Orpington

Very great chickens! Most of our customers love the eggs because they are very large! These chickens lay about 5-6 eggs a week! EXCELLENT BREED!

I love my Buff Orpington chick! It loves to nuzzle up against my face when I'm hanging out with the gang!

Have several Budd Orpingtons. They are even tempered, healthy, good egg producers, heat tolerant, cold tolerant. dog tolerant, Barred Rock tolerant. Feed store chicks with never an issue.

this would be a good chicken for a farm, but shes not fun for the back yard.. the least favorite by far of my 8 chickens. she's a great forager and layer, but causes a lot of problems in the garden, with the neighbors, and is the least personable. wouldn't recommend to have at home.

We have purchased 3 groups of 25 each - 5/2009, 9/2010, 11/2011 from McMurray - very happy with them even though the last order of females included 6 of 25 that were males. The exotics that were included were a pair of Carmines that are a delight.

We have a long list of people waiting to buy eggs - the girls have two acres of pasture. Which helps to make the introduction of new chicks easier - we wait until they are 4-5 months before we combine them.

Great chicks - a favorite of kids that visit the alpaca farm - www.diastolealpacafarm.com

My BO is named Buckbeak. He was originally bought in the Fry Pan Bargain from Meyer hatchery. I had no intentions of keeping other than for food, BUT he quickly changed my mind. He was one of the first chicks to warm up to me. As he grew he began to seek me out. When I am doing yard work he will come and forage right by me or walks up to me and stares at me. lol Thats his way of telling me he wants to be picked up. All I have to do is put my hand down and he climbs right up. When I bend down to fill the food or water containers he perches on my shoulder the entire time. He also comes when called. By these behaviors he saved himself from the chopping block and has now become my keeper rooster. I diffinitly plan to get more BO's in the future. Buckbeak is now 7 weeks old and I love watching him grow. The only downfall I can think of is he sometimes doesnt let the other chickens near me. On a few occasions he has flapped his wings and chased them away from me.

I love my buff and spangled orpingtons- I call the hens my fat ladies and the rooster Angus is very friendly but looks after his harem very well

They fell asleep in my hands since day three! they are cute and lovable. They are only chicks yet, so don't know on the eggs.

We got ours a few weeks ago. We got them from our local Cal-Ranch, and they are great. Not laying yet, they are still too young, but we love them. They're built big, but are so sweet. I recommend these to anyone. Whether you have 214246454546438409245024762365424546423454664 chickens or are just starting to want some, Orps are the way to go. <3.
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I just love my 2 buffs. They are sweet, great egg layers. Awesome babysitters that took to new chicks like they had hatched them. My friend has a buff roo that I love too. He's got a low mellow crow and he is good with the hens! He's protective with predators, but will let any person fool with the hens. I LOVE Buffs!
Overall they are great first starter chickens and my hen even comes to her name! (sometimes!)
She'll sit in my lap and let anyone fool with her! I really like my buffs. Totally would tell ANYONE to get
They costed around a dollar.
this breed.

We had 5 buff orpingtons - all extremely gentle birds which layed relatively small eggs. One went broody and hatched 3 eggs - she was a very protective mom

We have a mixed flock (Marans, Ameraucanas, Orpingtons, a Silver Laced Wayandotte, a Black Australorpe, and Barred Rocks), and of all the birds, the Orpingtons are sweetest in temperment. They will come right up to you and let you pet them, hold them, love on them...you get the picture. They are super soft and fluffy, which the children love!

So far this spring, my favorite orpington lays about five days a week? But I know them to get broody (which I think is a benefit, frankly--brooding chicks is a pain in the rear, why not let a Mama who WANTS to sit on them do the work for me!?), so if you're looking for a production style layer, she is probably not it. They are LOVELY to look at, especially with the darker birds in the flock!

Do all colors of orpingtons lay basically the same color egg, i.e. the light brown?

I this is the best breed I've ever had. I love them so much. they are very tame, though I've never been so lucky as to actuallyhave one follow me around, though my friend had one that was like a dog. The roosters are nice as long as you don't put them with other roosters, at least that is my experiance.

I've had a couple of this breed and they are great for the small backyard. Decent size to be around kids and good egg layers.

She's adopted my ducks, comes over to their run every day, and sticks her head in to drink their water and swipe feed if the bowl is close enough to the edge of the run ;-) She's snuck in with me a couple of times, and I have to shoo her out (mild chicken allergy, and I'd like to keep it that way! lol) Otherwise, she is keeping them company during the day... hehe

She was beautiful. Very loud. Her egg were double yolkers, when she decided to lay.

We have had our "Buffys" for years and I love them. They are friendly (sit in your lap to be petted), have never been aggressive with my young son, and are consistant layers of great big brown eggs. No complaints at all.

These birds are one of the most awesomest and prettiest birds I have owned. I currently only own 1 and her name is Pancake, she is the sweetest bird there is, her heavy weight does not stop her form foraging and getting along with the other hens and roosters, these chickens can make great moms, egg layers, etc. They are also easy if you have an unwanted rooster, there is meat on them. Great birds, very recomended, and easy to care for, maybe not for the smaller coop but just think every 3 regular birds you could have probably about 2 of these fully grown!

I love my Buff orps. One thing though, because they're so docile, they're usually at the bottom of the pecking order. I have four buffs, but some are higher in the pecking order then the others. Goldie is pretty high up there, Spice is kinda in the middle (she'll get a good peck on the head if she gets in someone's way), and Pumpkin and Nutmegan are at the bottom. Poor things have almost no feathers on their wings. Overall, I give this breed an A++