The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[frisbikiddmom]

Hi fellow Orpington lovers. I just joined after a few months of enjoying everyones birds. I have 4 Orpingtons. All are very young. 2 nine month ole Whites (boy and a girl), and 2 four month ole Buffs that my hubby got for our 10 year old girl to show at junior Shows in 4H next year. I see alot of different Orpington threads and hope I am at the right place.
Everyone enjoy yor babies. Amd hope to learn more on what to do to get mine ready for next spring.
Anita

 

[thedragonlady]

I am so proud of my English orps. I just have to post some pictures that I took today. All of these are 1st generation from Chicks that I bought from Bamachicken. Except for 2 that hatched this spring from RebelYell. The splash roo and his special lady...I call them Harry and Pippa. I will caption so you know who is who. They are for sure my eye candy. I just love them.


Harry and Pippa Above


One of my 5 month old pullets.


5 month pullet and a 3 month pullet


Fluffy butts on 2 of the yearlings girls that came from Julie. They are some of the moms to all the young ones. The year olds are all moulting like crazy..


Splash from Julie


Splash roo from Rebel Yell, he is about 6 months.


5 month pullet


Camilla and Kate, with puppy checking them out. He isnt quite sure what the heck they are....


another of the 2 month olds.....

So what do you think????

What a lovely flock of blues!! You have a fantastic start. Lucky you!

 

[BamaChicken]

They are absolutely gorgeous. Their lacing is so great. Happy Dance for you. I hope you will post some more pics on a continuous basis. I love seeing pics of gorgeous blues and splashes. Your splash male is a great looking boy..

I am so proud of my English orps. I just have to post some pictures that I took today. All of these are 1st generation from Chicks that I bought from Bamachicken. Except for 2 that hatched this spring from RebelYell. The splash roo and his special lady...I call them Harry and Pippa. I will caption so you know who is who. They are for sure my eye candy. I just love them.


Harry and Pippa Above


One of my 5 month old pullets.


5 month pullet and a 3 month pullet


Fluffy butts on 2 of the yearlings girls that came from Julie. They are some of the moms to all the young ones. The year olds are all moulting like crazy..


Splash from Julie


Splash roo from Rebel Yell, he is about 6 months.


5 month pullet


Camilla and Kate, with puppy checking them out. He isnt quite sure what the heck they are....


another of the 2 month olds.....

So what do you think????

 

[aveca]

those are some beautiful baby blues!

Deek..nice artwork..

 

[deek]

I am so proud of my English orps.





5 month pullet

You should be proud! This last one I thinks likes to be photographed and strut her stuff. Congratulations

 

[klf73]

Loving all the bird pics. I ordered my first Jubilee and he came in the mail today. He is beautiful but kinda matted and covered in the sticky watermelon used to hold him over on his journey from Cali. Off to get him bathed and cleaned up. He is 4 months old and huge. I will add pics very soon. Now to find him a mate lol. I am very happy to have him here at our farm. Talk about yard ornament and eye candy. The person I bought him off of was a pleasure to work with. I will post details when I post pics. She still has another for sale and she got hers from greenfire farms.

wish I could GIVE away my extra jubilee boys

. I have culled more than I like to admit.....

 

[TBJumper0514]

wish I could GIVE away my extra jubilee boys

. I have culled more than I like to admit.....

Oh, if I lived close, I would be all over one of those guys! I am trying to get a mottled project going since I have some mottled genes, but I also love the Jubilee pattern.

 

[jeremy]

Oh, if I lived close, I would be all over one of those guys! I am trying to get a mottled project going since I have some mottled genes, but I also love the Jubilee pattern.

What birds do you have that carry the Mottled gene?

 

[TBJumper0514]

What birds do you have that carry the Mottled gene?

I got some Lavenders (not English) from a lady nearby who has since passed away. I think she said her original stock was from Hinkjc and I had several mottled chicks pop up this year. Then I added a black 7/8 English roo to my Lavender hens for a while and hatched one little black chick that had more yellow/white on her than normal (the second chick in my avatar pic...there is a thread with more pics somewhere). She has lighter feet and had some white specks in her head feathers, so I will separate her and breed her to my mottled Lavender rooster when they get older and see what I get! I also have a pretty little mottled Lavender pullet that I will try with one of the black roosters and see what happens there as well.

 

[bstarr20]

I have a question about beak and leg colors. I believe black and blue orps should have black? Is that correct? So is there any chance of the chicks I just got changing colors as they age?