The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[Faraday40]

@danceswithronin
Yep, you're hooked!
Can't have just one...
Here are some of my all-time fav orps



Please post pics of your new arrival. Also remember to take lots of pics as they grow & change.

 

[danceswithronin]

@danceswithroninPlease post pics of your new arrival. Also remember to take lots of pics as they grow & change.

Will do! Since they are three weeks old I am hoping they are old enough for me to be able to sex out a pullet, but I'm willing to take my chances either way. I am going to try to feather-sex them. The woman I'm buying them from had no idea of the gender, but she said I can pick any of them I like.

 

[Faraday40]

Will do! Since they are three weeks old I am hoping they are old enough for me to be able to sex out a pullet, but I'm willing to take my chances either way. I am going to try to feather-sex them. The woman I'm buying them from had no idea of the gender, but she said I can pick any of them I like.

Avoid any with larger pink combs/wattles. Sometimes the males feather slower (porcupine backs & stumpy tails) while the females grow in feathers a touch faster. This only works if the breeder breeds for it, though.

 

[danceswithronin]

Here's my new little Orp!

 

[Faraday40]

Beautiful

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Here's my new little Orp!

Awesome! Remember, LOTS of pictures!

 

[ColtHandorf]

For those of you with Silver-laced Orpingtons...

What color iris do you birds have? My adult pair has a dark orange iris, but the started birds I picked up from another breeder are more of a yellow-green.

 

[homeschoolin momma]

My guy has orange colored irises.

 

[Faraday40]

Mine are orange too. Usually if they have green eyes, they will turn as they mature.

 

[Faraday40]

I have a very unusual blue orp chick.
"It's" mom is Jewel. Here's a pic of Jewel when young:

Notice the pink color & slightly big wattles for a pullet. (I thought she was male from age 4wks to 10 wks.) She's a gorgeous hen and had plenty of beautiful babies. However every time I had a questionable gender one, I called it a slow-maturing male. ......Until I eventually realized it was a female.

Right now, I have another almost 8 wk old male?/female? chick from Jewel. The initial slightly large wattles didn't alarm me because I've been fooled by those too many times. I also have "its" brother for companionship & comparison while they integrate into the flock. The brother doesn't have an overly large comb, but his gender has been obvious all along.

Here's the brother; obvious MALE

Looking at the ? gender chicken from one side I see a female and from the other a male. Truly a 2-faced bird!
Female?

male?

Do I have 2 males?

or a pair?

What do you think?