Pros: Excellent Huge Brown Egg Layer, Fairly social, Completly Non-Aggressive, Excellent Free Range OR confined !! Rooster is very watchful over his hens!
Cons: Not very Broody when laying or are with fertile eggs--Which may be a plus if you are not wanting baby chicks and only lots of good eggs!
These were our very 1st chickens-We purchased from a wonderful poultry farm in Greensboro,NC. We bought 5 - Ten month old hens and one Year old Roo-These gals (and guy) have been the BEST group of now 4 differnt breeds that we have as far as being "best-All-around". If You are looking for HUGE tasty brown egg layers This is the breed for you! My hens lay at LEAST 1 egg per day -PER HEN EVERYDAY!! We were a little worried about possible predators and were told that a single grown rooster was the best protection for these girls (even though we may take the chance of our brood multiplying!) However, They are not (at least not yet been the least bit interested in "brooding" so for us that is a PLUS! But if your wanting biddies from all these eggs then you may want to look at some other breeds unless you decide to use an incubator. The Orp. Roos are Great ,too because he is soo sweet and gentle with people (like the hens) but he keeps a tight protective leash on his 5 hens and literally puts himself in harms way so that no hen gets any where near danger! Great, GREAT Breed!!!
