The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[homeschoolin momma]

The ducks. Welsh harlequin.

Duck enclosure is 95% done and nothing touched in two days. Need it finished before the storm comes tonight!

 

[Faraday40]

The ducks. Welsh harlequin. View attachment 2310462View attachment 2310463View attachment 2310464Duck enclosure is 95% done and nothing touched in two days. Need it finished before the storm comes tonight!

Ok The ducks are pretty cute. Hope you got the enclosure finished in time.

PS- You can always get your DS to do extra chores to earn Sunday's visit with my DD. HaHaHa... That's what I do. How else would I get her to clean the house?

 

[homeschoolin momma]

We got the locks on the smaller pop door and screwed in the side door until we can find the right latches....at 9pm. But it didn't matter. Racoon managed to squeeze itself over the space on the inner wall and took one of the sweet girls. Other girl is dlighty injured. So heartbreaking, these ducks are so sweet. They were essentially pets and now one us gone.

 

[Faraday40]

We got the locks on the smaller pop door and screwed in the side door until we can find the right latches....at 9pm. But it didn't matter. Racoon managed to squeeze itself over the space on the inner wall and took one of the sweet girls. Other girl is dlighty injured. So heartbreaking, these ducks are so sweet. They were essentially pets and now one us gone.

Oh No! So heartbreaking!

 

[Faraday40]

Hatched some SLOs and Spitzhaubens (& Seramas) 2 weeks ago. Seramas are being cared for by someone else for a while.

Here are the Spitz & Orps (5 of each):

My fav blue SLO chick has a female vibe:

Two more SLOs (a reg & a project blue) hatched on Thursday with 3 more seramas.

5-6 more SLO eggs + another 5-6 serama eggs developing in incubator - due Sept 8

.... and last night somehow another 6 SLO & 6 serama eggs slipped into the incubator - so due Sept 18-19 I've only been getting about 50% of the SLO eggs set to hatch, so hopefully next month won't be too overwhelming with chicks.

The mid Sept hatch is my LAST HATCH of the year.

 

[Faraday40]

Here's my "big butt" boy

Here's the other guy with the nice face.

Both seem to have good temperaments. (Run up to greet me & Follow me around if they think treats may be involved. Not cuddly but not much fuss to pick up and carry around.) I'm leaning toward the 1st one (cockerel with the better body) but I'm going to give them more time.

 

[homeschoolin momma]

The mid Sept hatch is my LAST HATCH of the year.

We shall see, we shall see....wink, wink

 

[Dharmachick]

This is my beautiful English bantam chocolate quail Orpington, Charlie. I have a hen too. I love the color!

 

[ColtHandorf]

The mid Sept hatch is my LAST HATCH of the year.

I think that's a familiar song we've heard before. I'm setting eggs tonight to have fuzz balls for a Poultry Trades Day we are having down here.

This is my beautiful English bantam chocolate quail Orpington, Charlie. I have a hen too. I love the color!

He's a cutie!

 

[Faraday40]

View attachment 2316191This is my beautiful English bantam chocolate quail Orpington, Charlie. I have a hen too. I love the color!View attachment 2316191

Wow that's an interesting color. Is it a project of yours?

Of course, I wish you lived closer. I'd love to hatch some English Bantam orps - any color really. My little Cookie is getting old and I just can't imagine my flock without an adorable, spoiled, perpetually broody, little, round orp hen with BIG personality.

I've seen a few 'bantam orps' in hatcheries, but they don't have the round appearance like the English.