orpington

  1. TheRealGwynethPoultry

    Rooster in Northeastern OK

    This pretty girl crowed this morning 😂 about 2 months old, sold to me as a jubilee orp pullet 🧐 I don’t think so! Free to a good home in Northeast Oklahoma. Willing to drive a little ways and can meet in the middle. Pm for info 😀
  2. Egzermalda

    Are Speckled eggs harder to hatch?

    Are speckled eggs harder to hatch? I have Orpingtons. The Blue and Splash eggs are smooth and hatch readily. The Black Laced Silver have various levels of speckling and I do not get as good a hatch rate with them. And the more heavily speckled ones (from one hen) develop but never seem to pip...
  3. Egzermalda

    BBS English Orpington Splash Rooster Quality Question

    I have 2 Splash and 1 Blue English (and 3 Black Laced Silver) English Orpington hens. ALL being covered by a Black Laced Silver Rooster. The Chicks from the Splash and Blue hens are all "Blue" and indistinguishable. I have been selling all my chicks and some hatching eggs. There is a HUGE...
  4. S

    Gender of 5ish week Buff Orpington

    I believe I brought this one home around the end of March, it was the only BO in the 7 chicks I purchased - the other 6 were black australorps, 5 of those were roosters lol - so I don’t really have any BO this age to compare it to I do have some BO pullets that I brought home at the end of April...
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  5. chloemae

    Orpington pullets or roo?

    Hi everyone, I always appreciate the help I get from this site, you guys are excellent! I hatched these eggs about 2 and 1/2 weeks ago from Georgia that I received from eBay and they were supposed to be a varied mix of orpington colors. All three look the same (are they chocolate orpington?)...
  6. Holdthechicken

    Is my Blue Orpington actually Lavender, with the shredder gene?

    Hi all, I have a blue Orpington, Indie, that was purchased from a feed store on 4/21 as a day old blue orpington pullet. From the first day I’ve noticed her wings seem a bit odd, now as they are getting feathers, they naturally tuck under and seem disheveled. Is she actually lavender and this is...
  7. R

    6 Week Lavender Orpington Boy or Girl?

    Hoping to get some ideas whether these two 6-week old chicks are male or female? Any help appreciated :) On an unrelated note, anyone have success keeping silkies and orpingtons together?I have 5 silkies, are all mature and these are the only two orps. Hoping having the big birds grow up...
  8. H

    2+ year old Lav Orpington still laying small eggs

    I have a small group of hens that I started out my chicken hobby with about 2.5 years ago. 2 Lavender Orpingtons and 2 Easter eggers. All but one of these hens lays good sized eggs. Just one of the Orpingtons.. she still lays small eggs the size of a hens normal first egg and it always has a...
  9. HatCo

    My chicks keep dying before they get out shell.

    We had a hen go broody on 6 eggs. We decided to let her hatch them. We are new to the chicken world. Our girls are a year & a half old. First chick got out the shell but a nickle sized piece stuck on her back (mama got it off). She lived two days. We weren't sure wheather to take her innside...
  10. Appalachick

    Do lavender Orpingtons have dark spots? Chick is feathering out.

    I got this chick from a local breeder and I've seen the parents. Does anyone have a "splash" lavender?
  11. ChickChic00

    Crossing blue to lavender cross

    I have a hen that is from a lavender Orpington rooster and buff Orpington hen. I don't have a picture of her right now, but I can get one later. What do you think I would get if I bred her to my blue Cochin bantam roo? Any ideas are super appreciated!! Also, ive hatched out a couple chicks from...
  12. S

    LAV. ORPINGTON ROO W/ BLK COPPER MARAN HEN

    I have a Lavender Orpington Roo and a Black Copper Maran hen as well as 2 other lavender Orpington hens. If the Lavender roo mates the black maran hen, what do I end up with?
  13. J

    Hello fellow chicken tenders!

    Hello, 1st time chicken owner and loving it! I've read and researched so much and learned a lot from this page. We have 9 leghorns, 3 brown and 6 white they are (4-5 wks old)feisty and spunky. 6 Easter eggers that are the sweetest and have the chubby cheeks they are only (3 days old). 3 barred...
  14. T

    What breeds will I get?

    I have a Buff Orpington Roo and would like to start hatching my own eggs. This is what I have for my gals! Can you tell me what the crosses would get me or if it would be a totally made up mix! Would any be sex link? Hens: Barred Rock Lavender Orp Speckled Sussex Easter Egger Amberlink...
  15. Ponyiqandhens2

    Jubilee Orpingtons

    Well, they are finally starting to really look like Orpingtons. Please excuse the boys names, they are Dumb and Dumber..they had not been hanfdled, were underweight etc when i got them it has taken a long time for them to learn normal chicken behavior..still not super savvy about rain.thankfully...
  16. T

    Orpington Mixing

    I currently have a Buff and Lavender Orp Hen. Looking to add a Roo either Buff or Lav. Can anyone tell me what color chicks I would get by mixing the two colors? Would love to see some pictures!
  17. M

    Orpington Chick colors (chocolate silver laced Orpington)

    Hello! I ordered some chocolate silver laced Orpington hatching eggs and was successful in hatching almost all! To my surprise, they are different colors. One in particular I wasn’t expecting to be a color to get. Can anyone identify the little red Orpington chicks color? I’ve scoured the...
  18. Egzermalda

    English Orpington BBS and Laced genetics questions

    I am getting my first rooster tomorrow. He is a Black Laced Silver English Orpington. He will be covering all the following hens. 3 X Black Laced Silver Orpingtons, 2 X Splash English Orpingtons, 1 Blue (with black lacing, more on this later) English Orpington and 1 Golden Comet. The Blue and...
  19. PsychicKrystal

    Hi! I'm Krystal!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am relatively new to raising chickens though my best friend has had them for over thirty years so I feel like I've learned a lot in the past six months or so that I've been raising them. All of my birds have been raised from 2-3...
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  20. PrincessTee

    Dual puropose chicken feed

    Hello there, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this if not please guide me to the correct thread. We have buff oprington chickens that we planned to use for dual purpose, eggs and meat we don't separate our birds. We Have about 8 hens and a rooster. I heard the rooster shouldn't...
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