The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[deek]

You bet they will have a good ride on there way to sweet home ALA. cant wait to get there, had enough of this fast pace of living up here 12 hours away from home, spent 10 years here & that's enough for me, ready to get back to the deep south,
Hope you catch the .......... that is doing this to your birds, my Maggie would put a stop to it quick !!!!!!! she already has about 3 years ago when a stupid one jumped my fence, He never hit the ground before she nailed him good, get this the stupid one went to the police & turned me in for getting dog bit & got his self arrested for trespassing, now don't that take the cake ? or should I say the leg ?
As we said before German security is the best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck gal.

On your way to Alabama, stop in Georgia! I'll cook you and your family a nice big southern meal! I even have live mealworms for the feathered guests! We put on really good parties in the South.

 

[deek]

My post got messed up somehow...

Anyways, that big round Black hen- I want babies from her! Or just put her in a box and ship her to California, I'm sure she'd enjoy the weather here. =)

Beautiful Renie!

Not a chance, I called Dibs first!

 

[jeremy]

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I guess I'll have to settle for babies then!

She, or her offspring would make an excellent outcross to improve type on any of the other colors. Her type is superb!

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Thank you all I have other hens that are very comparable to her that were inside the coop... This one just happened to be out in open yard, Anyone that bought hatching eggs or chicks from me in 2012 had chance/chances of actually having some of her offspring. I don't show you one thing and give you something else.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

I guess I'll have to settle for babies then!

She, or her offspring would make an excellent outcross to improve type on any of the other colors. Her type is superb!

OH mercy ... I didn't see this till just now. Thank you so very much.

 

[delisha]

My DH said he wants a bowling ball just like that one.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

My DH said he wants a bowling ball just like that one.

LOL... well tell him they just don't fall out of trees.. lol

 

[delisha]

Quote: He seems to think I can go out in the yard and wave my wand over the Orpingtons and they will make me some...He is cute..

 

[wife2abirdman]

I just got a small flock of Lemon Cuckoo(sp?) Orpingtons and I have a few questions about them. I hope I can ask them here, if not could you direct me in the right place?!

I love my chickens and so have a lot of them. I have waaaay too many just for my own families consumption of eggs so I started thinking that I can get them to start to "work" for me. BUT I did not want to just crank out farm mixes, even though they are my pets. I wanted to make sure they were decent lines and decent quality. I really was only going to stick with my three little side flocks I got from a breeder but then I saw a small flock of beautiful lemon cuckoo Orpingtons for sale near me and I fell in love. I figured they had to be decent quality because how many people have those right?! My issue is I have no idea about Orpingtons as I am more into Cochins and I discovered when I went to pick these birds up that two of the hens have missing toenails, and immediately my heart sank. One has one missing toenail and another has two missing (middle toes) toenails and the third has all her toenails, so she is good(on that anyway). Is this a serious issue? Can I breed and then sell the chicks/eggs without feeling like I jipped someone? I read somewhere on another breed it is only points off in a show not a DQ, so what does that mean for me? Is this a non issue? I am not going to show and people that do show will probably not buy from me but still what about quality? I really don't want to put out crappy chicks just for the sake of a buck. My dad always said if your gonna do something, do it right the first time and I believe that applies to animals(and their genetics) as well. I will keep the hens no matter what, but what is the point of keeping the rooster if I can't breed to these hens? I do NOT need this rooster as a lawn ornament as I already have seven other roosters and keeping one more is only an option if it can work for me.

 

[ElitePoultry]

Im receiving my Partridge Orpingtons soon. I look forward to sharing lots of pictures and questions with the very talented orpington breeders here.
I love looking at all of your pictures of your fluff balls. Orpingtons are beautiful!

Michael