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The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread
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here is a pic that i took of my boy a few months back
her is smaller than my splash rooster that is for sure
but i'll see if i can get a little larger offspring from him & his ladies
Hey, I didn't know Chris was your cousin (Chris in TN?).
I'm amazed, too. Mine are only 3 months old and the cockerel is already HUGE! Nearly 24" tall. He hasn't yet developed his tail and other secondary male plumage but man is he going to be IMPRESSIVE when he does.
Do all English orps grow until 18 mo or just the boys? I have a pair of 8 mo old lav orps (50% English). My female is getting round.
Here she is at 7 months. Please excuse the photo bomb.
Here's the boy at 8 months. Although tall, he doesn't look filled out to me.
They will continue to mature and grow (not as much as the first 9 months) but they will continue to blossom and grow up to 18 months. I have learned not to judge them till they are between a year and a year and 1/2. If you are planning to butcher that can be done between 5-7 months (unlike the 6 week broilers). But I wouldn't wait till they are 18 months if you are processing extra roosters.....
They will continue to mature and grow (not as much as the first 9 months) but they will continue to blossom and grow up to 18 months. I have learned not to judge them till they are between a year and a year and 1/2. If you are planning to butcher that can be done between 5-7 months (unlike the 6 week broilers). But I wouldn't wait till they are 18 months if you are processing extra roosters.....
I'm so glad to be down to only one cockerel. I hope he turns out beautiful, but I kept him based on his mellow personality and the fact that he was already the dominant boy in the brooder (he's also by far the largest of all the boys). My favorite for looks went to a friend's farm about an hour away (along with two girls) so I can always get eggs to hatch from him if he turns out to be worth the trouble. Three rude boys went to be rehomed via a local feed store (when I was there yesterday they said they all left in two days, people were very intrigued by them since BBS Orps aren't something you see everyday). My last "spare" boy went home with my gardener on Sunday to enjoy his own little harem. *phew*
This is Sylvester (splash on the right), 14 weeks old yesterday when this was taken:
Last week, still in the brooder:
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I'm so glad to be down to only one cockerel. I hope he turns out beautiful, but I kept him based on his mellow personality and the fact that he was already the dominant boy in the brooder (he's also by far the largest of all the boys). My favorite for looks went to a friend's farm about an hour away (along with two girls) so I can always get eggs to hatch from him if he turns out to be worth the trouble. Three rude boys went to be rehomed via a local feed store (when I was there yesterday they said they all left in two days, people were very intrigued by them since BBS Orps aren't something you see everyday). My last "spare" boy went home with my gardener on Sunday to enjoy his own little harem. *phew*
This is Sylvester (splash on the right), 14 weeks old yesterday when this was taken:
Last week, still in the brooder:
Oh my gosh, too cute, a little camera shy isn't he.......
Sylvester is not shy at all. He's not a lap rooster, but he's a very curious bird (and open brooder = food, and he's always front and center for food, LOL!).
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