The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[aveca]

youu know Vickie..these roosters dont crow all day long..maybe once or twice...as soon as they hear hubby and freinds , thew start crowing like crazy...must be a testosterone thing.

 

[TheNuttyChick]

Yup, that sounds about right. Although when it comes to plants, mine can name only a few. And forget Latin

 

[Chickengirl1304]

What size leg band for English orpingtons?

 

[deek]

Chickengirl, if you are talking about the spiral plastic ones...my cock bird outgrew the size 14. By then he had become my primary breeder, and the only boy around, so I didn't put one on him. If I had he would have needed something bigger. My girls are in size 12, but they have wiggle room.

The very important thing to remember is that you MUST check their bands often. They grow much faster than you realize and it could get really tight in a hurry. When they are little, check every week and expect to change them, if I remember right, every other week. As they get older, you don't need to change quite as often, but continue to check them. Be sure they are loose enough for you to take them off NOT just loose enough for them.

I bought my spiral bands in all sizes in white. I then went to Sally's and bought fingernail polish. Whatever was in the clearance bin. I'm very frugal with stupid stuff. Remember that you can have two of the same color since one can be on the right and one on the left leg. But you will need many sizes.

Others will chime in with what they do. There are many different gizmos to use. If you get colored zip ties, you MUST check often.

Some color code to identify their parents too and their generation. I hope this helps.

If anyone has suggestions for chicks...say 0-4 weeks please let me know. They're a pain. They grow too fast.

 

[Kiniska]

What size leg band for English orpingtons?

Good question! Also what harm is there in getting a band that maybe a bit too big?

Also have a question about combs. My blue cockerel has a crimped looking area near the back if his comb. The black cocks don't have this. Is it a serious fault? He still has a lot of growing to do yet.

 

[TheNuttyChick]

I have used colored wire ties, but now that I'm getting serious I was planning on getting some of those colored/numbered aluminum bands that are more permanent.

 

[delisha]

wing bands..

 

[TheNuttyChick]

Why does that look like it hurts? :/

 

[deek]

Kiniska, one reason they shouldn't be too big is that it can get caught in twigs or debris in the yard. Of course too big they'll pull it off?

Can't answer the comb question since I don't show except that I think a comb is such a small deduct (5points maybe) that I'd weigh other factors more heavily.

 

[deek]

Delisha, I will get the NPIP guy to put those on, but I like to look out in the yard and tell them apart from a distance. You'd have be up close to examine those from a distance.