The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[fowlman01]

Aveca,

The last two pics before the very last one are good poses, just blurry because the shutter speed was not fast enough on your camera. You can see the shape of the bird though and it looks good. These new digital camera's have pretty fast shutter speeds that should capture the birds with a lot more clarity in the video mode.

Walt

 

[jmanderson777]

So is the trick to good pictures to video them get a frame out of it? My wife has one of nice dslr nikons. I wonder if she would let me borrow it.

 

[fowlman01]

So is the trick to good pictures to video them get a frame out of it? My wife has one of nice dslr nikons. I wonder if she would let me borrow it.

It is the easiest way I have found, since they are moving all the time when they see a camera. The other technique is to use the telephoto feature so that you can be at a distance when you take the picture. One of the problems with some early digital camera's is the shutter lag. You press the button and by the time the camera actually takes the pic the bird is gone or moved its pose. Your wife's DSLR will do a fine job of getting clear frames in the video mode.

Walt

 

[JHorn91180]

Thanks Julie for your comment on Mrs. Butterworth. The breeder I purchased the egg that hatched her and some of the eggs I hatched my other birds from claim they got thier origional stock from u and I wanna say Renee or somthing like that in VA and my offspring r a combo of both lines and r suppose to be 100% pure UK Orp birds. The blue hen I posted pics of a while back is also from those eggs and I know her blue coloring is drab and laceing isnt very good but I love her build and def think she is worth breeding with. Im not sure but I think u r suppose to breed for a more pointed high tail but I like the round poofy tail her and the blue hen both have and I dont plan to show at all so its somthing I hope to keep going.

Wanted to add your young blue roo u kept back is to die for. He seems very broad and rounded all over already at that age. He would b perfect to breed over my blue hen Dreama and Mrs Buttersworth LOL. I kept back 2 young roos and they r about a month apart one turning 7 months on the 3rd of this Oct and other will b 6 months then and both r blue. I may post pics of both of them and get some opinions cause I can not decide which one is the better roo so now I still have both LOL

 

[Goose and Fig]

Sorry to hear about Neville, Jeremy. Glad you have access to some of his offspring.

 

[BamaChicken]

Thanks Julie for your comment on Mrs. Butterworth. The breeder I purchased the egg that hatched her and some of the eggs I hatched my other birds from claim they got thier origional stock from u and I wanna say Renee or somthing like that in VA and my offspring r a combo of both lines and r suppose to be 100% pure UK Orp birds. The blue hen I posted pics of a while back is also from those eggs and I know her blue coloring is drab and laceing isnt very good but I love her build and def think she is worth breeding with. Im not sure but I think u r suppose to breed for a more pointed high tail but I like the round poofy tail her and the blue hen both have and I dont plan to show at all so its somthing I hope to keep going.

Wanted to add your young blue roo u kept back is to die for. He seems very broad and rounded all over already at that age. He would b perfect to breed over my blue hen Dreama and Mrs Buttersworth LOL. I kept back 2 young roos and they r about a month apart one turning 7 months on the 3rd of this Oct and other will b 6 months then and both r blue. I may post pics of both of them and get some opinions cause I can not decide which one is the better roo so now I still have both LOL

You probably need to keep the boys till 8 months unless they have obvious faults. Mine don't usually get a full tail till around 11 months

 

[aveca]

Aveca,

The last two pics before the very last one are good poses, just blurry because the shutter speed was not fast enough on your camera. You can see the shape of the bird though and it looks good. These new digital camera's have pretty fast shutter speeds that should capture the birds with a lot more clarity in the video mode.

Walt

thanks Walt, a better camera is on my spring list.. but i did try it and it does work..little tricky but i was suprised..

And Julie, that baby blue leaves footprints like a human hand minus the thumb.. lord he has big feet, he is still stepping on them..i thought , whats he going to look like next year...much more attractive in person..i wasnt sure how big these english could get..first he blew by his australorp pen mates, and now he is topping the blacks..hes only a few months old...that black cockeral isnt tiny,standing right next to a 5 gallon bucket his back is about an inch and 1/2 higher..i posted a picture of that a while ago..hes just starting to fill out..

 

[JHorn91180]

You probably need to keep the boys till 8 months unless they have obvious faults. Mine don't usually get a full tail till around 11 months

Thanks Julie. They both seem good at this point but the one thats a month behind seems a bit rounder at this point. I will just hang on to both til they r older and then choose. I also want to breed for size so kinda wanna see which one ends up being the biggest anyways. Think this would b easier if they weren't a month apart.

 

[Orps]

I am trying to find some photos I made this year before all the hens started looking pathetic

Massive drooling over here!!!

When my incubators are old enough(aka my 3 pullets), we need to talk eggs.

 

[banjoejoe4783]

just some pics of my splash laced buff pullets just over 5 1/2 mounths