkem]

I generally do not say animals are lines from a certain breeder unless I bought the animal personally from that breeder.
OR in this case I bought a breeding pair which I bred, then I can say, like this male, is son of a Jim Herald line of old flatback GSD's. Jim was in Germany right as Germany surrendered at the end of WWII. He was in the Army and was involved in getting as many of the German Sheps left behind in warehouses to slow down the US Army from the retreating Germany Army. These dogs ran between 100 and 120 lbs. This boy is near 90 in his prime. He is now 8 and far from that. He is in my newest and final growout pen for the season. He volunteered to try it out and now wants out. He says this will work bring on the chickens!



A couple of March hatches

 

[deek]

One of our newest flock members is the cutest Black Orpington chick (and yeah - I'm totally biased about how cute this chick is - LOL).

Meet "Steve."



Steve belongs to my 17-year-old son who says that if Steve starts laying eggs, his name will be changed to "Astrid."

Cutie Patooty

 

[Lee]

One of our newest flock members is the cutest Black Orpington chick (and yeah - I'm totally biased about how cute this chick is - LOL).

Meet "Steve."



Steve belongs to my 17-year-old son who says that if Steve starts laying eggs, his name will be changed to "Astrid."

Halloooo, Steve! I like "her".

 

[zooweemama]

Hello

I have BCMs and a bunch of[FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode, sans-serif] Clevenger/Coulter line of Buff Orpingtons. I opted to pass on hatchery stock and am tickled pink to have 2 straight bred heritage breeds from a local breeder. Of the two- we have decided to definitely continue with the BO. I love their buttery orange feathers and calm demeanor. None laying yet. I would like to add more colors of Orps in the future. But we are taking our chicken adventure slowly. [/FONT]





Meet Joe Cocker. He is 9 weeks old now. This is about 2 weeks old though. He is bigger and fluffier already. I try to take fresh pics on the weekends though.



This is Turkey she (or he) is almost 7 weeks old now. (also 2 week old photo) She is bigger now but not much more feathers. She is the tiniest and baldest of that batch. She is a runner too- quickly nabs food from the bigger chickens mouths. haha We call her our Naked Neck Orp hehe- hence the name Turkey.



My oldest pullets. They are 16+ weeks old. The only chickens I bought started and not from week olds. I have 4 of those total.

Let's see I have 4 eighteen-ish week old BO pullets, 4 nine week old BOs (1 cock and 3 pullets) and 6 more BOs that are 7 week olds (looks like 3 pullets and 3 cocks). Grand total of 14 Buff Orps. 2 Buffs (1 cock and 1 pullet) I am gifting to a friend. I keeping all the rest of the pullets and 1 cockerel.

I do have a couple BC Marans but I totally lucked out there. Out of 8 BCM chicks I ended up with 2 pullets- all the rest cocks. So not fair! LOL

Oh I do have 4 mixes- they are a BCM/Black Orp mix. Looks like 2 pullets and 2 cocks. I won't be breeding them but will welcome the eggs from the pullets. Curious how they will feather out.

 

[zooweemama]

One of our newest flock members is the cutest Black Orpington chick (and yeah - I'm totally biased about how cute this chick is - LOL).

Meet "Steve."



Steve belongs to my 17-year-old son who says that if Steve starts laying eggs, his name will be changed to "Astrid."

Adorable!