The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[rockinpaints]

Thank you. I loves them! I know roos that have been raised together may often be able to stay together if there are plenty of hens. What about adding a rooster to a large flock of hens that already has a roo? I have different pens so I can keep them separate, but I would prefer to keep all my blacks together. What do you all think? Too risky?

It can not hurt to try. I have done it lots of times but I make sure that one roo is much younger than the other. That way the older roo will establish his dominace early and the younger roo will not challenge till much later after they have become buddies. They might have a spat but they usually work it out, I have rarely had it work if I put 2 adult roosters with a flock of hens, and never if the hens already belonged to one of the roos. Good luck!

 

[yaya1215]

I'm sorry if someone has already asked this, but can someone please explain what stress barring is? I have tried google and nothing really comes up. I've not heard the term before and would like to be informed....

 

[Goose and Fig]

That is not stress barring. Stress barring *I think* is the same as fretting that you see in lavender birds, especially males.

The mottling actually is mottling that probably reared its head when just the right combination of inbreeding took place. It has nothing to do with them being imports or not, and in no way makes them un-English. I would take that gene as a gift, plain and simple. Paying $10 each for black chicks, not culling at all, and 2 generations later getting a highly valuable color isn't really something I would complain about.

This can also happen when you have a jubilee jump the fence, or have birds "split for jubilee". There were many people selling them last spring.

 

[rockinpaints]

That is not stress barring. Stress barring *I think* is the same as fretting that you see in lavender birds, especially males.

The mottling actually is mottling that probably reared its head when just the right combination of inbreeding took place. It has nothing to do with them being imports or not, and in no way makes them un-English. I would take that gene as a gift, plain and simple. Paying $10 each for black chicks, not culling at all, and 2 generations later getting a highly valuable color isn't really something I would complain about.

This can also happen when you have a jubilee jump the fence, or have birds "split for jubilee". There were many people selling them last spring.

Thank you, I really didn't know what stress barring was either..........

 

[thedragonlady]

Thank you, I really didn't know what stress barring was either..........

I'm still not sure, and either is Jon. Those feathers are too evenly placed right at the molt line.It would be helpful to know how old the mottled chicks are.

 

[Debbie Hooks]

If you have read my posts you should know that I am not complaing about the gene or the chick....what I am upset about is the misrepresentation when purchased is that they were 100% Pure English when the breeder knew they were not.

 

[Goose and Fig]

Who told you that a random gene makes your birds not English? Whomever is telling you that is terribly uninformed.

 

[Debbie Hooks]

The chick is about 3 months old. I can tell you it is not stress barring....

 

[Debbie Hooks]

No names will be spoken here.

 

[thedragonlady]

No names will be spoken here.

That's OK. So, what are you going to do with the chick, stress barring , or not ?