Breeding Flock Of English Orpingtons

[nicole camp]

Pictures of my English Orpington breeding flock. Selling eggs later this year after a few hatching's. These birds are 100% free ranged and have lots of land to roam. I currently only have one rooster, but I'm hatching eggs from the UK as I speak. Talk about some fluff on these chicks. Sorry for the poor picture quality.
Please answer the poll at the top above the thread or post a comment! My flock contains 6 hens and 1 rooster. Leave a comment for questions.

Roo Roo (right) Platinum (Left)
English Lavender Orpingtons Both are 9 Months Old Proven Breeders


Roo Roo
English Lavender Orpington Rooster
9 Months old


Trinket
English LF Chocolate Orpington
5 Months Old, Just Starting To Lay
Being Bred to Roo Roo

Roo Roo
English Lavender Orpington, Finishing his morning crow in the pasture


Please Answer this question
Do you like the body and build of these birds?

 

[cluckcluckluke]

I honestly know next to nothing about how an English Orp should look but personally ( just from viewing other orps ) I like them. I think your choc orp pullet should be a little more rounded though.

I think more and clearer pictures will help others

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[nicole camp]

Thank you for the comment! The chocolate is slowly rounding out as she gets older she is about 5 months old now.

 

[nicole camp]

I'll post better pictures of the birds tonight.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Thank you for the comment! The chocolate is slowly rounding out as she gets older she is about 5 months old now.

Yeah she did look young so I thought perhaps she had some growing to do.

On the new pictures add their age as well, so that others will be able to take growth into account etc. Good luck

 

[nicole camp]

Just updated the picture on the original post!

 

[RedReiner]

How hard was it to get eggs here from the UK??

 

[nicole camp]

Great question! You have to find a breeder that will send the eggs overseas and that proved very difficult for me. A lot of them refused to, but with some digging I found a few companies that would ship them. Rarebreedauctions.com Often has sellers that would consider it. The other thing that you need to know is that the shipping is very expensive. I ordered 12 Lavender Orpington Eggs and it was 100$ to ship plus inspection fees. I hope this helped. Thank you for the comment!

 

[nicole camp]

 

[nicole camp]

My First English Lavender At 3 Days Old, Roo Roo Has Always Been The Lightest​