tom123 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 I want some too Orpingtons look small compared to them! Look at this pic of an orp cockerel with a warren... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 oohhhhh i want orpies too . I have Baby and shes gorgeous but shes a dinky toy one, I want a bigun to cuddle (Going to the show tomorro, never know what we might find ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Naughty Chick wiggle DON'T go to the sale section then, you don't want to be tempted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 OH is coming and its him who needs to be restrained Although I wouldnt put up too much of an argument Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 I know what you mean , I took my mum to the last sale I went to and ended up buying 3 birds because she liked them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Oh they are gorgeous. Mind you I think I would lose the plot trying to stuff diatom powder up their bums - it only needs one stroppy one and I would be the one with diatom over me instead (and that wouldn't be the first time either no names mentioned Piggy Sioux). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shibby69 Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 I have a Jersey Giant hen named Faye I'll have to get some more recent pictures, she's a blue splash and is just GORGEOUS! She was a chick when i got her, i posted pictures on here before somewhere. I've a new camera now so will take some pretty pictures of her, at the moment she's about as big as the brahmas but she's heavier when you pick her up, she weighs a tonne. She's very very friendly and more than happy to sit on the kids' knees/anyones knees really, although she's getting a bit big for the kids lol. She'll jump from the floor into my arms so that's something to be prepared for, she will also get straight onto my back if i'm stooping down or bent over for any reason. Cleaning the shed out with her pottering around can be a nightmare i tell you! Anyway, yes, i'll get some pictures of her if you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Oooh yes please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Flipping heck What a whopper That could scare the visitors away I would never get a hen sitter if I had those in my garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Am just reviving this thread as have found some size comparison pics, see below... Jersey Giant Cockerel next to a Columbine Hybrid Jersey Giant Cockerel next to a Rhode Rock Hybrid Big chooks Being totally nosy that one appears to be living in an eglu?? i would have thought that would have been to small surely? (plots whether she could get two hens into the spare eglu ) not that i'd even consider getting more chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibby69 Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Here's Faye I took them just now, so apologies, they're not fantastic pics but still - Isn't she pretty? The barnevelder (Taylor) and frizzle cochin (Hettie) behind her aren't really bigger than her, tis just the angle of the pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Awwww she's gorgeous. Bit like my Apache but without the pantaloons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Oh Shibby69, your really not helping here I need horrible pictures to put me off not lovely ones like that She looks stunning... I cant have one....I cant have one....I can have ooerr i mean cant have one Shes simply gorgeous I just NEED one! I will have to adopt Hens when she gets hers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 What stunning pictures everyone. They have made my day. Seeing Faye has made them less scarey maybe they would be an option. I can just see Sir Minky when he saw the size of a JG. The mind boggles. Ladders spring to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 What stunning pictures everyone. They have made my day. Seeing Faye has made them less scarey maybe they would be an option. I can just see Sir Minky when he saw the size of a JG. The mind boggles. Ladders spring to mind I'm sure he'd try his best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 What stunning pictures everyone. They have made my day. Seeing Faye has made them less scarey maybe they would be an option. I can just see Sir Minky when he saw the size of a JG. The mind boggles. Ladders spring to mind I'm sure he'd try his best He sometimes struggles with what he's got. Poor boy, very short legs you see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henhathnofury Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Oh dear, this is not helping my other half and myself's chickenitis.....we want more chickens. Take away your glorious pictures of gorgeous chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
