The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[OSUman]

Its just leakage, it shows up occasionally in black birds.

I guess no one has a response. I'll go ask Jordan Farms then.

 

[Goose and Fig]

You don't want copper leakage, unless you want to start a brown red project or maybe improve on some partridge.
I tend to look at things like that as an opportunity

 

[OSUman]

Its a different genetic make up.

You don't want copper leakage, unless you want to start a brown red project or maybe improve on some partridge.
I tend to look at things like that as an opportunity

 

[Goose and Fig]

Doesn't it depend on where the leakage is? Shoulders & wings would be bad, but a red collar...I would be tempted to play around with that. If I was raising chickens anymore, that is.

 

[Don Chandler]

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Originally Posted by madamwlf

I just want to say I am totally in love with the Bantam English Orps I got from Jordan Farms. They are the sweetest chickens I have. I can go into their pen and they will crowd around me and one will even fly up to my shoulder. Darlings. I do have a few too many roosters though and one black rooster has copper coming in. Does anyone know where that could come from? Is it normal for copper to show up in birds occasionally? &n Might be a from a choc split, I had one like that this year. If pure black, it should not happen don

 

[Don Chandler]

I don't know what happened there. It could be from a choc split, I had one like that this year. If pure black, not good.

don

 

[rockinpaints]

I guess no one has a response. I'll go ask Jordan Farms then.

Sorry, I meant to answer that last night and got side tracked......happens when you get old.....

I have seen that in the chocolates, along with barring (not on the same bird.....

) I posted a picture on here of a chocolate cockerel that had the orange in the hackles, I guess it is not a desirable trait but it does happen. Something they were crossed with in the past??

They are so new hard to tell what is back there (genetically). I've actually seen it on quite a few chocolates.

 

[rockinpaints]

drool drool. He's nice!! I'll put it this way. If you decide your not going to keep him I will take him..............seriously!!!!

X's 2

 

[rockinpaints]

Love That Nellie! some times we take for granted the beautiful God given things around us..

We have a tree out back that we call the angel seat.. it just grew in a strange pattern..It looks over all chicken habitats..rev brian bailey our neighbor and freind was from england , missioned all over the world..but LOVED it right here .. our property borders his missionary school and church....he was english citizen but made his home right behind my house and his church.....He was thrilled to see the old english orpington babies..he said it made him homesick...he would walk down and ask to go sit with those new english orps. escaping the constant phone calls up there.. I had a chair out there for him..I know he wrote a lot of religious books and he would be writing in a journal .. told him, you make yourself right at home...we planted some rare apples up there from england, a lamb abby permain apple tree and blue pairmain apple tree..he couldnt wait to have a basket of those rare old apples..you couldnt see them through the fog..there are also a first, northwest trial almond trees , so that should be interesting..

Perfect name for that tree!

 

[aveca]

Here is one of my young splash boys Im thinking about keeping, What do yall think about him ?

elegant beautiful bird..looks so healthy...you should show him too in AOV.every one of your birds has great face eye and i love the neck and the way it connects into topline..just pleasing to look at. he has a little bit of that showman look at me additude in that picture.