The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[Zgoatlady]

Thank you everyone for your input on the feed, I usually keep my birds on grower till I see eggs also. Guess I'll take them off the med kind and let them grow for a while. I'll have to see what the flockraiser is also. I have over a acre that they will be able to free range on when I move them this week so they will be happy kids.

 

[tkay6205]

 Hate to change the subject here but I have been trying to get a pic. of this girl for so long & she finely posed for me today !!!!! This is my 100% pure English chocolate bantam pullet at 6 months old, pic. do not give these birds justice at all they so beautiful !!!!! This ones for you Julie.

Love her!!!!!

 

[rockinpaints]

Day 2 brings a second egg from the Partridge pen!

Hopefully in just a couple more days I'll be setting the first eggs from Prudence and Neville!

Good Luck Jeremy!

Could we please see some pictures of mom and dad? I luv projects!

 

[rockinpaints]

Speaking of projects....................yes the Creles again

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New pics

New pics

This is 2 of the 7/8th English (I think) Crele boys with the imported Partridge Orp in the middle. The boy on the right is the one I have been posting on here..........



This is him about 6 weeks ago, remember ..............



And of course the post is not complete without some "then and now"

He is finally growing into his feet!

 

[rockinpaints]

OK just a couple more of the boys.....

 

[rockinpaints]

Nellie Thank you so much for the eggs things are going fine thus far

the babies are hatching all over the place the little buggers are too cute ! Pics are coming soon !

Pictures please!

 

[rockinpaints]

I collected the first egg for my Partridge project today.

My big Splash boy Neville is penned with Prudence, a hen that is the result of an English Splash Orpington roo crossed with a Buff Orp hen.




I'm breeding this pair in hopes of coaxing out any hidden genes that might be in my English line, with the intention of replicating the breeding that produced Prudence. She is pretty distinctly marked and I'm crossing my fingers that her offspring have a even clearer marked Partridge pattern to their feathers.

I plan on collecting 4 eggs at a time and then setting them, I'll probably do this until I have at least a dozen eggs incubating.

Here's to wishing for Partridge marked babies in just a few weeks!

Nevermind Jeremy

, I found her! Very nice!

 

[jeremy]

OK just a couple more of the boys.....

Nellie where did you get your Partridge boys???

I see an egg swap in our future, to diversify our Partridge lines...

My hen technically is Blue Partridge, because she was the product of a Splash X Buff breeding, so her offspring when bred to my roo will be Blue and Splash Partridge. I hope to establish a line of both regular and Blue Partridge birds eventually.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Keep up the great work guys

 

[aveca]

Keep up the great work guys

X 2..and roger is just full of suprises, had no idea he had chocs!