The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[rockinpaints]

I am new to chickens and have a question that might sound silly, but if you breed a Cuckoo Orpington with a Chocolate Orpington will you get some Chocolate Cuckoo Orpingtons?....thanks

What your options are you can find on this page if you scroll down midway on the page http://thefancychick.com/CuckooOrpington.html
Good luck!

 

[jeremy]

Little Mauve cockerel, he's a bantam, can't wait to see him in a few months.

 

[rockinpaints]

Little Mauve cockerel, he's a bantam, can't wait to see him in a few months.

Very Pretty!!

 

[megalomaniac]

why does it seem that bantams are easier to find in near perfect type? Love to take that little guy and reverse the shrink ray and make him standard size He's going to be a little stud by the end of summer!

 

[jeremy]

Very Pretty!!

Thank you Nellie! I think he's a little cutie.

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@megalomaniac beats me?

I've seen some bantams with some pretty nasty type tho, too.

I'm not 100% happy with the type on my birds (who is), and I plan on breeding them to a line of pure English Black bantams (not related to the Chocs imported in the past several years) to hopefully improve subsequent generations, while still breeding for a variety of color.

My little Blue girl is blossoming more and more every day - took this picture in direct sunlight, making her eye appear super light, it's not.

 

[rockinpaints]

Hi all, I wanted to pass along a page we posted on the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza. It is definitely information worth reading ( no gimmicks, nothing for sale

)

All jokes aside it is information that all of us should have. If anyone has any additional information it can be posted at the bottom of the page.
http://thefancychick.com/blog/avian-influenza-2015-outbreak/

 

[Faraday40]

Hi all, I wanted to pass along a page we posted on the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza. It is definitely information worth reading ( no gimmicks, nothing for sale

)

All jokes aside it is information that all of us should have. If anyone has any additional information it can be posted at the bottom of the page.
http://thefancychick.com/blog/avian-influenza-2015-outbreak/

Yes, it's pretty scary now that it's in Minnesota & Missouri. I'm sure it will be found in IL soon. Thankfully, my hawk problem has kept my flock inside the run since January. (Never thought I'd be thankful for a troublesome hawk!) What I don't know is what to do when spring arrives. Will this pass like our own flu season, so we can return to free ranging? or Will this be the new way of life?

Has anyone here gone through something like this before?

 

[Faraday40]

Another question for those more experienced than I:

Are eggs A & C fertile? They are from the same bantam orp. Egg B is my control - from an Easter Egger & fertile.

 

[kittydoc]

All are fertile. If you see a bullseye or donut, it's fertile. Single smaller and whiter spot is infertile. Once in a while I have seen one that wasn't obvious, but this is one thing that is usually clear and obvious.

There have been previous bad years with various strains of avian influenza, but it has been a while since it has been this bad. it is very difficult to make a strain against avian flu because there are so many H varieties and N varieties that when you put them together leaves you with dozens and dozens of combinations. Some just kill domestic birds, while others make people slightly to fatally ill. We have been leading up to a bad year for a few years now. Hard to say when the big pandemic will come.

If I were free ranging my birds, I would stop if humanly possible. especially if your flock is near a body of water where wild waterfowl like to visit. There is no point for hysteria yet, but we should all be informed and vigilant about are chickens and ducks and turkeys. If you have any unusual deaths, especially multiple deaths, the best thing to do is keep them bagged and refrigerated but not frozen, and contact your nearest veterinary school diagnostic lab or state poultry association about getting the bodies tested. You could also get a full necropsy done any time this happens to figure out what's going on with your birds including respiratory disease like mycoplasma.

Indiana offers free avian influenza screenings, and other states may do so as well. Check with your state poultry association.

 

[CarsonOrps]

Hello all great to be back on here! I have 3 100% blue English Orpington hens and I have 2 100% black English Orpington roosters! All 5 are great but I don't need them Ali just need the 2 Im working with right now so make an offer and please no low balls! I raised these chickens and they are great loving birds! If you wanna come look at them then make an offer that will work! I'm NPIP certified! I can take pictures of needed