The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[justuschickens59]

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The difference between the English and American Orps is staggering !!! There is just no comparison. Pictures just can't do these birds justice !!

 

[justuschickens59]

I'm gonna have to find those pictures of the guinea/rooster cross.

 

[kathyinmo]

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The difference between the English and American Orps is staggering !!! There is just no comparison. Pictures just can't do these birds justice !!

I have hatched from Cynthia and I also have these English Orps. The difference is quite obvious. Different people have different preferences, but the birds from Cyn and from Joy are totally NOT the same!

 

[justuschickens59]

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Well, it isn't all about size either. There are a lot of differences in the American and English Orps besides size; i.e. back length and angle, feather quality and loose feathering, heads, shape of tail, etc. Add these things to the huge size difference and it makes a very distinct difference.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Have Mercy!!!!!!!!!!!! I have 2 hens from Gumpsgirl.. the other 9 or so were all roosters... any who.... there is a BIG difference between them and the hens I got from Bama... They can't hold a candle to Bama's birds... OR any of the pictures I have seen of Joys and other members that have posted chick pictures of birds going back to the English lines.

 

[rebel yell]

I have both English & Ameican, & I can tell the difference already & they are only about 4-5 weeks old, fethers are completly diferent & so there build, looks like little baseballs with legs.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

looks like little baseballs with legs.

Yours have legs???????????????? lol just kiddin

 

[rebel yell]

yea just a little.

 

[daytonfarm]

I just googled guinea/chicken crosses. OMG! they are the ugliest birds they look like buzzards! Maybe I should go out and remove those eggs, but she has been such a good brooder I hate to do it to her. What do you all think of a guinea raising regular chicks, do you think she will make them mean and nasty like she is? She attacks any new bird.

 

[justuschickens59]

For comparison. A blind man could surely see the difference in these birds. LOL.

The first picture is of my oldest and biggest American Orpington - she is about 3 years old here.

This picture is of Octavia - one of my English girls - she is 6 months old here.

This picture is of Clementine, my original English hen - she is about 20 months old here.