The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[Renie'sPeeps]

I am just sitting here with my coffee.. enjoying all the lovely birds While it is raining eggs in the coop... lol Those girls are really getting with it .

 

[aveca]

Im here with the coffee enjoying the tour as well..Nellie, Just wonderful

Julie..happy morning pills..every one of them is a morning smile.

Dee you know how much I love the GL tour

 

[deek]

Delisha, that's priceless. It doesn't get better than a hen and her babies. Thank you, nice way to start the week. More pictures, please.

Roger, you'll win with that sweet girl. Pretty type.

Bama, well,

McCormack Farms, Rock Star, the one with the floppy point in his comb, was my cull, but some in this forum convinced me to give him a try. Glad I did because his was fertilizing my Wyandotte's eggs at six months! Fertility is a big problem right now with some of the Gold Laced lines. I also like the way he watches the sky when the girls are out. A bonus was his lacing. I am willing to bet that his "skirt" will lace out completely. If I get one cockerel out of him with a comb that doesn't flop, I'll be happy.

Nellie, those chocolates are yummy!

Jeremy,

, I agree, looking at everyone's pictures here can be dangerous. Then, mother nature helps by drowning us here in the southeast with 6-8 inches of rain each day for two days now. When you're trying to water, feed, and muck pens in the rain, one is reminded that a small flock is OK too.

 

[BamaChicken]

Dee it is raining here again too. We have already had 20 inches. I had to move my young blues to a wire pen off the ground which is not as big as the they were in but Water was up on the inside on the concrete. Just the water cant soak in, I had to move Cock bird to a diffrent pen also cause he was flooded.
I have never seen this much rain back to back. We have roads close due to water over he bridges.
I have got to go out and check on everyone before I leave for work this morning.
Even the earthworms are looking for dry ground

 

[deek]

Dee it is raining here again too. We have already had 20 inches. I had to move my young blues to a wire pen off the ground which is not as big as the they were in but Water was up on the inside on the concrete. Just the water cant soak in, I had to move Cock bird to a diffrent pen also cause he was flooded.
I have never seen this much rain back to back. We have roads close due to water over he bridges.
I have got to go out and check on everyone before I leave for work this morning.
Even the earthworms are looking for dry ground

Oh my goodness, Julie. Our whole town will be under if this keeps up. The forecast says rain all day too. We've had flash flood warnings for two days now. The ground, which is nothing but red clay here, is so saturated that there's nowhere for the water to go. Noah's Ark!!



Here's the debut of my little black chicken nuggets that Nellie sent me. (Sorry about the poopy sand box.) The little black chunky chick in the middle, standing, doesn't really have red/pink down. Nellie marked him at hatch for me. I keep up with strange things.

Here's my prediction for the Fall: the GL chick that's closest to the wall will be my next breeder. Picked him/her out when he was 12 hrs old. The other one, Kay, will be my next generation of girls. She's not pictured here. She from my first test hatches. Picked her out at 12 hrs too! DragonLady is going to freak when she reads this. She always reminds me to be patient.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Dee, Nellie.. they are all so beautiful

 

[rockinpaints]

Nellie, you have my name down for chicks from your LF Chocs, right?

They're lovely!

Is the Black cockerel split to Choc or is he just a pure Black? Either way I love his shape.

Hi Jeremy, he is a chocolate split

. Wish he was black. But he will produce some nice chocolate babies

. Hey don't you have some splash orps that I really like.....?....?.....

 

[rockinpaints]

Nellie pictures!!! Is this cockerel my chicks sire?

Oh Dee, I am so sorry.......

.......He is a split to chocolate boy. Would you like a box of chocolates

 

[rockinpaints]

Dee, Nellie.. they are all so beautiful

Thank you!

 

[thedragonlady]

Oh my goodness, Julie. Our whole town will be under if this keeps up. The forecast says rain all day too. We've had flash flood warnings for two days now. The ground, which is nothing but red clay here, is so saturated that there's nowhere for the water to go. Noah's Ark!!



Here's the debut of my little black chicken nuggets that Nellie sent me. (Sorry about the poopy sand box.) The little black chunky chick in the middle, standing, doesn't really have red/pink down. Nellie marked him at hatch for me. I keep up with strange things.

Here's my prediction for the Fall: the GL chick that's closest to the wall will be my next breeder. Picked him/her out when he was 12 hrs old. The other one, Kay, will be my next generation of girls. She's not pictured here. She from my first test hatches. Picked her out at 12 hrs too! DragonLady is going to freak when she reads this. She always reminds me to be patient.

If that little GL is a pullet, what a head ! Very distinct color pattern too. This is the fun of it...sometimes you're right, sometimes not.