Pure Double Barred Lemon cuckoo Orpingtons!!!

Well, I finally received my double barred lemon cuckoo orpington hatching eggs yesterday! I have 23 out of 24 that made it! Now the wait is on to see how many will hatch! I am extremely excited for theses birds, and they are from 2 different breeders. I have been told I bought the nicest lines available by a few different breeders. Both breeders I bought from have been working very hard on keeping the best, they have culled heavily, so it should be a nice hatch....... If they hatch........

How exciting! You must keep us all posted!

Rosie C wrote:Well, I finally received my double barred lemon cuckoo orpington hatching eggs yesterday! I have 23 out of 24 that made it! Now the wait is on to see how many will hatch! I am extremely excited for theses birds, and they are from 2 different breeders. I have been told I bought the nicest lines available by a few different breeders. Both breeders I bought from have been working very hard on keeping the best, they have culled heavily, so it should be a nice hatch....... If they hatch........

Hi COngrats on the eggs. Can you tell me where I might see one of these birds. Thanks Geri

Rasilon wrote:
Hi COngrats on the eggs. Can you tell me where I might see one of these birds. Thanks Geri

I was wondering also so I looked it up
This is what I found
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Greenfire Farms has lemon cuckoo Orps, and I'm sure there are pictures, but I'm having trouble loading the page today to check for sure. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
They are quite beautiful.

There is an explanation of the 'double barring' term here: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Those are some pretty birds, good luck on the hatch.

I agree they are nice looking Birds
I was reading about them and it seems people are breeding them to the Buff orp to get more chicks on the ground
I guess they keep the color but lose type
The color is not as bright I guess
Keep us posted on the hatch
Joe

Thank you, I am very excited, I just hope I have a good hatch! This is my first time hatching eggs, so I hope all goes well. I have looked into this breed for a little while, and decided this is what I want, I like having a 'rarer' type bird. There are a lot of pictures of them from the states, trick is getting pure ones. Mine are from the Priscilla Middleton lines. I know that they were bought into the usa in 2010. They were imported from the uk. I cant say where I bought the eggs from as part of my agreement, but they are all npip certified and fully checked etc. I CAN say though, that if I have a successful hatch I will have A LOT for sale, lol, I only want 5 or 6 for myself, and the rest will have to go! No room here!

dont get me wrong either, these birds are in canada too

I am sure the Hatch will go great for you
cant wait for pictures.

Lovely, keeping our fingers crossed for you with the hatch. That is an interesting colour for sure. Have a beautiful day, CynthiaM.

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Cool info and pics Tara. I had no idea about the Brockbar. What a funny name. lol

I hope you have a terrific hatch Rosie!

Very pretty. Good luck!

Congrats! So exciting!

Good luck Rosie. They are beautiful. I remember my first hatch and it was nerve racking. Keep us posted.

I think I have 16/23 eggs that are fertile Yaya I am so excite, now hopefully they all hatch out. 11/12 are from one lady, and 5/11 from the other! I am pretty excited.

Well that sounds really good so far!

Just wondering if you have an update on the chicks? They must be getting all grown up and looking lovely by now. It would be great to see pics!

Hi I dont know how to post ppictures, I can email them

Out of the bunch some of them died,I had a neighbours dog ge in our yard and kill of a bunch. I am only left with a Trio one Beatiful big roo, and 2 nice hens. Hoping that I can start incubating some eggs early spring and get some more here.