Our flock is all Orpingtons, about 10 mature hens (3-4 years old), one Big Papa buff Orpington roo and three not-quite mature roos that are being rehomed soon. We had three successful hatches over the summer and right now have 5 babies that hatched mid-September. On August 21, there was a...
Need some advice, guys: we just came home from being away a few days and our Orpington hen, a first-time broody, appears to have rolled three of the ten eggs she was setting out of the nest and into her enclosed run, breaking one open in the process. Two of the three appear to have been viable...
We have seven Orpington (daddy is buff, mamas are both buff and black) chicks that are 18 days old, and I have definitely separated them into two camps. Two of the chicks have a defined "duck's tail" of well-defined feathers that points straight out from their tail, while five of them have less...