4 New Girls at Long Last

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4 New Girls at Long Last
« on: April 04, 2011, 15:30 »
Well after nearly a year of searching and phoning and e-mailing nearly every Large Fowl breeder with 100 miles of hear we eventually found one with some Orpington girls for sale   :lol:

So on Saturday we set out on our 180ish mile round trip to collect them. So in addition to our 3 black Orpington Ladies - named April, May and June. We now have a buff called Ginger, a splash called Dusty, a blue called Bluebell and a gold Lace called Bumble.

They have settled in far better than we could have wished for, only arguments have been over treats! So they might have to stop for a while.

Hubby said there is room for at least 7 more, when he put them to bed last night, I said think the 7 we have are enough. But would you believe it that 3 of the breeders I e-mailed and had heard nothing from all e-mailed this morning to say nothing at the moment but we some hatching any day now.
One such breeder is very close to us here too - like buses, nothing then 3 come along at once. :blink:

Dare I consider more............ :wub:

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Re: 4 New Girls at Long Last
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2011, 16:26 »
errr haven't you forgotton something?  ???

Photos we want photos  :D
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Re: 4 New Girls at Long Last
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2011, 18:36 »
errr haven't you forgotton something?  ???

Photos we want photos  :D

I'll second that  :D  :D  :D
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Re: 4 New Girls at Long Last
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2011, 10:31 »
pictures are on their way, hopefully tonight. I just need my lovely husband to show m how to upload them from the camera to here. (mind you I could ask my 9 year old son he will no doubt know :D

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Re: 4 New Girls at Long Last
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2011, 10:51 »
Good on you!  I want pictures, please!
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Re: 4 New Girls at Long Last - Pictures at last
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2011, 17:56 »
Here are some photo's.  I hope this album works for people.  The new ones were a little feather-pecked but they are growing replacements already and are settling in really quickly.



 https://picasaweb.google.com/colerne40/Chickens?authkey=Gv1sRgCKToq7LWp6z5BQ#
« Last Edit: April 06, 2011, 17:57 by Colernehens »

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Re: 4 New Girls at Long Last
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2011, 23:04 »
Oh they're gorgeous!  April, May and June are really glamorous ladies with all those lovely feathers!  But I have to admit my favourite photo is little Bumble - who seems to have misplaced her tail feathers.   :blush:

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Re: 4 New Girls at Long Last
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2011, 23:40 »
lovely photos, your black orps look stunning in the sunshine
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Re: 4 New Girls at Long Last
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2011, 08:55 »
Yes Bumble is some what lacking in the tail department. But even in the 5 days we have had her, we can see new feathers growing, and we have seen no evidence of feather pecking at all (plenty of pecking order pecking  ::) )

April May and June, do look very splendid this year - they had just come into moult when we got them last June, so we couldn't appreciate just how lovely they were going to look.

I will post some more pictures of Bumble as her tail returns  :lol:.

All I need now is a Lemon Cuckoo Orp - thats my favourite and the one I can't fine anywhere  :(



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