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Buff Orpington & Black Rocks

#1 User is offline   SportingShooter 

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Posted 31 May 2009 - 12:11 PM

Hi Folks,

I may be about to fill the gap of chickens in the garden in the next few weeks, they have been absent for quite some time now!

I'm just wandering what Buff Orpington and Black Rocks are like as layers.

Thanks

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Posted 31 May 2009 - 12:19 PM

Black Rocks are excellent layers........the Orpingtons won't be anywhere near as good.
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Posted 31 May 2009 - 06:37 PM

black rocks are pretty good layers but my honest opinion on them is that they are over rated,if you want good layers stick to the warrens. :D
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Posted 31 May 2009 - 06:46 PM

View PostSportingShooter, on May 31 2009, 01:11 PM, said:

Hi Folks,

I may be about to fill the gap of chickens in the garden in the next few weeks, they have been absent for quite some time now!

I'm just wandering what Buff Orpington and Black Rocks are like as layers.

Thanks

SS :thumbs:

black rock they are good layers goy 30 of them they are ardy aswell
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Posted 31 May 2009 - 07:13 PM

black rock are good layer's througe the winter month
and hardyer than your warrens
orprinton's are more ornamental.
but make good broodies.
depends on how many eggs you whant.
nice to have an assortment
keep a few differant hens my self
more a hobby to me than just whanting eggs
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Posted 31 May 2009 - 07:43 PM

black rocks and light sussex are the best of the pure breed chickens
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Posted 31 May 2009 - 07:59 PM

View Postboo-stig, on May 31 2009, 08:43 PM, said:

black rocks and light sussex are the best of the pure breed chickens

black rock are not pure bred
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 12:54 AM

View Postlandytom, on May 31 2009, 08:59 PM, said:

View Postboo-stig, on May 31 2009, 08:43 PM, said:

black rocks and light sussex are the best of the pure breed chickens

black rock are not pure bred

true....

I tend to agree with most, and that is to say that, out of the two, I would pick a blackrock over an orpington for laying every time! . ;)
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Posted 02 June 2009 - 10:08 AM

I had a reasonable turn over with black rock's last year.

Leghorns i find are much better than the black rocks.
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Posted 03 June 2009 - 12:50 PM

View Postartic, on Jun 2 2009, 11:08 AM, said:

I had a reasonable turn over with black rock's last year.

Leghorns i find are much better than the black rocks.

Leghorns ARE much better layers than most laying breeds or hybrids..... especially the white comercial strain (ones they use in most USA egg farms).... pure machines. I keep them and have tried most others aswell, but nothing beats them. They are very light in the body, and therefore the body isnt using up much of the feed they eat, most goes into the eggs, so you also find that 10 leghorns will eat less and lay more than 10 other layers.
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Posted 03 June 2009 - 03:13 PM

Thanks for all the info guys, The Orpingtons were always going to be ornamental, will more than likely only have a pair of them. The only reason I would have them is that he doesn't want to keep all four that he has hatched.

The Black Rocks are sounding quite promising, I'm not really looking for commercial speed layers, I have 8-10 eggs a week in the best conditions, that'll do me fine :yes:

Here's to making some space for them!

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P.S. If any of you have any pics, would be good to see, :D
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