The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[thedragonlady]

I believe she's a he

X 2 !

 

[Christabelle]

Soooo... English cream orpington... What the heck color/combo of colors is that? I googled it, but all I can find is the ads from the person offering them. I am curious what they are genetically (some kind of laced color but...??) ... I cannot put my finger on what they look like. I mean no disrespect to the seller. I am just curious.

 

[boykin2010]

They look to me like badly bred silver laced with leakage.... That is just my opinion.
Maybe a silver laced x gold lace cross?

 

[Christabelle]

They look to me like badly bred silver laced with leakage.... That is just my opinion. 
Maybe a silver laced x gold lace cross? 

Ok- I don't care for them personally. I was just wondering. I really had no intention of picking on the seller.

 

[boykin2010]

Here are some pictures of my Silver Laced. I've posted them before, so I apologize for repeats. I have been meaning to take updated pictures of my SL and some of the chicks I am growing out and hatching but my farm camera has been broken for several months now

 

[Christabelle]

I take awful pictures, and I live in a desert so no help on the backdrop- but here is one of my chocolates I got from you Bryce. I think he is handsome.

 

[boykin2010]

Nice looking cockerel you got there

 

[Christabelle]

Here are some pictures of my Silver Laced. I've posted them before, so I apologize for repeats. I have been meaning to take updated pictures of my SL and some of the chicks I am growing out and hatching but my farm camera has been broken for several months now

Those are pretty. You should outcross them with chocolate and get the silver lacing on that. I think that would be beautiful.

 

[piglett]

X 2 !

i guess it could be

here is another shot of the same bird

 

[piglett]

Soooo... English cream orpington... What the heck color/combo of colors is that? I googled it, but all I can find is the ads from the person offering them. I am curious what they are genetically (some kind of laced color but...??) ... I cannot put my finger on what they look like. I mean no disrespect to the seller. I am just curious.

if our talking about the picture i poster they call them lemon cuckoo

not sure why not a barred lemon or lemon barred

mine are just something i have been playing with on the side

i moved a bunch at the swaps last season, people thought they were "cute"

i ended up with enough to more or less to pay my feed bill for the season so i was happy about that

if Mrs Dragon is on the mark i may be doing some processing

oh well sometimes you get the bear .... sometimes the bear gets you