Orpington

Buff Orpingtons are adorable, fluffy chickens who make great pets! I have one named Sunny. Due to an injury, she no longer lays. She used to daily. I consider her more of a cat than a chicken!

I got my buff's about a week ago and they are well chicken lol. talk about filling a role, slowly getting better, they are getting more friendly but still hesitant.

I have been keeping buff orpingtons for a while now and I find them a very calm and friendly breed. They are fair layers compaired to some of my other breeds but not the worst I have had. The hens are good broodies and mothers and cockerels can be trusted to not fight with other cockerels or attack children. They are hard to keep clean but are very good for shows. They arent the best someone who wants buckets of eggs but are good for a family who want pets as well as eggs. In sum they are a friendly, calm breed that lay a fair amount of eggs.

I LOVE my Buff Orpington rooster! He is so friendly and nice. I caught him the other day and was holding him. He got startled and picked my hand, but very gently. It didnt hurt at all! But when I tried to handle one of our Old English Game roosters, he picked my hand really hard and left a great big sore that hurt for days. Meadowhawk (my Orpington rooster) is really just a gentle giant. The lady that I bought him from said that he was getting picked on and she didnt want to have to kill any of her other roosters. He was still a chick then. Now he puts a run on the mean rooster, the one that pecked me. (by the way, that mean bantie rooster is called Wostershire) I'm trying to get some Orpington hens for Meadowhawk.

My buffs are family. They get along with our cats our neighbors cats and the chickens next door. My dh loves them. They learned my truck the first day they saw me drive away and ran out to me when I came home. I was badly hurt a couple of weeks ago and laid on the ground screaming (a proud moment). My buffs ran over to me and my closest (I don't have a favorite) stood on my chest protecting me. When my husband was able to get me into the house she followed us and got up on my chest and pressed her breast against my cheek. She did this again later when she heard me cry out. I love my Buffs and my best friend got Buffs after meeting mine. I also have Lavenders from Hinks a chocolate bantam and a black bantam.
At our house Orps rule. I am so glad I got Orps and I need to credit 2 Backyard Chicken members one who posted a video of her henny penny's coming when she called and one who posted photos of her Buffs with her beautiful girls swimming sledding and just hanging out
Buy Buffs you won't regret it.

Buffy is our only Orpington. She is independent, lower on the pecking order, but big, fluffy and likes to cluck. She lays frequently when not broody. She's my only brooder so far that I have to watch my fingers; she's a cranky girl!

I have owned three Buff Orps so far, one of which is still alive. They are bad tempered until they begin to lay, at which point they become friendly. If you don't want a broody hen within one month of her starting laying, though, don't get them. They would probably try to hatch a rock if they could. My girl Sunshine is a pretty good hen, and very dominant, but can be aggressive to other chickens, especially around food.

She is by far my favorite of my five hens. She loves to be held and when I'm in the coop, she leans on me until I pick her up. She is the last one out of the coop. The others fly out and she stands in the doorway, sizes things up then walks down the ramp. She is liked by the flock and she favors the Black Australorp. These two big girls sleep, eat and take dust baths together. Still too young to produce eggs.

I have 13 Buff Orpington chicken. They are great! They follow me everywhere I go. They only problem I have had is one hen is very broody and dosnt like me to much right now. Othe than that there awesome!!

I have 5 hens and 8 pullets and love them all. The pullets at 4 weeks were already showing that they were growing into lap chickens. They are friendly even to strangers and are good with the kids.

We have two Orps at the moment and they are so wonderful! Millie jumps up on my back and is as curious and intelligent as ever a hen I saw. And then, MayBelle, is the mama brooder who loves showing how protective she is. Both seek affection constantly, and love being with us!

Here are our two girls.

I got one of these in may last year and she was docile from the beginning. We have never gotten a double yolk egg from her. she always lets you pick her up and will perch on your shoulder without becoming fiesty. she is escpecially good with small children who are gentle. very good breed, you should definately get them if you don't already. they really add some color to your flock

Buff orpingtons are the sweetest! Ruthie loves to be carried around the yard, ride the bike, and go sledding! She follows me around like a puppy! The only downside is that she gets picked on by the others, though our other buff was at the top of the pecking order (and the 2 of them were best friends). I would recommend them as the perfect family pet chickens!

I LOVE this breed. I have pretty much decided that I will only keep orpingtons. I am rehoming 3 of my other chickens because they are beating up on the orpingtons. These guys will sit on my lap, they come running when I call them and are just overall great chickens BUT they may not do well in a mixed flock like what I have. They are so docile that they tend to get pounded on by the others even with space to get away.... They are great layers and I have had 7-9 eggs per day all winter. I will only be keeping orpingtons in the future.

I absolutley love my Buff! She is the friendliest chicken out of all my breeds. She even loves my collie. She is very smart and will let anyone hold her. She is also very friendly with all of the other chickens and I feel like I could introduce any chicken and she would welcome them. The only bad part is that because she is so friendly some of the other hens ocasionally pick on her. I currenlty have a buff chick that I am raising and it seems like she si turning out the same way, friendly, fun and smart!

I like my Buff Orphingtons because they are hardy, friendly and lay good large eggs. They don't seem too broody are very social. I've had very little trouble keeping them healthy and they sure help keep pests in the yard at bay. I recommend Orphingtons to any new "chicken farmer" because they are so easy to manage and make good layers or fryers.

My orphington, Butters, was given to us by a friend. She is a real cutie and very quiet. She is also really timid which can be annoying when trying to catch her to dust her or treat a cut. She is older and has stopped laying, but when she was laying her eggs were huge. They were way too much yolk for my taste, but that's a matter of opinion. She is also the only broody girl we have and she likes to incubate the other eggs since she is no longer laying. She will lightly peck you if you try to steal her eggs, but it's pretty simple to distract her and grab the eggs. Overall, I like her personality for the most part, but the eggs are just not for me so I probably won't get another one after she passes.

i love this breed. over all couldn't ask for a better one.

I raised these myself--hatched them. They were still too aggressive. One jumped up in my son's face and flogged him when he was doing nothing at all to bother them. It scratched beside of his eye and nose, and it could have easily put his eye out. None of the others offered to do the same, but this one lost his life that day, and I sold all of the others. If you have children, I think there are a lot more docile breeds out there.