The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[jeremy]

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Considering these birds are barred/cuckoo, are they sex linked? OR could you use them to create a sex linked bird?

 

[tennesseeckn]

Haha, Julie.

Thanks for the offer, but I am currently occupied with hatching a fertile mutt duck egg my son brought home. It's on day 32 and is still kicking around, so unless there's some muscovy in the mix, it'll probably hatch all sickly... and have to be fed with a dropper every couple of hours... and amass huge vet bills. All because I swore I would never own a duck.

Hoss is beautiful. Send some of that growing-handsome-roosters mojo this way, will ya?

 

[joletabey]

Jeremy- don't be too sure about your big butt Orps not flying- mine refuse to use the ramp yet, and fly down and fly all over the run. Skoche in particular - she wiggles down into the grass almost like a cat, then launches herself.

 

[wilds of pa]

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AWESOME Paul, cant wait to get some of these next year from you.. excellent work with these..

 

[stoneunhenged]

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About four months.

 

[HenThymes]

Julie.... Took one of your offspring (7 month old yesterday black cockerel) to a local poultry show today and he did GREAT!!!! The judges exact words to me about him were A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!

I will post pics soon..

Pictures (please note I stink at taking pictures and he was near a door and it was really windy today

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This was also my first poultry show ever! Had a really good time today, looking forward to the next one.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

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Congrats.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Some pictures of my Bama girls, out of Tubby – they are ¼ to ½ English hatched towards the end of April.

These two pictures taken 10.13.10


Bones on the left and Bama on the right

Bones, left – Bazinga, right

The following taken this morning

Bama with a lady bug

Bama after she ate the unlucky lady bug

Bones’ bottom

Bazinga

Soooooooo, I have chicks coming from Joy (how are they doing??

I am been trying to be so patient, but getting excited as Nov is quickly approaching

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I have a bit of a theme going with my Orpingtons that I have gotten as eggs/chicks from BYC members – I like to name them with the first letter of the members name – See Bama girls all have “B” names. You all are so creative and knowledgeable, I am hoping for a list of “J” English names (from books, movies, real, made-up, landmarks, towns – not picky).

 

[jeremy]

Whoa, HenThymes... why does he look brown??? Is he really that color or is my monitor waaay off?

 

[BamaChicken]

Wow, Henthymes he did great for a bird that age. he hasn't even got a full tail yet. he does have a great comb and looks like he has good type as well. Hope he will produce well for you

Horsefeathers your girls look like they are really going to be big. I have seen and have some really large pullets out of Tubby and BJ.
All I got to say is there are going to be some really good blacks all over the USA. Congrats.