The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[Happy Chooks]

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Tell me about it, at 12 weeks my English pullets (and cockerels) are bigger than my full grown American hens (and they are that small)!!

Ohh, and they like to eat you out of house and home too.

so they will eat like our turkeys.lol

They do eat a lot, but just think of all the eggs you can stick under them when they go broody!

 

[little blue]

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so they will eat like our turkeys.lol

They do eat a lot, but just think of all the eggs you can stick under them when they go broody!

hahaha we have a american buff orp that was sitting on 18 eggs i cant beleive how many eggs they can fit under there.they keep stealing everyones eggs we give them like 6-8 eggs then 2 days later they have 14 we take 6 back then she takes more again driving me crazy.lol thank good she should be hatching this week just candled an 7 look good took the other 11 that she just stole over the last 2 days.lol jimmythechicken is my dad an i love english orps now

 

[justuschickens59]

Little Blue - Welcome to the wonders of English Orps - you will be amazed at them as your babies grow. Be sure to keep us updated.


Okay - I need help !! I'm researching these GL Orps because I know very little about them. I'm trying to find out what eye color they have to have and I can't find anything. Does anybody know???

I did take pictures of the Gold Laced chicks this morning - will post them after I get off work this afternoon.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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I see gold in this link I found.

http://cheshirepoultry.co.uk/gold_laced_orpington_bantam.html

 

[justuschickens59]

Sandy - Okay, I've looked and looked, and I don't see it (not a big surprise)

Where does it say that?

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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It doesn't say it in print, I was looking at the bird for the eye color! Sorry!!! I can't find any sites either that quote eye color for the gold laced. Maybe e-mail someone in the UK that raises the breed and ask?

 

[justuschickens59]

LOL - okay. I'm glad that I'm not completely insane. I'll look at the picture and see what I see. I've got a couple of folks in the UK that I can e-mail. Thanks for trying !!!

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I looked in my Orpington books and nothing listed even for Gold Laced!!! I'd try a person across the pond for eye color. I know Corancher (Ann) is working on a gold laced orp project maybe she knows.

 

[little blue]

heres my new fuzzybutts thanks reine's peeps they are great.

 

[justuschickens59]

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Good idea !!