Orpington

Most of my Buffs are sweet, including my Rooster. He takes great care of the whole flock. He is a great daddy too. I have 6 laying hens and 2 of them lay for 2 weeks before they take a day off. The others lay 6 days a week. They make great mama's too. My rooster has taken on 2 hawks. He is the best rooster. He truely is a blessing. I am hoping his son's are just as good as he is.

these are the sweetest little things! We are beginners and a buff lover was (luckily) shopping at the same time we were when choosing a breed. She said they were hardy and kid friendly, good layers too. They have already remembered me and every time I leave them, I hear them cheeping for "mama" ! Keeping them in the kitchen in a brooder box for now, coop design underway. Excited!

I have no actual cons for the Orpington. I own one Orpingotn rooster. He's the big bird on the farm. He protects and cares for everyone. He's a great rooster and he's won several shows and as even been asked to use as stud. Orpingtons are those birds you almost always see on the farm, and I thinks it's because of how hardy and good looking they are.

Love my Orpingtons. I recommend them to everyone, especially people with children. They are sweet and friendly birds.

I adore my Buff Orpington. She is gorgeous and is so gentle. I like her so much, I ordered a dozen mixed Orpington eggs just so I can have more like her.

I love my sweet hearts they talk to me all the time follow me around i love them so much

I just bought one last year, but she is a lover. I have to keep her in the coop though because she is too friendly. I am afraid she'll just go up and say hi to the dogs.

good layer, docile

We bought Contessa when she was only 4 days old and she has been a sweet bird. She was the first one to learn that when the lid of the brooder was open that she could jump up and roost. The others just watch her and can't figure it out! She loves to snuggle with me and loves eating vegetables. I couldn't ask for a sweeter bird to add to our flock!

Orpingtons are the best birds I have ever owned. I have several of the buff variety, and they are so adorable. They lay gorgeous almost cinnamon coloured eggs and can withstand our cold Canadian winters. I highly reccomend them.

We just bought four little girls for our chicken raising addition to our efforts to live more independently. They are sweet and lively little things. Any advice would be appreciated. We did a lot of review before deciding but felt they would be well suited to our situation and we would be well suited for them. The review is out for a while on our dog Kiki, Catahoula lepoard dog. We are carefully introducing them and nipping any unwanted attitude in the bud, while encouraging her to be gentle. We are excited and at the same time a little apprehensive about this new journey. Thanks for all the comments here, they have helped build our confidence. My rating is based on how cute they are now as we all get to know each other and gain experience, I will be back to post! It's funny how each one already seems a little different.

Love my Buff Orpingtons! I have 3 and they are fantastic with kids. We have a small backyard coop with a couple of other birds, but these are my favorite. They don't mind the cold winter of the midwest, and with extra light, kept laying most of the winter except when it was really cold. Great one to start with.

I have one of these and she is my oldest chicken but seems to the lay more eggs than my 1 year olds. She is also quite sweet and nice to all my other chickens. These chickens are sweet and lay lots of eggs. I love my Orpington!!!!!!

Olivia is very sweet, loves to be held (falls asleep in my hand), and was the first to master going up the ramp!

Very nice birds

I have three Orpingtons I ordered as chicks from My Pet Chicken. They are so docile and tame! They enjoy being petted but I don't appreciate how quickly they go into mate mode as if I were a rooster! I can barely walk by without one of them squatting as if to say "I'm ready!" On the up side they've been good errr practice for my young roosters who struggle at balance; what patience they have!

These are such sweet hens - I don't know how I got my current flock without Buffs. I would be happy with nothing else. My Buffs were not as tame as some here have found. I think different breeders or areas of the country have slight variations. However, if my Buffs were in trouble they would make a beeline to me.
There's nothing prettier than a flock of Buffs.

We have a mixed flock and do love our buff! She is always the chicken under foot, and could be mistaken for your shadow. When gardening I have to push her away, as she gets right in the middle of what I'm doing looking for worms I stir up. She has been a good forager scratching away looking for food. She has always been gentle and more of a lap chicken!

We did not raise her as a chick but bought her a as a 5 month pullet. The farm she was bought from had many many chickens, and I'm sure non were hand raised. This is a good testament to the mild and people friendly temperament of the chicken.

It was a bit of work/maintenance through the winter to Vaseline her comb and keep it from frostbite.