Russian Orloffs

[malndobe]

malndobe it is not a matter of being short sighted in limiting the SOP to Spangled Orloff only at this time. There is a process in place by the APA to have a breed/variety acepted. The 5 breeders that have bred for 5 yrs etc... That being said, when the time comes for a qualifying meet to accept the breed/variety, there is a specific number of birds in htat breed of said variety that needs to be shown, 200 birds to be exact. Unless someone is going to import 200 White Orloff, I don't see it being a possibility at this time to get them accepted, let alone put in the proposed SOP. That is the reason that only Spangled are being written into the proposed Standard at this time. Once we have other varieties available where breeders are getting their numbers up, it's a matter of adding the proposed variety an submitting it for acceptance. That is with the same requirements of 5 breeder having breed for 5 yrs etc... One thing that the APA changed is that the breeders have to be members of the APA for 5 yrs as well.

OK, that makes more sense. It's different in the dog world when we want to make changes to a breed standard, MUCH easier to put it all in up front than it is to try to change it later.

 

[gander007]

It is a great day here in Death Valley as one of my Spangled Russian Orloff lady's produced her first egg after the molt and I haven't received an egg from any of them since early December ....

Oh yes the egg did go into the incubator as it has been warmed up for several weeks now

Enjoy you weekend yall

 

[FridayYet]

That's great, Gander! I have 7 Orloff eggs in the incubator now, but 3 of those I pulled out of the fridge since one of my girls quit laying for a bit as I was collecting eggs to set.

I'll candle tomorrow and see how they are doing. Also have some Orloff/EE and Orloff/Cream Legbar mixes in there just for fun.

 

[gander007]

That's great, Gander! I have 7 Orloff eggs in the incubator now, but 3 of those I pulled out of the fridge since one of my girls quit laying for a bit as I was collecting eggs to set.

I'll candle tomorrow and see how they are doing. Also have some Orloff/EE and Orloff/Cream Legbar mixes in there just for fun.

Yep I have a few EE??OR chicks from 12 to 16 weeks old and it seems the OR come is dominant but the girls are very colorful and I do enjoy them and I also have a couple of girls who are almost a year old and they still give me a greenish blue egg but produce eggs much more then the straight OR hens but I am still keeping my OR lady's in a special room in the barn for safety so they are not part of the free range chickens anymore as they are fore breeding only ........




This is Buddy he is a couple of years old and the only male in the breeding room ...






I was trying to get a good shot of his tail before the girls nip it off as they do when pined up ..

If you notice his spurs they are of a nice size but I am clipping his toe nails down tonight ...













gander007

 

[hellbender]

Yep I have a few EE??OR chicks from 12 to 16 weeks old and it seems the OR come is dominant but the girls are very colorful and I do enjoy them and I also have a couple of girls who are almost a year old and they still give me a greenish blue egg but produce eggs much more then the straight OR hens but I am still keeping my OR lady's in a special room in the barn for safety so they are not part of the free range chickens anymore as they are fore breeding only ........




This is Buddy he is a couple of years old and the only male in the breeding room ...






I was trying to get a good shot of his tail before the girls nip it off as they do when pined up ..

If you notice his spurs they are of a nice size but I am clipping his toe nails down tonight ...













gander007

I'd cut off those spurs too! I have had a few serious injuries to hens over the years due to spurs that was totally my fault. Those things are just to easy to eliminate.

 

[gander007]

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I have to agree as I had to trim up the spurs on my Molted Houdan Roo this after noon after I found him hanging upside down with his spurs stuck in the wire of his cage Yep I thought I lost a 4 year old roo but he was just fine after I got him free and after a minute or so he flapped them wings and let out with a crow and tried to strut around ... Funny roo ..

 

[Sylvester017]

I have to agree as I had to trim up the spurs on my Molted Houdan Roo this after noon after I found him hanging upside down with his spurs stuck in the wire of his cage Yep I thought I lost a 4 year old roo but he was just fine after I got him free and after a minute or so he flapped them wings and let out with a crow and tried to strut around ... Funny roo ..

I'm not zoned for roos so don't have any - had to re-home them before crowing. But always been curious about how spurs are removed from roos - those spurs get so huge!

 

[hellbender]

I'm not zoned for roos so don't have any - had to re-home them before crowing. But always been curious about how spurs are removed from roos - those spurs get so huge!

I use Dremel tools. Different ones, depending on age of bird and size/length of spur.

 

[Sylvester017]

I use Dremel tools. Different ones, depending on age of bird and size/length of spur.

You just file/sand-down the spur? And how close to the leg do you go?

 

[hellbender]

You just file/sand-down the spur? And how close to the leg do you go?

It depends. If they are long and mature, they can be cut at about .25 inch from the shank and usually there is blood and needs to be cauterized.

Some folks twist them off with a vice grip or similar tool. I generally cut them with a small carborundum tool, then cauterize. In time, they will grow back. A valuable bird can be maintained early and often, covering the 'burned' spur stub with a medicated ointment like Kendall Udder Cream, made by Ken Ag. Top quality product!!!