The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[kathyinmo]

It seems they take forever to grow, doesn't it?!

 

[aveca]

they look great Kathy...what are the white ones?

 

[kathyinmo]

they look great Kathy...what are the white ones?

Oh, just a couple Delaware projects.

 

[Phantom_Rooster]

It seems they take forever to grow, doesn't it?!

Beautiful Chickens Kathy. They really grow fast. But, considering all of the time we spend with them, it does seem slow. You have some nice Orps.

 

[Phantom_Rooster]

Chocolate Orpington new comers. They seem very happy to be here. All of my hens went broody. I have 10 more eggs due to hatch in a few days. This might be it for the year. The first one is 1 1/2 weeks old. The others just hatched. I had to put a divider in the brooder to keep the older chick from harming the others. I'll remove it in a few days. Ain't they pretty?

 

[rebel yell]

Chocolate Orpington new comers. They seem very happy to be here. All of my hens went broody. I have 10 more eggs due to hatch in a few days. This might be it for the year. The first one is 1 1/2 weeks old. The others just hatched. I had to put a divider in the brooder to keep the older chick from harming the others. I'll remove it in a few days. Ain't they pretty?

Good looking chicks !!!! Wish mine would start laying, she is almost 8 months old, its getting time.

 

[galanie]

Do you freeze the bedding before adding it? I wonder if that would help with the moths...

 Galanie probably fights the same seed moths from parrot food that I do. Freezing the seed doesn't help.

Bingo. I do freeze any new parrot food I bring in and I have heated the mealworm bedding before adding mealworms. It all works for a while but eventually, here we go again, a moth somehow beats the odds and gets in there. Until then, they do GREAT.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Rooster.... Nice birds dude

 

[Phantom_Rooster]

Thanks Renie and Rebel. I have a confession. I just looked in the nest box. My 4th hen is giving me eggs now. She is 7 months old. This was a surprise. I think one of the other 3 has broke her broodiness. Rebel, I would be looking all around the coop and pen. She should be giving you eggs by now. Mine were laying at 6 to 7 months old. You should surely have eggs very soon. You're hen is very nice. These girls can be very broody. My first hen was setting on 3 eggs and only one was developing. I put that egg in the incubator. That's the chick in my first pic. Then, I had 3 hens setting on 3 eggs. I decided to break that up and discovered that only one of those 3 eggs was developing. These girls were bouncing back and forth from nest to nest, eggs or no eggs. They're hard to break. Their habits were ruining the eggs rather than helping them hatch. Perhaps, I let them hatch some out next season.

 

[Phantom_Rooster]

Jeremy, You asked how the chest pattern looks on my largest Jubilee rooster. Here's some pics from today.