The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[FCFarm]

I hope this is the right place to ask... I recently found an ad in my local classifieds for Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons. He is asking $5 for chicks and $15 for his adults. He says he must sell them due to health reasons (his, not the chickens I hope!). Do you think this is a fair price? What questions should I ask him to be sure these are quality birds? Thanks for the help!

Here is the photo from the ad

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

If they really are healthy and as this photo appears, you should get them. Around here we can get as much as $20 each for hatchery laying hens. I would pay $15 for pretty yard art that lays eggs.

Just quarantine them from your own flock. Then if any health issues come up, you don't lose any of your own birds.

I hope this is the right place to ask... I recently found an ad in my local classifieds for Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons. He is asking $5 for chicks and $15 for his adults. He says he must sell them due to health reasons (his, not the chickens I hope!). Do you think this is a fair price? What questions should I ask him to be sure these are quality birds? Thanks for the help!

Here is the photo from the ad

 

[ruthanne]

what do you think of my girls? they are 8 weeks old. I think only one has OK lacing.

#1 This is the girl with some lacing.When she was a chick I thought she was a black, but she is a dark blue.



#2 Blue girl with light lacing.



#3 not a good photo to show her huge bust. she is showing a lot of cleavage!


#4 Splash! I just love that I got a splash.

What do you mean by a Splash? One of the white orpingtons I got from mc murray's looks like the one you call splash.

 

[FCFarm]

If they really are healthy and as this photo appears, you should get them. Around here we can get as much as $20 each for hatchery laying hens. I would pay $15 for pretty yard art that lays eggs.

Just quarantine them from your own flock. Then if any health issues come up, you don't lose any of your own birds.

Ok, thank you for the advice! I fully agree on quarantining. I contacted him and I may go Saturday to look at them.

 

[Aeropennchick]

Here's a pic of my dark blue chick, kinda like naturespace's chick #1:



I am just LOVING her laced feathers! She looks kinda like a softball with a head in this photo

 

[naturespace]

She is lovely. I just love how big and fluffy they seem. their body shape is nothing like the others that i hatched. which are welsumers, EE, and Euskal Oiloas (Basque Hens).

 

[naturespace]

ruthanne
Splash is a color that you can get when you breed blue birds. you will often see, BBS, this stands for Blue, Black, Splash. Splash is like a light blue with some splashes of darker blue.
I don't have any white Orpingtons, but I'm guessing this is correct... White, should be white. No variations in the feather colors.
hope this helps.

 

[OSUman]

Only the male is a Lemon Cuckoo, the hens look like they're just buff.

I hope this is the right place to ask... I recently found an ad in my local classifieds for Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons. He is asking $5 for chicks and $15 for his adults. He says he must sell them due to health reasons (his, not the chickens I hope!). Do you think this is a fair price? What questions should I ask him to be sure these are quality birds? Thanks for the help!

Here is the photo from the ad

 

[chickened]

This does a good job explaining LC

I have some and the hens are faint in thier barring similar to the hen on the right in the photo.

That is a fair price.


Cuckoo
Here’s how the color genetics work for lemon cuckoo Orpingtons: When we think of “pure” lemon cuckoo Orpingtons we usually envision the bright yellow color and dramatic white barred feather pattern that is the signature of this variety. This color and pattern exists only in roosters that carry two barring genes. A “pure” lemon cuckoo hen carries only one barring gene and so the females appear to be a light buff color without obvious barring.

Roosters that carry only one barring gene are colored like the hens. They are a light buff color without the prominent white barring effect.

When you see pictures of lemon cuckoo Orpingtons you are almost always looking at roosters with two barring genes, for it is these birds that have the bright yellow feathers and classic cuckoo barring pattern.


Here is the recipe for creating “pure” lemon cuckoo roosters with the two barring genes.

Step 2: The chicks you produce from this mating should (over a large number of eggs) be about 25% “pure” lemon cuckoo roosters; 25% roosters with one barring gene (they will appear to be a light buff color); and 50% hens, all with the single barring gene.

Step 3: If you breed the “pure” lemon cuckoo roosters with any of the hens, 100% of the male chicks you produce will be “pure” (with two barring genes) lemon cuckoo roosters and the females will also carry the lemon cuckoo gene. You are now producing 100% “pure” lemon cuckoo Orpingtons

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

I want some.

Well let me know if I can help you

I am the one in Omak. I was trying to somehow make connections with you. I have PMd you a few times. I would still like to make connections if possible. Just not sure how.