The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[aveca]

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lovley blacks Kathy!! beautiful shape nice work

 

[ChooksChick]

Joy, it's nice to see you back! I'm absolutely sure you and Marc are correct in the statement that these birds will fill way out- clearly if they aren't laying yet there's more junk to add to the trunk!

Henney Penny, I haven't weighed any mature English Orps (just hugged them but had to leave them there!) yet I can tell you that I have seen what I thought were MASSIVE American Orps, and they look like those in a fun-house mirror to shrink their legs while growing them taller, and at the same time making them rotund!

I can't begin to convey the size of these birds- one of the Buffs has just begun laying (not mine, mind you, and I very nearly fell to my knees begging for an egg!) and as the oldest of all of this stock, they are closest to mature...but then I consider how much all of my breeds continue to fill out after they start laying and I'm once.....again......agog.


I wish I'd gotten some Buffs. Alas, I merely have a Chocolate roo. Note that the word 'merely' is as facetious as words come...I'm delirious and will be making mad, passionate genetic mischief for the next few years!!!!!

Kathy- you should have answered my messages, Chicky! I was going to see if you wanted to come with me! I can see your flock is coming along nicely. We will have to get together for a field trip soon!

 

[kathyinmo]

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I sooooooo wish I could have gone with you! However, I had to work. I didn't see your message (on the Icelandics thread) until too late, and I don't do facebook. One of these days though, we will sure have to meet up!

Happy for you that you got the chocolate boy! Enjoy!

 

[aveca]

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wondering how old these babies are? mine had white tips as a baby but shed those right off and sometimes that means at least with australorps the green in blk feathers will be really nice..it was true of the blk orp pullet as well..at 7 mos she won RV at APA show..sometimes things crop up..even in the best there is sometimes culling to do..thats just the way things go..odd throwbacks and such happen .

 

[aveca]

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LOL , hard to leave them there...I would have a hard time with that for sure...My cockeral is a pony..lord hes big..he reminds me of those old carocell (sp) with horses, lions, tigers and chickens ..all he needs is a saddle..I think he in at least part english import or an early english import that somone kept a very good line going very early on.... the dark eyes are splendid on both classic..I am kind of new to them so it was a little shocking to see how big they can get..I think you can see by that pink muck bucket behind him..when you go to farm and tractor and see one of those muck buckets you can get a feel of it.. Im taking the pic looking down but if I sat down , took the pic his back comes up quite a ways on that bucket. and you can see pretty much how wide . strange , the australorps eat way more than the blk orps do..australorps are always chowing , but they are smaller always on the move and need the calories more churning out eggies.. we buy special made feed that sort of mimics englands feeds with a bit more greens in it and oats..it was origionally mixed by an APA judge and we all started buying it thou not cheap.his chickens always looked great .

 

[cherylcohen]

So pretty. In the wind their feathers must just make them seem like they float.

I know this thread is largely occupied with the "royal blues" but can we also share jubilees?

 

[jeremy]

Any and all English Orpingtons are more than welcome to be shared on this thread!

 

[tennesseeckn]

Yay! Joy is back!

We missed you! Winston and Clementine, too, of course. Goldie is gorgeous! Can't wait to see her all grown.

I love those Buff!!! I am mentally adding onto my coop as we speak...

 

[chickchicks]

this is betty

i have not got one of her sister wilma on the computer she isnot photogenic !

 

[jeremy]

Betty is a big lovely girl!

Do you have any more Orps?