The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[Goose and Fig]

They could very well be Orpingtons. Maybe they were made with an outcross and just need another generation or two to get back to type. See what you get out of them.

 

[iokra]

I paid $1,000.00 for the pair. A John Brandon from Southernpoultryfarms.weebly.com sold them to me as 8 month old large fowl crele -cuckoo orpingtons from Greenfire farms and Priscilla Middelton English breed orpington. I almost fainted when I opened the box and saw this pair. I really got duped. They are considerably smaller then my 5 moth old English orpingtons and look nothing like an orpington.

 

[Goose and Fig]

Oh man!
I don't know much about the type on the Crele ones, but most of the Lemon Cuckoos I have seen are not the same shape/size as the other UK birds. Perhaps its a similar situation. Maybe somebody that raises the variety can shed some more light on their type.

 

[heirloomorps]

What color Orps do you have? Our Partridges (and a couple of our Jubilee hens) are a LOT smaller than the BBS Orps we have. The outcross to get the color may have been from a smaller breed - so you would need to breed them back to Orp size.

 

[heirloomorps]

I meant to add our Partridges are only 7 months old so they still have some growing to do but they are smaller than out BBS Orps at the same age.

 

[iokra]

I have black and blue orps and they are 6 1/2 months old and doulble in size. I also have some real English crele but they are only a few weeks old

 

[Kiniska]

So sorry to hear that iokra. That is a lot of money to go out the door on less than ideal birds.

 

[TheNuttyChick]

It sure is a lot of money, I really don't know what to tell you aside from having been there myself. Maybe they might turn out decent with time I wouldn't just cull them.

 

[TheNuttyChick]

It sure is a lot of money, I really don't know what to tell you aside from having been there myself. Maybe they might turn out decent with time I wouldn't just cull them.

 

[TheNuttyChick]

Ugh!