Beautiful Boy, But Perhaps Not A Buff Orpington?

[SueT]

I read that bearded-ness is a dominant trait—-I’d like to add some beards to my flock.

 

[Party_Chicken]

I aggre with yard farmer buff Orpington x EE. Also your chick in picture 5 is a cockerel

 

[Yard Farmer]

Here are pictures of everybody except the Gold Laced Wyandotte and the third Buff Orpington. Unfortunately they met a predator a couple weeks ago.
Also, there are 22 chicks in total. I only posted some of them.View attachment 3478140

What breed is the the speckled hen?

 

[SMD2023]

What breed is the the speckled hen?

She is supposed to be a Sussex.

 

[fluffycrow]

She is supposed to be a Sussex.

She has the wrong comb for a Sussex. She's a mix

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Here are pictures of everybody except the Gold Laced Wyandotte and the third Buff Orpington. Unfortunately they met a predator a couple weeks ago.
Also, there are 22 chicks in total. I only posted some of them.View attachment 3478140

Your red birds are Production Reds and your first is a Russian Orloff rather than Speckled Sussex. Her beard either was picked off or she is simply hatchery-quality

 

[fluffycrow]

Your red birds are Production Reds and your first is a Russian Orloff rather than Speckled Sussex. Her beard either was picked off or she is simply hatchery-quality

Omg you're so right! I completely missed the beard, if you hadn't pointed it out I wouldn't have seen it

 

[SMD2023]

Your red birds are Production Reds and your first is a Russian Orloff rather than Speckled Sussex. Her beard either was picked off or she is simply hatchery-quality

Thank you so much for this! I didn’t know about Russian Orloffs. She has always looked like this, so probably just from a hatchery.

 

[house1917]

BO X EE rooster really offers 'best of both world'. The dominant buff coloring and bearding make for a really handsome rooster, and then his offspring turn into the full barnyard mix rainbow of chicks.

Post 9-5 grind I can't wait to have enough property for multiple roosters, and a peacock to two (no guineas though, even I have noise limits).

 

[gimmie birdies]

This was my buff orpington, pure, his name was Dizzy. I gave him to a different family.