- Cuckoo Stud
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Orpingtons '101'
- Orpington Club Membership
- 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
- Show results
- Lavender & Lavender Cuckoo Orpington, bantam and large >
- Crele, Partridge Orpington
- Blue Cuckoo Orpington AORC, large >
- Buff Cuckoo Orpington, large >
- Cuckoo Orpington, bantam
- Black Orpington large
- Splash Orpington, large >
- Choc, Choc Cuckoo & Mauve Orpington large
- Choc Crele, Choc Partridge and Choc Birchen large size
- Black Orpington, bantam
- Gold Barred Buff Orpington
- Phoenix
- Silkie
- For Sale
- Contact us
- 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
All content in Show results is documented with relevant Clubs and/or Associations
(not all exhibition results are documented here)
no exhibiting 2018, 2019 due to family commitments
all Shows cancelled 2020/2021 due to Covid-19 Pandemic
due to the ongoing outbreaks of Avian Influenza the Stud has decided to abstain from exhibition until further notice
to protect the original bloodlines the Stud maintains
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Orpington National Show 2017 Orpington National Show 2013
Judge Kim George Judges - Mr Colin Tiyce (std colours) - Mr Simon Beven (non std colours)
1st/Champion/Best Cuckoo of Show Bantam Cuckoo cockerel 1st/Champion/Best Cuckoo in Show & 3rd Lrg Cuckoo pullets
1st & 2nd Cuckoo Bantam hens 1st & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo cockerels
1st/Champion Lrg Crele cockerel
1st/Reserve Champion Lrg Crele pullet
2nd & 3rd Lrg Crele pullets
no Exhibiting in 2014, 2015, 2016 due to family commitments 1st/Champion & 2nd Lrg Buff Cuckoo cockerels
1st, 2nd & 3rd Lrg Buff Cuckoo pullets
1st/Champion Cuckoo Bantam hen
1st/Reserve Champion, 2nd & 3rd Cuckoo Bantam pullets
1st/Champion, 2nd/Reserve Champion, 3rd & Highly Commended Lavender Bantam pullets
1st/Champion, 2nd/Reserve Champion, 3rd & Highly commended Lavender Cuckoo Bantam cockerels
Royal National Canberra Agricultural Society Olympic Poultry Show 2012 Northern Orpington Feature Show 2012
Large fowl Judge - G Findlay - Bantam fowl Judge - K Bergin Large & Bantam fowl Judge - P Nordstrom - Bantam AORC Judge G Wailes
1st Lrg Cuckoo cock-bird /Reserve Champion Major Awards Judge - P Nordstrom
1st & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo hens 1st/Champion Black Bantam and Champion Bantam of Show pullet
2nd & 3rd Lrg Cuckoo pullets 1st Lrg Cuckoo cock-bird
1st Lrg Buff cock-bird 1st & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo hens
1st AORC Lrg Crele cock-bird 1st & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo pullets
1st AORC Lrg Blue Cuckoo pullet 1st AORC Lrg Partridge cockerel - gifted to a NSW breeder after Show
1st/Champion & 2nd Cuckoo Bantam cockerels 1st/Champion Cuckoo Bantam cockerel (same bird as at RNCPS)
1st/Reserve Champion & 2nd Cuckoo Bantam pullets 1st & 2nd Cuckoo Bantam cock-birds
(^ incorrectly listed as hens by RNCPS) 1st AORC Lavender Bantam cockerel
1st & 2nd Cuckoo Bantam cock-birds 1st AORC Lavender Bantam Cuckoo pullet
2nd Buff Bantam Cock-bird (no reserve awards at this show)
2nd (joint 2nd awarded) Buff Bantam cockerel
Southern Orpington Feature Show 2012 Victorian Rare & New Breeds Poultry Society Show 2012
Judge the Reverend James Bishop Judges - the Reverend James Bishop (lrg) - Mr H Russell (bantam)
1st/Champion Cuckoo Bantam cockerel 1st & 2nd AOC Lrg Buff Cuckoo cockerels
1st/Reserve Champion Cuckoo Bantam cock-bird 1st AOC Lrg Buff Cuckoo pullet
1st/Reserve Champion Lrg Cuckoo hen 1st Lrg Cuckoo cockerel
