Orpington

Our youg Buff Orpington was the best hen we ever had! She gave us eggs everyday and loved "us" mostly my Hubby. She was his little Girlfriend. Every day she would wait in the driveway for him to come home. She would fallow him everywere she could and would run up to him as fast as she could every time he opend the door. She would only come to me like this if i had food lol and she would beg! Too cute!

Docile around kids. Hard to find. Expensive. Tender meat. Can have low fertility without fluff trimming. Sweet birds. Regularly lays, though not daily, eggs medium. Cold resistant. Grows very slowly and matures after the 1 year mark. Rooster protective and watchful but far from a terror and tolerates my kids well with no attacks to date (going on two years on this bird). Red Cuckoo English Orpingtons make amazing color crosses as well as hybrids. Planning on sticking with Red English Orpingtons for a long time. Good longevity of lay.

I love this breed of chicken. Great sized eggs and awesome personality!

Had some good and some less experience with this breed especially buff yet 1 bird was so determined to get a HUGH by pretending to die or get a stroke ! once picked up to have a look it layed the head on my shoulder and did not want to be putted back nor to be let go ! Deceptive in this way ,yet poor defend in flock and not social with other members only with the owner trying to involve, good bird for kids and as a petted pet but not in a flock with less docile breeds. Sold them due their wish to get petted and not having that amount of time, also relies on owner if others peck it and just call out on you to the rescue.lay good large eggs and meat seems tender yet is not as tender as expected

My orpington was my favorite bird for the first 2 months. She suffered an injury at week 3 (was trapped under a water feeder that tipped over and almost died) and I was so attached to her for surviving. She was very handle friendly until she was moved outside to her permanent coop. Now she is always my last one that I catch and very sassy. All my other chickens actually are very submissive and easy to pet (except for my orpington).

Buff Orpingtons are the BEST choice for beginner chicken keepers;
The big, rich eggs, sweet and gentle personality, Gets along with other chickens FANTASTICALLY and is a very good broody mama if you want to hatch eggs! If I HAD to pick a con about them, it would be...they eat a lot... Best choice of chickens I've ever made! I would give them 5,000,000 stars if I could!

Buff Orpingtons are mellow, but they aren't particularly friendly/affectionate. They're also very loud. Mine are too young to lay eggs, but I've heard they're good layers. They also lay in the winter, which is awesome. Overall, they're not my favorite. I don't dislike them, but I definitely don't like them the best.

Our Buff Orpington is probably the sweetest, calmest girl we have right now. She's not small by any means -- maybe even the biggest? -- but her personality is extremely mellow. She lays well, and her eggs are consistently large and pretty medium brown. She also goes broody pretty much like clockwork each spring, so this year we finally gave her a clutch of fertile hatching eggs to sit on and some day-old chicks to adopt on Hatching Day when a small disaster meant most of the eggs would probably not hatch. She sat on those eggs so dutifully for 3 looooong weeks, and bonded with both the hatched and the foster chicks instantly... sooo sweet. She's now mothering them, tucking all 5 under her wings at night still, showing them how to scratch and forage and roost, and doing an incredible job at it. Her mothering abilities make her priceless to our flock, so regardless of how long she lays, we'll be keeping her around.

My Orpington is the top hen in our flock and she is as sweet as they come when it comes to being in charge. She is literally like a dog stuck in a chicken's body. She loves to be picked up and carried around, and once she's on my lap, she's there to stay. She started laying extremely well (6 eggs per week) but now at almost 2 years old she's only laying 1 egg per week on average with a high quality feed and no other health problems. All the other orpington charm still makes her a five star bird, though

I never had chickens before I got my Buffs but I couldn't have any other breed! They are hilarious. Quiet, which is a huge plus for me. They are big on greeting you and following you around. Very social and make the cutest coo sounds. I don't have children but I think it's a great bird to have with children because they seem to be very relaxed. Easy to handle. No regrets here.

My friendly,buff Orpington came to us as a chick. She was handled from the start and to this day comes running to see if we have a treat & to be held. She knows that dogs and cats are generally safe but hawks & owls are not. She's a good runner if needed. They do well foraging for themselves year round but we do leave feed out. The eggs are really large with nice brown color and sturdy shells. They love mealworms and most other fruits scraps!

Sadly I just lost my Buff Orpington, Cora, but she was hands down the most wonderful pet. She wasn't quite a lap chicken, but she ran to greet me at the gate when I got home each day and would also run to me when treats were to be had. She also liked to be picked up and carried around the yard. She consistently gave me 6 eggs a week.

Broodiness may be a problem if you're looking for eggs, but if you want to naturally hatch chicks this could be an advantage.

The first chickens we bought were American Buff Orpingtons(naturally before they came we got more breeds).

We now have both American and imported English lines of Orpingtons. I love them both. We have lavenders, blacks, chocolate, chocolate cuckoo, buffs, and we just hatched out several that I believe include mottled blacks, mauves and blues.

They also come in a couple of laced colors partridge and many others. we love our Orps. They're awesome!

The American lines do tend to not be as fluffy and lay better than the English but our English lines lay very well probably 5/week for most of our girls if not more.

I highly recommend you try this breed. We had a three year old visitor pick up a buff hen and cart her around. Also our three year old nephew loved our biggest roo and I didn't have to worry if he was safe. While I'd never leave a child unattended with the flock it was awesome to see them interact.

I have nothing to add that is of scientific value. I can only give you the comical side of this breed's qualities. While I would love to share them with y'all, there are simply too many to list. Altho there is one that is my all-time favorite... I have a nosy neighbor who loves to talk trash about everyone (especially me for whatever reason). I recently found out she HATES chickens. She reported me to the police only to find the policeman she spoke to owns 20 chickens. Does life get better than this?

I am giving this review because everyone should smile at least once a day.

This is one of our favorite breeds. They are the sweetest birds. Whenever we purchase new stock Orpingtons are one of the breeds we like to get.

I love buff orpingtons! Despite they can be a little bossy at times. They're good layers and are very sweet. One of my buff orpingtons I had was very bossy and picked on the others a lot. But was a very sweet bird! Buff orpingtons make a great addition to any flock. But if you have other chickens and decide to add on a buff orpington. They can get really bossy and pick on the others in your flock. But overall they are sweet and great birds to have!

I have the American Buff Orpingtons. My old generation from 20 years ago was Extremely smart, friendly and loved to be held. My new set are All Blondes lol. They do great free range or penned. Talkative, Very good natured, lovely birds non the less. Started laying at 6 months. Mine lay daily even with hot or cold weather. Always hardy birds in all of the different weather patterns. I have one that is constantly broody, so no eggs from her lol. All of them are different shades of buff. Not just the standard dilute pale buff I see on most English Buffs at the shows. Hope the English bring back their vibrant color soon