The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[Sarah4]

I hatched out some Orpington colors today and I am still waiting on 2 more who have pipped but yet to zip. The eggs got messed up and weren't marked for color so now I have the daunting chore of identifying which is which! I'm going to post the 2 that are dried off and will post the other tomorrow

 

[RicGail]

Absolutely sweet!! Good luck with your new babies!!

 

[green egg]

I hatched out some Orpington colors today and I am still waiting on 2 more who have pipped but yet to zip. The eggs got messed up and weren't marked for color so now I have the daunting chore of identifying which is which! I'm going to post the 2 that are dried off and will post the other tomorrow

Oh how exciting. I hope they all make it out easily. Post more pictures of them all, What colors are you incubating?

 

[Sarah4]

Theses are my 3 yellow chicks. 2 are a bit more reddish in their down and one is white/faint purple. What color orpingtons do you think? I have a gold laced one who has spraddle leg, she has a brace on at the moment and is seeming to get her feet under her more and more.

 

[green egg]

Baby chicks are so adorable in any colors. what did you start with ? White ? Buff? - you said colors? My orpingtons are Creel, Partridge and Jubilee and they are born with markings that make them easy to tell apart.

 

[Sarah4]

I started with buff, lemon, and gold laced gold laced is easy to tell I have one of those in hoping is a female so I can keep her. But these other 3 I really don't know. 2 are dark yellow almost golden color and the other is light yellow

 

[green egg]

I don't have buffs, but a friend does. Her chicks this spring were dark and golden like that. Makes sense that the lemon might be the lighter one. I have never seen a lemon Orpington. Sounds pretty.

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

When do Orps typically start laying? I have 2 Jubilee pullets that are about 8 months old & they still haven't given me anything. I also have a cockerel for them that isn't even crowing yet (that doesn't bother me so much lol) & he doesn't seem too interested in the girls either. Tia

 

[danotoyou2]

Latest hatchling. Appears to be a Mauve Cuckoo

 

[ChuskaMtns]

When do Orps typically start laying? I have 2 Jubilee pullets that are about 8 months old & they still haven't given me anything. I also have a cockerel for them that isn't even crowing yet (that doesn't bother me so much lol) & he doesn't seem too interested in the girls either. Tia

My Jubilees were about a year old when they started laying. Very slow to mature.