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how come .........
« on: April 06, 2009, 22:49 »
how come a choclate buff orpington is so dam expenceinve there like 400 pound per hen thats stupid . why are they so expecive hatching eggs for 12 are selling for  140 pound thats insane .
can any one explaine why there so expencive .
when a normal buff orpington is about 15 pound ?
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raeburg

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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2009, 22:56 »
A new and therefore rare colour I expect.  And someone will pay for it!  :tongue2:
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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2009, 22:58 »
i woudnt pay that price. i would rather paint a white one brown if i wanted one that bad i heared that hair dye is cheap at tescos at the minute . may work on fethers . ha ha ha
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2009, 23:00 »
I think Carefoot a well-known geneticist founded the colour, then Grant Bereton carried his work on. Choc is a recessive mutant gene very hard to replicate and there are only a few true breeders around which makes it a very expensive colour to breed true. They are very beautiful though.
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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2009, 23:31 »
They are lovely but you'd panic if one of them sneezed  :ohmy:
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« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2009, 00:06 »
Quote from: Aunt Sally on April 06, 2009, 23:31
They are lovely but you'd panic if one of them sneezed  :ohmy:

At that price I'd have the vet on callout  :blink:
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« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2009, 00:27 »
At that price they would live in the house!!
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« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2009, 00:33 »
At that price, they can live at someone else's house!!!!!   :D
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« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2009, 00:43 »
At that price they should be able to cook, wash, iron and clean my house!
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« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2009, 00:48 »
... and be big enough to feed a dozen hungry people on Christmas day  :ohmy:

I'll get me coat  ;)
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« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2009, 00:49 »
Quote from: Kate and her Ducks on April 07, 2009, 00:43
At that price they should be able to cook, wash, iron and clean my house!

A few of them, and they are a deposit on a house!

Anyone want to swap a well worn in and trained OH for say....10 chocolate buffs?
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« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2009, 00:50 »
Quote from: peapod on April 07, 2009, 00:49


A few of them, and they are a deposit on a house!



... and very difficult to scrub off too  ::)
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« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2009, 00:51 »
Quote from: Aunt Sally on April 07, 2009, 00:48
... and be big enough to feed a dozen hungry people on Christmas day  :ohmy:

I'll get me coat  ;)

YES! My OH can do that too ( he can cook, but you cant eat him)..roll on up all...its a bargain  ;)
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« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2009, 00:52 »
Quote from: Aunt Sally on April 07, 2009, 00:50
Quote from: peapod on April 07, 2009, 00:49


A few of them, and they are a deposit on a house!



... and very difficult to scrub off too  ::)

I can live with that  :D I could afford a cleaner
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« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2009, 10:05 »
lol to the above :D
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