The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[justuschickens59]

Tricia - THe hubby and I are going to be at the April 9 show !!!

 

[Nivrocco]

Tricia- HOW EXCITING!! I am soooo happy for you!!! I will tell his babies how well he is doing! They are getting HUGE!

 

[FourPawz]

Huge congrats Tricia. And once again I missed meeting you while I was down there, darn it. He's such a beautiful example of the breed.

 

[tazcat70]

Julie, I hope you are ok in that bad weather down your way.

Be safe!

 

[Majestic Lane Poultry]

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Isn't it great fun?!?!!! I love it and wish I could do more. Congratulations.

 

[jeremy]

HenThymes, I'm chiming in kind of late but CONGRATULATIONS! Your boy is a stunner!

I've been pulling baby chicks from the incubator all morning, no Orps yet but Marans, Olive Eggers and Ameraucanas are hatching like crazy!

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

I bet they are just darlin too Jeremy.

 

[BamaChicken]

Mine are hatching today too. The first were a group of RIR's I am hatching for a young lady from our Church. The RIRs are actually descendants from my RIR's I used to keep. It seems to take Orps longer to hatch. i think their shells are tougher, or thicker or something. The windows on the bator are fogged I have had to open a vent cause i don't want my chicks to drown in the shell. I need to got get eggs in and then candle again when it gets dark and put another round of eggs in the bator.
I told Joy today that I cannnot beleive how fast these chicks are growing. they look like they doubled in size overnite. Exciting thinking how big they might be

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Oh boy Julie... you have been and are very busy.. lol Send pics when you can

 

[justuschickens59]

Everybody who is hatching - keep us updated.

I ended up tossing the last two eggs, they didn't do anything. I ended up with 6 pure English this hatch and I put 8 more in the hatcher due to hatch on Tuesday. I have another 14 fertile due to hatch in the next couple of weeks after these 8, and more eggs in the bator that I haven't candled yet. My girls are laying up a storm, so I'm hoping to get a fair amount of chicks from them.

Jeremy - Still waiting on pictures of Neville !!!