The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[laseterlass]

Quick question, are English Orps prone to feather stubs on their shanks or toes?

My chicks hatched with them, but lost them as they feathered. I just attributed it to baby fuzz. At some point recently were Cochin used in the English programs?

 

[laseterlass]

are cuckoo orps autosexing?

All barred birds are.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

All barred birds are.

So my Isabel Cuckoo Orpingtons are? How do I tell?

 

[teamroper]

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Thank you for the reply RedReiner and Walt L. Is it because of some Cochin behind them somewhere? I have heard a judge,(who shall remain nameless) refer to some Orps as "Cochingtons".

 

[laseterlass]

So my Isabel Cuckoo Orpingtons are? How do I tell?

should be. I am not sure on chick color of those. Would love to see pictures. But on my Cuckoo D'anver I look for dark legs especially down the fronts and small round head dots or no head dots. The boys have white legs and a messy spot to light color all over the place.

this is a boy for sure. Probably Double barred.

 

[fowlman01]

Thank you for the reply RedReiner and Walt L. Is it because of some Cochin behind them somewhere? I have heard a judge,(who shall remain nameless) refer to some Orps as "Cochingtons".

I believe I know who that judge is. Some of the winning birds in Britain look very much like Cochins, so they may have Cochin in them. There have been pictures posted of large fowl Cochins that have the feet cropped off and people think they are pics of British Orpiingtons. It seems possibel, but I don't know.

Walt

 

[Chickengirl1304]

should be. I am not sure on chick color of those. Would love to see pictures. But on my Cuckoo D'anver I look for dark legs especially down the fronts and small round head dots or no head dots. The boys have white legs and a messy spot to light color all over the place.


this is a boy for sure. Probably Double barred.

Here are some pics. grey stripe is more pronounced on some.

 

[laseterlass]

Oh. Wild type babies. I read an article on sexing chicks recently. I will look for it. It did mention that the chicks with the complete stripe were female. Broken stripe at the kneck boys. I have never tested that theory before.

 

[laseterlass]

Here are some pics. grey stripe is more pronounced on some.

Check this article out.

http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/6-3/determining_sex_in_chicks/

 

[boykin2010]

Launi, although some chicks vary in the amount or vividness in the stripe, I have not noticed the Isabel Cuckoo's to be autosexing.