- Cuckoo Stud
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Orpingtons '101'
- Orpington Type and Main Colours >
- Non APS colours - new and pre-existing but not approved Orpington colours
- Blue Cuckoo Colour Standard
- Lavender & Lav Cuckoo Colour Standard
- Buff Cuckoo Colour Standard
- Red Barred (Cuckoo) Colour Standard
- Chocolate Orpington colour Standard
- BREEDING SPLASH to carry the silver gene >
- Buff Orpington improving Type
- White Orpington improving Type
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About us
- the Stud colours/breeds
- NEWS and UPDATES
- Breeding Cuckoo Orpingtons >
- Cuckoo and Black original lines
- Blue Cuckoo Orpington development
- Buff Cuckoo Orpington development
- Crele, Partridge and Gold Barred Buff Orpington development
- New Colours, acceptance of the colours
- Lavender and Lavender Cuckoo Orpingtons in the backyard
- the Chocolate Orpington >
- Cuckoo Double Bar and Single Bar factor
- the Blue Gene - theory of Mendel's Law
- Blue Cuckoo and Mendel's Law
- Developing multiple related lines
- Orpingtons - larrikin mateship = our first birds
- Our Cuckoo Silkies
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Gallery
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- Lavender & Lavender Cuckoo Orpington, bantam and large >
- Crele, Partridge, Buff Partridge Orpington
- Blue Cuckoo Orpington large >
- Buff Cuckoo Orpington, large >
- Cuckoo Orpington, bantam
- Black Orpington large
- Splash Orpington, large >
- Choc & Choc Cuckoo Orpington large
- Choc Crele, Choc Partridge and Choc Birchen large size
- Black Orpington, bantam
- Gold Barred Buff Orpington
- Phoenix
- Silkie
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- Acquiring and caring for your Orpingtons
- Feeding - what we feed our birds
- Heat waves, hot days, Summer and Liquefaction
- Artificial UV lighting
- Chook Saddles
- Fertility and my secret recipe
- Posted chickens - how to make them
- Embryonic developmental stages of a chick
- Mareks Disease
- Hatching larger std size birds
- Size = breeding down
- Brooder - recycled and effective
- Growth patterns and assessing birds
- Microchipping your birds
- Secure housing
- Lime - Hydrated and Garden (AG) Lime and their uses in the chook pen
- MOUSE/RAT TRAP chook friendly
- Appraisal pictures of your birds
- Showing - training your birds
- Coccidia Oocyst cycle and treating Coccidiosis with Baycox
- Lymphoid Leukosis – Avian (The Wasting Disease)
- Coryza Avibacterium Paragallinarum
- Crop problems in poultry
- Mosquito control
- Maremma - training a pup
- Fox Traps
- Snake Bite
Buff
established in 1947
breeding for quality not quantity, the Stud is the culmination of a family's passion for Orpingtons
the Stud specialises in standard size Orpingtons
Cuckoo (several colours including Chocolate Cuckoo)
also Lavender, Black, Chocolate, Buff, Splash, Blue
Partridge in Chocolate, Gold, Silver, Blue and Buff
Crele in Gold, Silver, Chocolate and Chocolate Silver
Buff Columbian, Chocolate Buff Columbian
Chocolate Laced Chocolate
the Stud is also the developer of the original Australian lines of Cuckoo Silkies and Phoenix
we are honoured and proud to announce that in 2025 the Stud took on the Beven bloodline of large Buff
the Studs acknowledged achievements in Orpingtons in Australia are the development of the
first and original Australian bloodlines of =
Blue Cuckoo (large), Buff Cuckoo (both sizes, known as Lemon in the UK),
Chocolate Cuckoo (large), Lavender Cuckoo (both sizes)
Gold, Silver, Blue, Buff and Chocolate in Partridge (large), Lavender (both sizes), Gold Barred Buff (large) and Chocolate Birchen (large)
Gold, Silver, Chocolate and Chocolate Silver in Crele (large)
Chocolate Laced Chocolate (large)
Buff Columbian and Chocolate Buff Columbian (large)
and the original bloodline of the bantam (APS listed colour) Cuckoo
development of new colours has been ongoing from the mid 20th Century into the new Millenium
colours currently under final refinement in the standard Orpington and the Silkie will be announce and debuted soon
established in 1947
breeding for quality not quantity, the Stud is the culmination of a family's passion for Orpingtons
the Stud specialises in standard size Orpingtons
Cuckoo (several colours including Chocolate Cuckoo)
also Lavender, Black, Chocolate, Buff, Splash, Blue
Partridge in Chocolate, Gold, Silver, Blue and Buff
Crele in Gold, Silver, Chocolate and Chocolate Silver
Buff Columbian, Chocolate Buff Columbian
Chocolate Laced Chocolate
the Stud is also the developer of the original Australian lines of Cuckoo Silkies and Phoenix
we are honoured and proud to announce that in 2025 the Stud took on the Beven bloodline of large Buff
the Studs acknowledged achievements in Orpingtons in Australia are the development of the
first and original Australian bloodlines of =
Blue Cuckoo (large), Buff Cuckoo (both sizes, known as Lemon in the UK),
Chocolate Cuckoo (large), Lavender Cuckoo (both sizes)
Gold, Silver, Blue, Buff and Chocolate in Partridge (large), Lavender (both sizes), Gold Barred Buff (large) and Chocolate Birchen (large)
Gold, Silver, Chocolate and Chocolate Silver in Crele (large)
Chocolate Laced Chocolate (large)
Buff Columbian and Chocolate Buff Columbian (large)
and the original bloodline of the bantam (APS listed colour) Cuckoo
development of new colours has been ongoing from the mid 20th Century into the new Millenium
colours currently under final refinement in the standard Orpington and the Silkie will be announce and debuted soon
Cuckoo std size Black std size Chocolate std size Splash std size
# the Stud does not export birds or eggs anymore = overseas readers = contact Breeders in your own country for stock.
birds for re-housing or eggs from the Breeding Pens availability information (within Australia) = For Sale pages
poultry books for sale = For Sale POULTRY BOOKS
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