Russian Orloffs

[Davlyn]

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awesome, awesome, awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Thanks to a neat photoshopping Facebook app!

 

[SFIcelandics]

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I'm embarrassed to say that I don't have any recent pics of my cuckoos.

If it's not raining tomorrow, I'll try to get that done and post some. The weather is getting pretty nasty out there tonight...but I'll do my best. My crele project chicks free range, so they'll be a lot harder to get a shot of...but I'll get it done.

I cant wait to see some pics of your new Orloff colors... And I think I am going to need to buy some spangled eggs or chicks from you in 2011.

Nate

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Well ya know, you might be able to see Russia from your house!

All kidding aside, nice pics!

 

[shelleyb1969]

FINALLY, I got some pics taken. They're definitely not the best, but the best I can do in this atrocious weather we've been having.

My cuckoo roo is in molt and doesn't look his best anyway...but his color is clear in the pics. He's in an outdoor pen and the sun and green grass this summer have bleached out some of his feathers.

Cuckoo roo:

Cuckoo pullet:

Crele project chicks:

This lady was preparing for takeoff

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[SFIcelandics]

Beautiful. They look really good, but I am still partial to the Spangled birds. Where do yours originate or what lines are they.

Thanks

Nate

 

[shelleyb1969]

To be embarrassingly honest, Nate...I don't know the exact lines of my cuckoo birds. A very nice breeder friend of mine here in Michigan got me started with them. I believe he met up with a breeder at the Ohio National show a few years back to get them. They're so rare that I really don't care what lines they are...which has to be very few since very few people have them.

I love cuckoo and barred birds...the rarer the better...just like my Barred Hollands.

Maybe this winter I can sit down and work up some pedigrees on my stock.

 

[SFIcelandics]

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What lines are the Spangled's? Do you know of anyone who still has stock from Duane Urch? I had his stock quite a while back, and I really liked it, but Im having a very hard time trying to re-locate some of the stock that he had.

Nate

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Shelley, I love that cuckoo roo! I think I am going to have to chance some eggs in the spring.

So...anyone have any advice on how to get your Orloffs from using you as a perch the minute you walk into the coop? I feel like I'm in a bad "Birds" recreation every time I go out there. It's to the point that I have a special hoodie just for letting little birds with poopy feet land on me!

Needless to say, this can NOT go on much longer. They are too big for this now, much less when they are full grown!

 

[Wolfwoman]

LOL!! Mine haven't learned they can fly UP yet... but they always come over and peck all the goodies off my shoes.