The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[McCoysOrps]

Does any one know of any rare orpington breeder in middle tn or eve heritage/rare orpingtons? I live in Nashville tn and want some orps! 30minutes to an hour away for shipping

 

[yinepu]

ok.. so it's not just me.. i wasn't sure if the black orpington chicks often hatch out as brown or not... I know all of the other breeds I have dealt with have been black at hatch if they were supposed to be black chicks...

 

[Christabelle]

ok.. so it's not just me.. i wasn't sure if the black orpington chicks often hatch out as brown or not... I know all of the other breeds I have dealt with have been black at hatch if they were supposed to be black chicks...

maybe the breeder has a split chocolate roo in with her blacks - unknowingly. Anyway, lucky you if they are chocolates (or maybe not if you did not want chocolate?)!

 

[McCoysOrps]

Her sitting

What she is sitting on!

WHY???

 

[boykin2010]

maybe the breeder has a split chocolate roo in with her blacks - unknowingly. Anyway, lucky you if they are chocolates (or maybe not if you did not want chocolate?)!

If that is the case, then yinepu - those chocolate chicks are female

 

[McCoysOrps]

Interesting. They do look chocolate to me.

Yes they are chocolate I had chocolates and those are the what the chicks look like

 

[yinepu]

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Thanks for the input guys! well.. hopefully they grow up to at least resemble English orps!.. I really wanted blacks though... so if they are pullets then I'll need to figure out if I want to get a chocolate cockerel or just what the heck to do with them!

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thanks! Ever had a chocolate chick hatch out with the odd yellow on top of her head? .. if not then any idea what she may end up looking like?

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

What are your thoughts on this baby? Is it Splash? "Blue Splash"? Blue?

I have two splash babies one is solid white right now with one little mark on her right wing then the other one is a blue color with odd markings on her feathers!

 

[farmerman dan]

I would say blue splash

 

[rockinpaints]

Thanks for the input guys! well.. hopefully they grow up to at least resemble English orps!.. I really wanted blacks though... so if they are pullets then I'll need to figure out if I want to get a chocolate cockerel or just what the heck to do with them!

thanks! Ever had a chocolate chick hatch out with the odd yellow on top of her head? .. if not then any idea what she may end up looking like?

Chocolate cuckoo.....