The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[Phantom_Rooster]

No eggs from this girl yet. Maybe I need to get them some flowers for Valentine's Day.

 

[ElitePoultry]

No eggs from this girl yet. Maybe I need to get them some flowers for Valentine's Day.

Wow!! Those Chocs are BEAUTIFUL!! Sending some Good First Egg Vibes your way

 

[BamaChicken]

Can't wait to see the show pics..love to see Julie's lovely prize winners..

If i take any to show. I have got to make up my mind. I am going and taking a few to sell but I don't want to spend the nite in Newnan and I would have to leave home by 4:30 in the morning to get there in time to coop in. I may do it though. I will know in a day or so cause the deadline is th 10th.

 

[hecatesmoon]

Getting a set of juvie Black English Orpingtons and 13 Blue, Black, and Chocolate split eggs! These will be my first! I have read through over a couple hundred pages here and definitely picked up some information-- looking for the horse shoe tail, not pinched, hens give the size, dark eyes, etc. I am sure there is MUCH more I need to know and I do have a few questions.
Jeremy asked closer to the beginning of the thread, but I didn't see an answer to his question, and I am wondering now too.
You're looking for the horse shoe shape, but some tails are full while others are kind of an outline with the horse shoe shape? Does that make sense? Which one should I be looking for?
And, this is goofiness, but in my excitement to have them, I didn't think to ask how old "juvenile" is with chickens. lol
I should be breeding for a U shape body, 45 or 35 degree angle on the tail? How should the wings sit?
Any other information or advice for a newbie? I have NEVER concerned myself with SOP before and this will be the first time I've ever bred anything with intent. It will basically be the first time I've bred anything at all except incubating eggs from a mutt flock once.
I'm in love with everyones beautiful birds and particularly fond of seeing Minerva. <3 <3 <3 The pure English Lavender roo? UGH! Beautiful! Olympia and Octavia...all of them...gorgeous. I love these names too! I hope I can come up with as pretty names as those.
I have my very first set of lavenders right now too that are partial English. They're still younguns. I'm wanting to use the Black I'll be getting to improve them when it's time.

 

[Phantom_Rooster]

Wow!! Those Chocs are BEAUTIFUL!!


Sending some Good First Egg Vibes your way

Thanks ElitePoultry. However, the hen is black. This is a working project. The rooster is 1/2 large fowl.

 

[deek]

No eggs from this girl yet. Maybe I need to get them some flowers for Valentine's Day.

Are these pictures? They look painted.

 

[Phantom_Rooster]

Are these pictures? They look painted.

They're pictures. Zoomed in from about 20'.

 

[Margitas]

Cuckoo and lavender cuckoo

 

[BamaChicken]

Getting a set of juvie Black English Orpingtons and 13 Blue, Black, and Chocolate split eggs! These will be my first! I have read through over a couple hundred pages here and definitely picked up some information-- looking for the horse shoe tail, not pinched, hens give the size, dark eyes, etc. I am sure there is MUCH more I need to know and I do have a few questions.
Jeremy asked closer to the beginning of the thread, but I didn't see an answer to his question, and I am wondering now too.
You're looking for the horse shoe shape, but some tails are full while others are kind of an outline with the horse shoe shape? Does that make sense? Which one should I be looking for?
And, this is goofiness, but in my excitement to have them, I didn't think to ask how old "juvenile" is with chickens. lol
I should be breeding for a U shape body, 45 or 35 degree angle on the tail? How should the wings sit?
Any other information or advice for a newbie? I have NEVER concerned myself with SOP before and this will be the first time I've ever bred anything with intent. It will basically be the first time I've bred anything at all except incubating eggs from a mutt flock once.
I'm in love with everyones beautiful birds and particularly fond of seeing Minerva. <3 <3 <3 The pure English Lavender roo? UGH! Beautiful! Olympia and Octavia...all of them...gorgeous. I love these names too! I hope I can come up with as pretty names as those.
I have my very first set of lavenders right now too that are partial English. They're still younguns. I'm wanting to use the Black I'll be getting to improve them when it's time.

I hear hear the excitement.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

I have exciting news I have chocolate Bantam eggs growing baby chicks in my bator from Don right now.. Yep.. put them in on the 2/2 and I can see lovely veins all over ... Chocolate Chips coming soon.. lol thank you Don..


As always.. very nice birds Alton