The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[tennesseeckn]

Kassandra, you've got to post some pictures! Yours are only a week or so younger than mine. Also, doesn't your little girl have the best name ever?

Daphne

 

[buffbeauty]

I'll try to get some posted this weekend.

Which one?? My human child Annslee or the blue orp Saphira? Heehee

 

[jeremy]

This thread has been unusually quiet lately, where is everyone?

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Hey Jeremy.. The other chicken list I am on is doing the same thing. I think alot of folks are finishing up with the holidays

or playing with their new toys... lol

 

[tennesseeckn]

Kassandra, those are both fantastic names, but I thought you had named your Joy-chick Daphne. Just reinforcement that I am getting old and forgetful.

Jeremy, do you think it has to do with "no eggs = no chicks = no updates" ? Plus nobody wants to get out in the cold to take pictures. We are getting up to the upper 50's this weekend. I might just have to go swimming!

 

[buffbeauty]

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After I posted I wondered if that's what you were talking about. I think Daphne was a suggestion I made for someone else?? Maybe??

It's actually 60 here today!!! Knds cloudy and damp though. Rained last 2 days!!

 

[tazcat70]

It was so nice today (60) that I decided to take some pics.

Rhys is a 8 mos old roo that is 1/2 Winston and 1/4 Charlie. Frost is also 8 mos old and is 3/4 Charlie.

Here is what they looked like on December 5th.

Enjoy and please tell me what you think of them.


First up is Rhys.

Next is Frost.

 

[jeremy]

tazcat70, I think I like Frost more, his lighter blue color has more of that contrast between hues that I really like on the males. They both look like BIG boys though.

I wish it were in the 60s here, I just checked out weather... it's only 44 here right now, with an expected low of 31 tonight!

ETA: Has anyone else checked out Greenfire Farm's latest import...

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Those are great shots!.... He has a nice comb...

They are soo nice in so many ways... the only neg thing I see about them is the red feathers. I honestly don't know much about how the colors genetically factor in. Could be thye will sire you some very nice chicks bred to the right hens

 

[tazcat70]

Normally they would be culled out of a breeding program because of the red feathers, however, I am working on a project where the red feathers won't matter.