Buff Orp with yellow legs and feet

[tracecom]

I recently bought four buff Orpington chicks about five weeks old. They were from a flock of about four hundred, all of which were free ranging. (No exaggeration...it was chaos.) After I got home with them, I noticed that three have legs and feet that are more or less white, but the fourth has bright yellow legs and feet.

What's normal or most common or whatever? Thanks.

 

[BantamLover21]

White legs are normal/preferred for Buff Orpingtons. Your yellow legged bird could just be an unusual Buff Orp, or another breed like a Buff Plymouth Rock.

 

[Michael OShay]

White legs are normal/preferred for Buff Orpingtons. Your yellow legged bird could just be an unusual Buff Orp, or another breed like a Buff Plymouth Rock.

X2. It sounds like you have a Buff Rock chick among your Buff Orpington chicks. It happens sometimes.

 

[kittykitty30]

X2.  It sounds like you have a Buff Rock chick among your Buff Orpington chicks.  It happens sometimes.

Yup! As ling as it gets along well with the rest of the flock I wouldn't be too worried.

 

[tracecom]

That is interesting. The yellow-legged chick has a much more energetic attitude than the others; in fact, I have named her "Speedy;" she can run like lightning.

 

[kittykitty30]

Our Aracauna was named Speedy. The dog broke her leg and she lived the rest of her life limping.

 

[Michael OShay]

That is interesting. The yellow-legged chick has a much more energetic attitude than the others; in fact, I have named her "Speedy;" she can run like lightning.

That's a reflection in the temperament differences in Orpingtons and Plymouth Rocks. Orpingtons are generally calmer and more laid back than Rocks.