The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[TheNuttyChick]

Nothing wrong with going to get an opinion talking to the judges and giving yourself a starting point, then aim to improve every year...the judge seeing the birds in person can tell you what will be a good plan for the future ect...and they will give honest opinions..and best yet they are fresh eyes can see things you might be missing when you purchased..say like a weak leg or something that could be a problem that you might have overlooked..on the surface everything looked fine.in that aspect it helps befor you put down a ton of chickes with a defect..most you can see right off and are superficial , some are much more subtle....Im not doing much except concentrating on what breeding pens will be next year.. as my german freind said..america wants everything instant, dont be in a hurry...next year I will take some I have had for quite a long time, parents and offspring and see if I took a step forward on a few things that I wanted to..the offspring will show it..It kind of suprised me on how well one persons advise worked on the female line.

I saw this unfold last year a lady bought some langshans and bred a ton of them.she wanted to get them out to show befor she got too far into it..she knew they were good birds...I overheard the judge talking to her, in fact 2 judges were talking to her, he said this bird is outstanding built bird ,would have been asiatic champion but she has weak legs..to look at her I honestly couldnt see it..but 2 judges did..she felt she should have won that class and 2 judges told her why she didnt..its a validation. because she didnt get too far into her program , she made some big changes over the following year..

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Thank you for the advice, I really do plan on taking my time with these beautiful birds

 

[aveca]

that lady showed me her coop card..you should have seen the long note written on it about how much this judge liked this bird felt she would have been a top bird but something about the hock..it was interesting..something like a stubb can be bred out but whatever was going on in that line might be a bit hard..she was quite a beauty..too bad..not much gets by those judges

 

[TheNuttyChick]

We'll see come spring, I don't plan on doing too much with them just yet

 

[delisha]

Vickie..your beautiful buffs are just glowing like gold nuggets in that picture


Dee...lol..

Your blacks are wonderful and beautiful

 

[aveca]

well im going to be canning, dragging things out to winterize plus way too many other projects till after december so off from byc..

..have way too much to do!! scares me looking at that tidal wave of apples and tomatoes ..

 

[piglett]

well im going to be canning, dragging things out to winterize plus way too many other projects till after december so off from byc..

..have way too much to do!! scares me looking at that tidal wave of apples and tomatoes ..

for some reason our cucumber plants are giving up
the leaves are turning brown
maybe they need more water???
anyhow i guess we will take a bunch of our cucumbers, grind them up & put them in the freezer
should be a nice treat for the flock come mid winter
warm cucumbers for breakfast

 

[PugBug]

Dee love your blacks- wow you have some great birds!

 

[RedReiner]

pluck them before showing, thats what most people do, pull them out. up to you if you want top breed them, wouldnt bother me to breed them to birds you know were clean and no stubs on parents.

Isn't that cheating

lol no, its grooming

 

[galanie]

Vickie..your beautiful buffs are just glowing like gold nuggets in that picture


Dee...lol..

Your blacks are wonderful and beautiful

X 100

The gold is stunning and Dee,
Just box up those blacks and send them over, ok?

 

[deek]

lol no, its grooming

LOL!

The blacks are Nellie's. I didn't do a thing except feed them "caviar". That's what Nellie always says. Yes, I spoil them like everyone else.