The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[aveca]

Check out the comb and waddles on this 6 month old cockerel.

They are really Beautiful birds phantom rooster..beasutiful type.. I used the 5 gal bucket this summer to guage the size of a 4 month old blk cockeral..this one wasnt the biggest, male here at the time, he was just closest to the bucket.

 

[juststruttin]

Finally got updated pictures of my Eng Orp girls. They are about 6 months in this picture. The Splash roo is 4.5 -5 months and in the super dorky stage.

 

[galanie]

I've always wondered, what happens if a Blue, Black, or Splash Orpington is bred to a Buff?

Usually you end up with a chick that has a light brown head blending back to black in the tail. They can have penciling in the feathers too. In short, it's a non color that takes generations to correct.

 

[aveca]

beautiful blue ladies Juststruttin!

Its a nice warm fall morning here but Very foggy..I went out and took a few pics of the birds out grazing and our hilltop area..One thing that I think is SO funny is all of the birds see me coming and run to greet me..The English orpington doesnt run....He gallops!!! I have to get that on film one of these days..too funny...





Mrs softie is starting to molt so she looks like a chocolate right now..we only keep a few birds in one large pen so that everyone has ample room...lots of grazing..




The baby feathers are starting to fall off now ..At this point he always looks like an unmade bed... But I bet he will be a beautiful bird by next year..sorry it is very foggy and some pics appear a blurry when a fog bank rolls over us..they think that they hear a hawk..










there is a rooster out in this habitat somewhere..lost in the fog bank, need a fog horn this morning.



Thick new england fog..



It got even thicker








free roaming australorp hens in the pepper garden

 

[juststruttin]

Usually you end up with a chick that has a light brown head blending back to black in the tail. They can have penciling in the feathers too. In short, it's a non color that takes generations to correct.

Here is a blue X Lemon Cuckoo, may look similar if crossed with buff but not sure. I think the call the Blue/lemon an Isabel

 

[juststruttin]

beautiful blue ladies Juststruttin!

Its a nice warm fall morning here but Very foggy..I went out and took a few pics of the birds out grazing and our hilltop area..One thing that I think is SO funny is all of the birds see me coming and run to greet me..The English orpington doesnt run....He gallops!!! I have to get that on film one of these days..too funny...





Mrs softie is starting to molt so she looks like a chocolate right now..we only keep a few birds in one large pen so that everyone has ample room...lots of grazing..




The baby feathers are starting to fall off now ..At this point he always looks like an unmade bed... But I bet he will be a beautiful bird by next year..sorry it is very foggy and some pics appear a blurry when a fog bank rolls over us..they think that they hear a hawk..










there is a rooster out in this habitat somewhere..lost in the fog bank, need a fog horn this morning.



Thick new england fog..



It got even thicker








free roaming australorp hens in the pepper garden

Thanks for compliment,

Awesome pictures. thanks for sharing

 

[thedragonlady]

Neat photos. Boo-Boo is really growing!

 

[jeremy]

Quote:
Isabel is actually spangled (or mille fleur) that is diluted by the Lav gene. It's sometimes also referred to as Porcelain.

Blue X Lemon Cuckoo isn't a standard color and doesn't have a name.

 

[jeremy]

Your property is gorgeous aveca! I love the colors of those leaves!

Your Orps are very pretty too!

 

[juststruttin]

Isabel is actually spangled (or mille fleur) that is diluted by the Lav gene. It's sometimes also referred to as Porcelain.

Blue X Lemon Cuckoo isn't a standard color and doesn't have a name.

Thanks Jeramy.... She hatched from eggs I purchased early this year. I was warned by the breeder that she over wintered her orps together and there was a chance I would hatch out an isabel, so I just assumed that what she was. I ended up selling all those birds from that hatch as pullets when I decided to get a few English instead. She is the only one I kept from that hatch, because I thought she was cool : ). Thanks for clarifying.