Mine are not bantams
I have 3 of these roosters and the reason I keep all three is because 2 of them are wonderful for taking care of the hens. When they sense danger they round the hens up and bring them to the pen or under the rose bush. They know when a hen is missing and round her up. Two or three times when a hen was not inside the pen I told either Bad Foot or Bad Boy to go out and get the missing hen. Away they went and very shortly came back with the hen. I do not trust Bad Boy at all. Bad Foot who got his bad foot by fighting with Bad Boy I trust somewhat and he really pays attention when I talk. The 3rd Naughtiness is half blind and he has my heart.
I have 5 blue Orphinton hens. Three are blue and unfriendly One is black and unfriendly. In fact I think they killed 1 of my Australorp hens and tried to kill the 2nd one more than once. And then there is the white/splash one. She is special and her name is Houdini. She has always been an escape artist and one day I caught her teaching the others how to get out a very small hole way up in a nest box. She was on the outside and the others were lined up waiting to jump through the small opening to the outside. I can pick her up and when she wants into the pen she will come find me.
All of the Orpintons are very smart and respond to several English words like food or go to bed or get inside and one Spanish word. When I say it they race for the pen. Ándale! ¡Ándale!
If every Orpinton could be like Houdini then that is the only breed for me. However 1 out of 8 is not good odds and I hope for biddies from Houdini but I will not buy any more of this breed.
I have 3 of these roosters and the reason I keep all three is because 2 of them are wonderful for taking care of the hens. When they sense danger they round the hens up and bring them to the pen or under the rose bush. They know when a hen is missing and round her up. Two or three times when a hen was not inside the pen I told either Bad Foot or Bad Boy to go out and get the missing hen. Away they went and very shortly came back with the hen. I do not trust Bad Boy at all. Bad Foot who got his bad foot by fighting with Bad Boy I trust somewhat and he really pays attention when I talk. The 3rd Naughtiness is half blind and he has my heart.
I have 5 blue Orphinton hens. Three are blue and unfriendly One is black and unfriendly. In fact I think they killed 1 of my Australorp hens and tried to kill the 2nd one more than once. And then there is the white/splash one. She is special and her name is Houdini. She has always been an escape artist and one day I caught her teaching the others how to get out a very small hole way up in a nest box. She was on the outside and the others were lined up waiting to jump through the small opening to the outside. I can pick her up and when she wants into the pen she will come find me.
All of the Orpintons are very smart and respond to several English words like food or go to bed or get inside and one Spanish word. When I say it they race for the pen. Ándale! ¡Ándale!
If every Orpinton could be like Houdini then that is the only breed for me. However 1 out of 8 is not good odds and I hope for biddies from Houdini but I will not buy any more of this breed.