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Post by lildinkem on Jun 7, 2012 15:52:05 GMT -5
One I was going to cull but did not. He is closing in on 8 months old. The last Black I hatched from last season.
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Post by aveca on Jun 8, 2012 13:33:39 GMT -5
I'm not sure what you were seeing that you wanted to cull..he looks nice in that photo. Looks like some of your females could strengthen the tail..I'm sure no expert on what could be so wrong with that one..maybe someone could explain to me other than neatening up the tail what I'm missing.. the one in your other photos above would probably ace australorp class. Not sure, there is something about him I like..so hard to tell in a photo isn't it..they have more sides.that tail might just be his age? He looks like a good looking orpington at first glance..
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Post by aveca on Jun 8, 2012 13:47:14 GMT -5
Thank you Aveca. One day at a time. I have been able to throw a little scratch the last two day. My husband is doing the care now. I really want to be in good shape to start breeding some babies here in the fall when it cools down a bit. Julie, you and Christina, well all of you really are such an asset to the orpington..I hope you get feeling better and make us more beautiful birds to admire..everybody would bejust lost if you ever decided to get out of it..
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Post by aveca on Jun 12, 2012 10:29:37 GMT -5
It has rained and rained here. it was a nightmare trying to get ready for NPIP inspection but we got through..we were soaked ..very cold..inbetween rain showers I managed to sneak out and take a few picutures. I just love these orpington hens. they really do have personalities..this hen goes out to the dry pen to eat her breakfast, if she doesnt like the weather, she goes back in and goes to bed for a while on her perch...hee hee.. lot like me..the rest go out and run around in the rain. some babies out and about. baby blue english orp.
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Post by aveca on Jun 12, 2012 10:37:24 GMT -5
a couple more pics, still getting used to this site. tried to enlarge a bit but they all came out same size baby A frame with heat in back ..there are actually 5 babies in there but they scatter everywhere. starting to loose baby feathers baby blue
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Post by bamachicken on Jun 12, 2012 16:36:21 GMT -5
Cute pics. If you use photobucket just leave them the size they are.
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Post by korfuskluckers on Jun 14, 2012 17:31:40 GMT -5
One I was going to cull but did not. He is closing in on 8 months old. The last Black I hatched from last season. Looks to be a little short in the back, but besides that looks to be a bird with alot of potential!
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Post by jeremy on Jun 14, 2012 23:54:06 GMT -5
The Germans have the best GL Orps . They have done an outstanding job witht the color. Their buffs are super too. Gayle I have to agree with you on the standard. I love those mottled. While I have been recovering from heart problems I havent been out to the pens much. They told me a broody black hatched two chicks. I went out this morning to have a look at them and I may have a throw back from a mottled project I worked on several years ago. My husband told me one of the chicks had a lot of white so this morning I got to see it. The head is nearly completely white. If it makes it i will have to watch and see. I had given Big Mama away that carried that gene. Julie, if you don't plan on keeping the maybe Mottled baby I would love to have him or her! I've decided that Mottled is the other color that I want to work on. I may be getting a Mottled pair from Marc in the fall, maybe. Keep me in mind! ;D
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Post by jeremy on Jun 14, 2012 23:56:53 GMT -5
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Post by aveca on Jun 18, 2012 18:31:18 GMT -5
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Post by bamachicken on Jun 19, 2012 9:25:02 GMT -5
I think I have a mottled gene carrying chick hatched in my black pen. It must be a throw back to a mottled project I was working on several years ago Here is a pic of the chick
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Post by karli965 on Jul 6, 2012 4:49:52 GMT -5
Best Large Black Orpington shown In Australia in 2012. Ch Orpington in Show at the Olympic Show and Res Bird in Show at Clubs Northern Feature show. October 2011 hatched. M
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Post by bamachicken on Jul 6, 2012 9:08:15 GMT -5
And he is one legged too. Ha ha . He really is a beauty. I really like the shorter backs. I am working on getting my blacks looking like that
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Post by aveca on Jul 6, 2012 13:42:14 GMT -5
LOL..Love him..hows that fabulous black hen you have Julie..you showed a pic of her a while ago..said she was shaping up maybe like you were going to show her..she has been in my mind as darned near perfect orpington blk. Ever since I saw that pic..
Kept thinking that is what I want to strive for..I bought a couple hens a while ago..just loved them , they had a lot of nice things going on like real nice width and tail decent heads.. but lotta flaws too..they tended to be very course..some of the females out of their eggs would develop spurs..people kept calling them giant australorps because they had such a long back..they just never had that final overall appeal for me thou I did try to see what would come out of them.I don't have any of them anymore..lived out till old age and sold the baby's quite a while ago... ..the coarseness bothered me..thou none of them ever produced a white lobe..I think its the hard enamel white that they don't want to see judging isn't it? The hen I have now has lobes seem to change color like a cameleon..bright red when she's walking around but they can turn a real pale pink when she's just laying around the lawn..purple pink when its cold.the cockeral that i kept this year had the shorter back..he just appealed to me in every way..nothing coarse about him, round underneath..we shall see..I knd of pinched myself over that one ..thought he was a mirage..he just gets nicer every day.
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