Hello to all new member here just wanted to say HI!!!
| Fri, Oct 8 2010 10:39am BST 1 |
OrloffJames
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Hi I'm James I breed Orloffs and I live in Northampton. I have a
website dedicated to Orloffs www.russianorloffs.com I'm a member of
the Rare Poultry Society and love talking chicken!!
My wife thinks I'm obsessed and I'm starting to think she might
be right. We have three kids and both work so at times life can
get quite stressful so for me 10/15 minutes in the chicken pens
is better than smoking, yoga or any other way of de-stressing.
Earlier this year I went to my first show and I am looking
forward to doing some more other the next few months.
I keep Large Spangled Russian Orloffs and bantam Orloffs in both
spangled and black mottled. I also keep bantam black Sumatra's.
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| Tue, Oct 12 2010 09:37pm BST 2 |
Conor M
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Hello James, I'm in Buckinghamshire, so consider this a warm
welcome from a county neighbour :) It is absolutely wonderfull to
see someone dedicating their breeding programme to a rare breed
that isn't well acknowledged. I adore Bantam Orloffs, in fact they
were the only decent quality breed I saw at a rare and tradditonal
breed centre (no names mentioned but it's in Worcestershire - no
prizes for guessing which one!). I love the history behind breeds
and I believe Orloffs have quite an interesting one as to their
origin - I don't remember it well, correct me if I'm wrong, but
there is confusion over where the birds originate? Welcome to
poultry talk, I'm not a frequent member admittedly, hopefully this
will change as I'm going to start breeding birds again. Once again,
Welcome. Conor :)
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| Thu, Oct 14 2010 12:46pm BST 3 |
OrloffJames
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Hi there! Thanks for the comments. Your right about the confusion
about the breeds origin. It is obviously thought to have come from
Russia hence the name Russian Orloff.
However originally it is thought to have come from Iran. There it
was named chilanskia or something like that. The russians however
claim that this strain has all but died out and there are infact
two main strains of Orloffs. One from germany (originalting from
russia but improved effectively over the years and one from
russia. Both are thought to have been recreated to produce a bird
similar to that of the original chilanskia.
Unfortunently although improved and promoted from russia there
are only a few breeders of this beautiful bird in russia.
Of course this is all just from what I have found with my
research into this breed.
Have you seen many large Orloffs. Although I keep bantams I do
prefer the larger Orloffs much better type and very striking.
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| Tue, Oct 19 2010 06:31pm BST 4 |
Conor M
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I don't recall seeing any large Orloffs, perhaps there were a few
at the past National shows I've attended, but I cannot say for
certain. Fairly elusive birds, or indeed, breeders, I imagine.
Would be lovely to see some photo's of your stock. Conor
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| Wed, Oct 20 2010 12:14am BST 5 |
Conor M
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Just found them (ha typical!) beautiful birds, James. Conor.
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