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                             the Stud is run as a Closed Community 

                         please do not ask to view any birds at the premises as refusal may offend
                         arrangements can be made to view off premises (birds for purchase only)

                                                   note that security measures are in place
       anyone coming onto the property uninvited will be treated as a trespasser and dealt with accordingly
                                    
                                     NO mercy or leniency will be offered or given

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            the Studs Blue, Splash and some Black and some Cuckoo are NOT the Stud's original lines = 
                            # the Stud's original Cuckoo and Black lines are bred and kept seperately 
     
       # note = in December of 2015 the Stud's line of large Chocolate was started to be released
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Orpington

Black (both sizes)                                                                  Splash (large)
                                                                                               2 very good Type Blues are being use in 1 Splash pen (as outcrosses)


Chocolate (pure to original line of large), Chocolate Cuckoo, Choc Crele (large fowl)
contrary to popular unfounded rumours the Stud continues to work with these colours and has done for many years
starting with the Chocolate in the mid 1950s

2005 family's large Choc birds taken on by a single member of the family
2009 = 45 chicks with several being cockerels
December 2015 eggs started to be sent out
Feb 2016 the hens are still laying well with fertility at 95% to 98% = eggs are still being sent out
Good Friday 2016 = a hatch from a ChocXCuckoo roo and a ChocXCrele hen has produced F1 Choc Crele chicks
2017 = F2 Choc Crele hatched January and F3 hatched November 2017. Also numerous large Chocolate cockerels and pullets growing out
2018 hatch of large Choc = 37 pullets no cockerels
2019 hatch of large Choc = 22 pullets, 9 Black cockerels (test bred to Blacks and confirmed to carry Choc gene),
                                                 3 Choc Cuckoo pullets no cockerels
2020 hatch of large Choc = 17 pullets, 4 Black carrying Choc ckls, 3 Choc ckls
2121 hatch of large Choc = 22 pullets, 9 ckls and 11 Black carrying Choc ckls
                                                also =
                                                1 Choc Cuckoo pullet, 3 ckls
                                                1 gold Crele pullet and 1 Gold Crele ckl hatched from the Choc Crele (genetics is a funny thing like that)
                                                3 Choc Crele ckls


Gold Barred Buff
# sadly it has been reported by the new owner that foxes decimated the Gold Barred Buff the Summer of 2015


Buff Cuckoo (known as Lemon in the UK) - (both sizes)
# 2017 there are now over 30 people working with large Buff Cuckoo  (Australia wide)
Note 3 of these lines are not related to the Studs large Buff Cuckoo. The other lines are related. 
All giving much hope to the advancement of the colour.
the Stud remained the only Breeder/Developer of Buff Cuckoo in bantam until September 2015
# September 2015 update = the bantam Buff Cuckoo are now with another Breeder
2021 update = large Buff Cuckoo - 4 pullets and 2 ckls hatched 3&1/2 weeks after a snake killed their father

Buff Cuckoo = Buff with White Barring * 

* The Australian Buff Cuckoo Orpington was developed at the Stud starting last century using the Buff and Cuckoo meaning they are genetically correct to Buff Cuckoo and pure to Orpington

**After consultation with other breeders who have taken on this colour, a submission was put forward to
The Orpington Club of Australia requesting that the colour be referred to as Buff Cuckoo on the grounds that not only are they genetically Buff Cuckoo, but also because the other breeds with this colour in Australia are correctly referred to as Buff Cuckoo.

as of Jan 2017 = In Australia there is genetically correct Lemon Cuckoo in breeds other than Orpington.
There is no genetically correct Lemon Cuckoo in Orpingtons in Australia

The submission was put forward to correctly, genetically identify this colour and to conform to the Australian colour name 
across all breeds.
# at the 2013 AGM the colour name 'Buff Cuckoo' was accepted on the above grounds.
2016 update = due to one person in particular who was originally the loudest supporter of having the correct genetic name for this colour but has become an advocate of incorrect colour naming (across several colours) there is a chance that this beautiful colour
will be given an incorrect name = Lemon Cuckoo < this will be sad for the Buff Cuckoo IF the Club allows this as once the genetically correct Lemon Cuckoo is introduced into the breed it will cause confusion
# note that as of 2017 there is still no genetically correct Lemon Cuckoo in the Orpington in Australia, and the Club confirmed it is holding firm to the genetically correct name of Buff Cuckoo


Crele and Partridge (large fowl)
2016 update =
from 2016 the Stud is only working with large Crele and Chocolate Crele


Lavender and Lavender Cuckoo (both sizes)
as of 2014 the Stud is concentrating more on the large Lavender/Lavender Cuckoo
# June 2016 the Lavender and APS colour bantam Cuckoo are being run in the one pen as they are genetically related


Phoenix =
 2016 update = a couple of settings of eggs and several birds released
 2020 = just breeding to get a few extra females
 2021 = just a few hatched to get a spare male


Cuckoo Silkie =
 2015 update = birds released to the public
 2016 = birds and eggs released 
 2017 = birds released
 2018 = birds released
 2019 = birds and eggs released
 2020 = birds and eggs released