(^ her Nephew won Champion, bred and owned by Waninga Orpingtons) 1st & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo pullets
1st & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo pullets 1st White Bantam cock-bird
1st & 2nd Black Bantam hens 1st & 2nd White Bantam hens
2nd Black Bantam cockerel 1st White Bantam cockerel
1st/Special Award (best of colour) & 2nd White Bantam pullets
(only Special Awards & Best of Breed awarded at this Show)
Orpington National Show 2011 Victorian Rare & New Breed Poultry Society Show 2011
Judges, R Hunt & K George Judge. K Collins
1st/Reserve Champion & 2nd Lrg Crele hens (Blue & Gold) 1st Cuckoo Silkie pullet
1st/Champion/Best Lrg Developmental & 2nd Lrg Crele cockerels (Gold & Silver) 1st & 2nd Cuckoo Silkie cock-birds
1st/Reserve Champion Black Bantam pullet 1st & 2nd Lrg Orpington Crele cockerels (Gold and Silver)
1st Splash Bantam hen 1st & 2nd Lrg Orpington Crele hens (Blue and Gold)
1st/Champion & 2nd /Reserve Champion & 3rd Cuckoo Bantam cockerels 1st & 2nd Lrg Orpington Cuckoo pullets
1st & 2nd & 3rd Lrg Cuckoo pullets 1st & 2nd Lrg Orpington Cuckoo cockerels
1st & 2nd & 3rd Lrg Cuckoo hens ( only Best of Breeds awarded at this show)
1st/Reserve Champion & 2nd & 3rd Lrg Cuckoo cockerels
1st/Champion & Champion Cuckoo of Show Lrg AORC Blue Cuckoo cock-bird -
(bred by Stud and gifted to Beven's Orpingtons)
Orpington National Show 2010
Judges. K Bergin, R Hunt
1st & 2nd Lrg Crele hens (Blue and Gold)
1st & 2nd Lrg Crele cockerels (Gold and SIlver)
1st/Reserve Champion Lrg Crele & 2nd Lrg Crele pullets (Blue and Gold)
1st/Champion Lrg Crele & 2nd cock-birds (Gold) Victorian Rare & New Breeds Society Show 2009
2nd Lrg Splash hen Judge Mr K Nordstrom
1st Lrg Splash cock-bird 1st Lrg Cuckoo pullet
2nd Lrg Buff hen 2nd Lrg Cuckoo cockerel
3rd Lrg White pullet 1st & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo cock-birds
2nd & 3rd Lrg White cockerels 1st Lrg Gold Partridge pullet
1st Lrg White cock-bird 1st Lrg Gold Partridge cockerel
1st & 2nd Lrg AORC Blue Cuckoo pullets (3rd was gifted to Waninga Orpingtons)
3rd Lrg AORC Blue Cuckoo hen (1st & 2nd gifted to Waninga Orpingtons)
2nd Lrg AORC Blue Cuckoo cockerel (1st gifted to Waninga Orpingtons)
1st & 2nd Lrg AORC Slate Cuckoo cock-birds
1st & 2nd & 3rd Lrg Cuckoo pullets
1st & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo hens
1st/Champion Lrg AORC Blue Cuckoo & Best Overall Cuckoo (gifted to Beven's Orpingtons )
2nd & 3rd Lrg Cuckoo cockerels
1st /Reserve Champion & 3rd Lrg Cuckoo cock-birds
1st /Champion Cuckoo Bantam pullet
Orpington Southern Feature 2009 Orpington Northern Feature 2009
Judge. D Lyne Judge. B Boardman
1st/Champion Lrg Cuckoo & 2nd pullets 1st/Reserve Champion Lrg Cuckoo & 2nd Pullets
1st & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo hens 1st/Champion Lrg Cuckoo & 2nd & 3rd cock-birds
1st/Reserve Champion Lrg Cuckoo & 2nd & 3rd Cock-birds 1st Cuckoo Lrg cockerel
2nd Lrg Blue hen 3rd Lrg White pullet
2nd Lrg Splash hen 2nd Lrg Blue hen
2nd Lrg Splash hen 1st Lrg Blue pullet
1st/Champion AORC Lrg Splash pullet
Royal National Canberra Agricultural Society Olympic Poultry Show 2008 Orpington National Show 2007
Judge Mrs Nordstrom Judge Mr G Findlay
f2nd & 3rd Lrg Cuckoo pullets 1st/Reserve Champion & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo pullets
1st & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo hens 1st/Champion Lrg Cuckoo cockerel
1st & 2nd Lrg Cuckoo cockerels 1st/Reserve Champion Exhibit Lrg AORC Blue Cuckoo cockerel
1st/Champion Lrg Cuckoo & 2nd cock-birds 1st/Champion Jnr Exhibit Lrg Blue pullet