FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

[seviesnape]

I will go! and I have already told 2 of my horse friends, we can all go together!

I put myself on the list!

 

[xx4truexx]

hi thanks well we are just looking to start out small 3 or 4 should be ok. Just want some fresh eggs and a few new friends around the house.....they have some sexlinks and americanas at a shop we work buy might pick up a few of the lil ones....i just saw the slikies and have been reading up on them ever since we started on our chicken venture....not a must, just thought they would be fun to have around.

 

[xx4truexx]

hi thanks well we are just looking to start out small 3 or 4 should be ok. Just want some fresh eggs and a few new friends around the house.....they have some sexlinks and americanas at a shop we work buy might pick up a few of the lil ones....i just saw the slikies and have been reading up on them ever since we started on our chicken venture....not a must, just thought they would be fun to have around

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Those would be Easter Eggers not Ameraucuana unless bought from a breeder. Feed stores buy from hatcheries which sell miss labeled EE's. However they come in a great variety of colors and can lay brown, olive, green or blue eggs.

 

[xx4truexx]

thnx for the info

 

[MyTDogs]

Keep them for eggs not for breeding.

Oh good..for a second i thought you were cooking them

 

[MyTDogs]

Oh and that off white you see are his ears. The lobes are just below that and they are bright red. So were his daddy's.

Gotcha...the lobes are red.

 

[MyTDogs]

Great thanks...will look into them.

Cindy

Cindy there is a Buff Orpington thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/495402/buff-orpington-thread
And an Orpington thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/259995/post-pics-of-orps-orpingtons-here
You may want to check them out. They will give you great feedback. I don't show my birds yet, but after looking at others, I knew mine (hatchery birds) needed work.

Orpingtons are really slow to mature, so it will be a while before you know what they will look like. Here is the APA standard:
http://www.unitedorpingtonclub.com/apastandard.htm
Check out the photos at the same site.
http://www.unitedorpingtonclub.com/apps/photos/

There is a big difference in the English and American Orpington, but both are beautiful to me. Your look American, so compare to that standard.

Hope this helps.

Another Cindy

 

[MyTDogs]

Yes but when you buy 15 Ameraucana eggs from a BYC member and one hatches out with feathers on its legs but looks in every other way like its hatchmates that are a specific breed....I guess I'll know more when the babies are older. Can the leg feathering go away as they age?? (I'm not fond of feathered feet)

Here is a pic of the oddball:




& here is the group- oddball is laying down:

Forgot something. You don't have an Ameraucana if they have feathers on the legs. You have an Easter Egger.

Like your feeding trough.

Cindy

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

Yes they can have feathered feet as a chick and loose it when they get older. Much to the dismay of breeders of feather footed breeds that wanted them feathered. LOL