thanks for the observations.....I have three one-year-old RIR hens, and just got three Buff Orpington chicks from our local farm supply, so I'll get a chance see how they compare in my back yard in a few months. When I got the RIRs last spring, all I could get locally were straight run chicks -...
Wanted to add a few new faces to my small backyard flock and after reading lots of posts and review I settled on Buff Orpingtons. These chicks are much quieter and less flighty than the Rhode Island Red chicks that I've raised in the past.
I also have 3-month-old "littles" that have spent the last 2 months separated from the big girls by a wire partition. The older hens are free range during the day. Today the door to the run that the smaller hens, and the lone rooster that was supposed to be a pullet, have been in was opened to...
Found this site while surfing the net to identify a couple of fuzzy-footed hens my daughter's neighbor asked me to "adopt." ID them as Buff Brahmas.
We had chickens and Guineas 20 years ago - Rhode Island Reds for eggs and pearl Guineas for insect control in the garden - but were out of the...