Russian Orloffs

[shelleyb1969]

Orloff chicks have/SHOULD have very distinct muffs and beards...and NOT A SINGLE COMB! You should send those pics to the hatchery because those chicks are not Orloffs.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

That's what I thought! They're suppost to have walnut combs or something like that and beards ands muffs!

What hatchery did you get them from?

 

[ChooksChick]

My Orloffs still have no comb when they begin to lay. I'm waiting to see what a roo comb will look like...there may be none!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Do you think they would make it to AK? I want them badly!

SURE, if you came down and picked them up! LOL

 

[shelleyb1969]

Here's an Orloff roo comb:

 

[JustDawn]

Natures Hatchery. I have sent the pics of all my chicks to the hatchery and they have been very patient with me. Their costumer support has been wonderful. They are the ones that told me that they were the orloffs though everyone else pretty much said sussex, not that I don't mind the sussex because I have sussex, BUT... I ordered orloffs! They did say it was hard to tell by the pictures though.

Could someone post pics of their chicks so I can see what I should really be comparing my chicks too? It would be good to get a pic of their comb so I know what to look for. Sorry I'm such a newb. I really wanted orloffs for my boys who came from Russia (Astrakhan, Russia - on the Caspian Sea/Volga River - right by Iran). Russian Orloffs are beautiful birds and I so wanted them!

 

[ChooksChick]

My mother's family is from the Volga River region of Russia.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Orloffs/OrlChik.JPEG this doesn't show comb, but there isn't any. I mean none. My pullets have a flat expanse of skin in a little line. That's it.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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That's the way mine are, too...just a pinkish flat spot...

Not the best photo and not the best stock (Sandhill = wrong color legs)--but you can see there is not even a bump on these faces!

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

So what color legs are speckled orloffs supposed to have? The only standard I've seen seemed to be for black birds and called for slate legs, I think. Are they all supposed to have that leg color?

Other than Speckled and a few Mahogany and Cuckoo (and some Crele?!) are there any other colors of Orloff left in the states? I guess black and white should be more common, and I read that at some point there was also a Buff?

 

[shelleyb1969]

They should have yellow legs...bright yellow.