The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[lildinkem]

Renie'sPeeps :

That chick sure looks promising Bill.... good luck
renie

Thank you Renie!

With all what I have going on, I am more excited now knowing I MAYBE making something resembling a White Orp then all the others combined.​

 

[RedReiner]

First Date, Hoss and Two, the pullet that I won reserve English with.

Such a gentleman...the girls have not left his side since they met him

 

[BamaChicken]

He looks great with that girl. Should be some awesome offspring.

Mesh bags. I will take a pic shortly. They are what you wash your bras in. I put up to 12 eggs in each bag. the chicks can move around enough. I have not had one get a toe hung or anything. I have using them for the last two years.

 

[oscars chooks]

Well I guess im kind of cheating as I live in Ireland and its not that much trouble to import between ireland and england, but these are some of my National Show Winning orpingtons, (large + bantam)

Heres the buff bantam hen that won best bantam in the All ireland Poultry Show
http://wicklowpoultry.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=119043535

Then heres the cock that won his class in his class in the same show (bantam)...
http://wicklowpoultry.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=120289203

Then my other cock came second (bantam also)
http://wicklowpoultry.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=119043534

Heres two buff bantam hens...
http://wicklowpoultry.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=119043536

Heres my trio of goldlaced orp bantams, its very hard to get the colouring right on these, but mine have very good lacing and colour.
http://wicklowpoultry.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=120289208

Heres my black/splash orp bantam trio (the black hen came second in her class, the splash hen came 4th and the cock won his class)
http://wicklowpoultry.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=120289209

 

[oscars chooks]

Im better known for my bantam orps home here in Ireland
Now heres the large...

Buff hen (won her class at the All Ireland Poultry Show)
http://wicklowpoultry.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=119042882

Breeding trio of black orps, havent shown these yet but the cock is very nice...
http://wicklowpoultry.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=119042879

Thanks for looking

 

[Katy]

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Nice birds.....and you are very lucky to live where you can import them!!

 

[BamaChicken]

Very nice birds Oscars Chooks, we appreciate your sharing pics of them with us across the pond here. I am always amazed at your Bantams over there. They are replicas of the LF.

Here is a picture of the mesh bags. I sacraficed for yall and opened the bator realizing I had all the three I had tied up in hatcher

 

[justuschickens59]

Beautiful birds Oscars Chooks - I'm not the biggest bantum fan, but those are just gorgeous. Thanks so much for sharing.

RR - Hoss looks very happy with his ladies - and your lady is nothing to sneeze at either

Julie - still didn't get my fragrances. I'm really disappointed !! I have to order some more base oils, so I'm just going to wait until next weekend and I'm going to make a batch of my chamomile, moroccan fig, and probably the dragons blood. I may decide to make a batch of chamomile tomorrow - it's supposed to be really nasty here.

Bill - What a cutie !!! Nothing cuter than baby chicks

 

[lildinkem]

I agree, that Oscars Banty's could fill in for our LF's here. Nice type and width. And I love the Blacks!

Thank you Joy! Too early to tell how this little one will turn out. I am happy to have anything White at this point. And hope some more are coming soon.

Iinteresting idea with these mesh bags. I am doing the styrofoam egg cartons and if I have enough space the auto turner racks. I have 6 foamy bators going. And will turn on number 7 tonite. It is an LG. Not a big fan of LG's. But for the 3 day hatch it will have to do.

 

[RedReiner]

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Joy I really like her, she and her sister who is even bigger and fluffier are pretty cool. she took a big shine to Hoss right away though. they seem to be glued at the hip for now. And Julie was not kidding, he is really sweet. he already comes running to see if I have a treat (which he shares with his girl there) has been a complete gentleman since he got here. I would love to have more with that temperament!