The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[Reyvaughn]

Bama, I am loving "The O's"! ANd you have some very nice yard candy! Can I come to your Easter candy hunt next year? Hehehe! How many do you think I can get in my basket?

 

[jeremy]

A few pieces of my yard candy.

Just gorgeous Julie!

 

[BamaChicken]

Bama, I am loving "The O's"! ANd you have some very nice yard candy! Can I come to your Easter candy hunt next year? Hehehe! How many do you think I can get in my basket?

It would be kind of fun to have a chick hunt , Maybe

 

[deek]

Havent we been around this mountain before. I thought this thread was about Imported English Orpingtons and how much we enjoy them and not a comparison of the American standard to English Standard. It just gets so redundant. I think for this discussion a thread should be started so everyone interested in discussing it can give all the opinions they want on how much they love the Apa standard birds above the Imported type and let this continue to be the thread it was intended. Just my humble opinion

BamaChicken, I apologize. It is indirectly my fault. I should have had the foresight to realize that a request for pictures would take a natural progression into a comparison. I didn't think it through. You are right to point out the intention of this thread. I do so love seeing everyone's pictures.

 

[aveca]

julie, your birds are just beautiful as always..we always enjoy the tour..hope you post more often..i know your a busy gal...so much love my eos. i can see why you love them so much..with all of your experience with english, your input is valuable..on occasion questions will come up that you might be able to help with..i have a couple..you posted a picture of a big blue somewhere, he had some funny wing feathers, i had one do that last year..kind of scared me a bit, but once all the baby wing feathers fell out and replaced with adult it was right as rain..never knew they ever looked like that..

 

[aveca]

It would be kind of fun to have a chick hunt , Maybe

lot of us be in line for that hunt...poor julie wouldnt have any chicks left.

 

[aveca]

vickie, would love to see how you have that set up..might be helpful idea for a lot of people.

 

[galanie]

As for a black rooster with a blue gene being best:

I have been told that the best black to use for blues is one that resulted from a BBS mating rather than one from a pure black line. And now I'm addle headed and don't remember exactly why but I believe it was because that black has silver in it and not so much the green enhancement.

Edit: As per Gayle's post on UOC boards, it is because the black from the BBS line has the lacing gene, or should.

 

[BamaChicken]

julie, your birds are just beautiful as always..we always enjoy the tour..hope you post more often..i know your a busy gal...so much love my eos. i can see why you love them so much..with all of your experience with english, your input is valuable..on occasion questions will come up that you might be able to help with..i have a couple..you posted a picture of a big blue somewhere, he had some funny wing feathers, i had one do that last year..kind of scared me a bit, but once all the baby wing feathers fell out and replaced with adult it was right as rain..never knew they ever looked like that..

That picture of the five month old blue cockerel is the one I was talking about with the wings. His are getting better but he is still on trial for a few more months.
On breeding blues for good lacing, Gayle Pontious has some really great info printed out on the UOC forum that might be really helpful to those breeding blues. You don't have to be a member to read. When I got blues there were not that many people breeding them because I think it takes so much work to keep the lacing and color right.
So glad many are interested in getting the lacing right and breeding this color again.

 

[thedragonlady]

Bama,
Absolutely LOVE the quintet of splashes!!!