The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[Renie'sPeeps]

Beth I am so glad you like them

I know Jim and family are planning on coming back next spring... soo be sure to come with them

renie

 

[Beth G.]

Oh Ok I will definately try to follow them up to chat Orpies with you! I have many more not pictured in many colors but, no time to take the pic's

I read your post on the other Orp thread. Isn't it crazy how being so busy and still eating makes you lose weight? I eat like a horse and still lost 20 pounds since March but, my doctors say that is from being taken off all the steriods and med's

I Love the pic's of your grow out babies

Your right though the young ones just are not into picture posing! lol Notice the Big Blk Roo posed for me? My DH calls him Brutus b/c he really is a big Brute! But, we really love him and hope he keeps growing. My husband just loves them on the XL side!

Renie'sPeeps :

Beth I am so glad you like them

I know Jim and family are planning on coming back next spring... soo be sure to come with them

renie​

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

LOL Beth... he is a good boy... I have one nice 1 yr old 3/4 English roo named Will that is a HAM... all I have to do is stand out there and tell him how handsome he is... and by GOD.. he perks right up and just stands there waiting to get his pic taken.. lol I am waiting for him to have a chance to recover from being in the coop with too many roos. Denzel gave Will a run for his money and Will lost..... A LOT>.. poor baby. He is starting to bounce back. He still has competition with the other 2 blue roos... Calvin and Levi. But they are not as aggressive as Denzel is. They share the girls better.. lol

 

[Beth G.]

Too cute!

I have a few Roo's in the same situation. I try to rotate them around to different girls to help but, I swear they always remember their favorite gals and do not want to ever share them!!! lol

Renie'sPeeps :

LOL Beth... he is a good boy... I have one nice 1 yr old 3/4 English roo named Will that is a HAM... all I have to do is stand out there and tell him how handsome he is... and by GOD.. he perks right up and just stands there waiting to get his pic taken.. lol I am waiting for him to have a chance to recover from being in the coop with too many roos. Denzel gave Will a run for his money and Will lost..... A LOT>.. poor baby. He is starting to bounce back. He still has competition with the other 2 blue roos... Calvin and Levi. But they are not as aggressive as Denzel is. They share the girls better.. lol​

 

[cfc]

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Its taken me a little longer than i hoped, but here are a couple of pictures of what i would consider very good colour.





This is one of Julies photos i believe, but to date i think its the best ground colour i have ever seen on a blue orp. If the lacing was a bit stronger it would be perfect for me.



Hope these help

Matt

 

[wilds of pa]

klf73
heres an interesting article for you..

'Range Paralysis'
Mareks is spread through airborne feather dander so microscopic that it can spread from one farm to another via the wind, even when no human or bird contact is made between the two farms. The virus enters through the bird's respiratory tract.

Mareks is extremely contagious but does not spread vertically (to the egg).

Overall, the easiest way by keep Mareks out of your flock (but not the most effective), is to promote 'age resistance' by keeping your youngsters separate from the adults and away from the poultry shows until they're over 5 months old.

read more
http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/page9.htm

APA
Marek's Disease Prevention is by vaccination at the hatchery, but vaccination only prevents tumor formation, not MD infection. All Marek's Disease vaccine must include HVT.

http://www.amerpoultryassn.com/viral_diseases.htm

 

[HenThymes]

Charlie, thank you for sharing, very informative.

 

[daytonfarm]

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Its taken me a little longer than i hoped, but here are a couple of pictures of what i would consider very good colour.

[URL]http://s4.postimage.org/2tvbqgmsk/Blueckllacing.jpg[/URL]

[URL]http://s2.postimage.org/27k0o5zac/IMGP9862.jpg[/URL]

This is one of Julies photos i believe, but to date i think its the best ground colour i have ever seen on a blue orp. If the lacing was a bit stronger it would be perfect for me.

[URL]http://s2.postimage.org/27km65hpg/026.jpg[/URL]

Hope these help

Matt

Matt thanks so much this really helps. Is the lacing on the second picture the standard lacing that every hen should have or is it the "perfect" lacing that everyone strives for? We are so far away from having that thick of a lacing. Do you find that chicks that start out dark have the better lacing? As mine are growing out that is what I am finding, that the ground color lightens as they get older, but the lacing is more obvious on the darker chicks.

Carolyn

 

[cfc]

It's the strength of lacing that I feel everyone should be striving for with exhibition blues. The standard here calls for the blue ground colour with each feather laced with a darker blue. The thickness of lacing isn't suggested, but I think a stronger lacing over all on a good good ground makes for a much more striking impact.

Dark blues usually do have a stronger lacing. It has always been the lighter blues where lacing is harder to achieve. This is why breeding top quality blue orpingtons is so hard to do. I believe that like most other laced birds, to acheive optimum colour in both sexes you need to breed from a male breeding line and a female breeding line. I'm putting this into practice and I hope in the next few years it will work out for the best.

Matt

 

[fifelakelooper]

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Thank you, I hope to save a few too...tried vaccinating but not sure if it will help. Waiting for them to let me know if my efforts are in vain...

Krista I am so sorry it was Marek's. I have heard that if you don't sell any that you have that LIVE ....they will be carriers but their eggs are fine for sale (to eat and for breeding) and that those you keep will not develop the illness...just will expose any new ones you get to it. So...if you got the eggs of those that lived...incubated and hatched them and then IMMEDIATELY vaccinated the chicks (making sure you had on coverhalls, hair covered etc.) and then made SURE that each time you visited the new chicks (which would have to have a room never exposed to Mareks' and a brooder never exposed--not to mention the incubator being sanitized good )...then possibly your own flock would be Marek resistant. It is a theory ive read about. You could then still have some of your flock.
Best of luck...I am so very sorry.