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Dragon looks like a female. The one behind her in the top 2 photos looks like a male. Look at my post just above.

Males do not grow tail feathers at that age. That is how I tell them apart at that age. In fact this is a photo of the seven chicks that I got last July and the sex that each one of them turned out to be. Be sure to notice the tail feathers (or lack of) and wing feather lengths. This photo was...

Kid - friendly Buff Orpingtons. You can't go wrong! Taking turn waiting to hold her.

They are all buff orpingtons. I do not raise any other breed. I bought them from a local Feed & Seed who told me that they got them from Murrey McMurrey in bulk. I have them now feeding on a 22% Layer formula and I give them scratch grain almost once a day. (unless I have to work 14 hours) The...

I had a big "weigh-in" for my flock on Saturday (New Year's Eve) and I think that some of my hens are a little puny. Tell me what you think. Again these were all hatched at the same time - week of July 18th so they are now 23.5 weeks old at weigh-in. Listed in decreasing order by weight...

Ha! I give my BO's cranberries also! They love them.

Old Hen - No blasting from me; I think that the aprons are pretty funny. 10 Acre - Here are some ideas - Did you change their feed in October? Or do they free-range much? If they free ranged, and you got a freeze in October - it may have killed most bugs that they fed on and/or killed some...

Same here. I marked my calendar at 20 weeks for my hens. This is when I have read that hens usually start laying, but no eggs yet for us and 20 weeks fell on Dec. 7. Now I have also figured that due to the limited daylight hours that it may take until late January or even February when the days...

Those photos are so cool! I gotta tell you guys, Buff Orpingtons are some pretty chickens! It's the only breed that I raise now.

Thank you all of you for the input. Apparently this question has been asking on BYC a few times prior. The answers range from They are fully grown at 12 months on this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/768371/how-old-is-a-buff-orpington-hen-at-its-full-size That they are full grown at...

GUYS AND GIRLS I HAVE A QUESTION> I have recently heard that BO's do not reach full maturity until after 18-24 months? Can anyone confirm this? Can enough people confirm this to convince me? If they start egg laying at about 5 months, reach peak production at 13-15 months, how can they still...

It is my understanding that Buff Orpingtons, and most chickens, are not fully grown until they are about a year old - even though they start laying eggs at about 20 weeks. Usually those first eggs are smaller and sporadic but soon they hit a good rhythm and start cranking out regular sized ones...

That's cool. That's what I do - I try to keep the breeds separate. But everyone else that I know, that has chickens around here, lets them all hang out (and breed) together. I guess they are trying to Landrace breed their chickens, which is cool and all, but I don't know many of them that are...

Nice! So I am curios. Do you breed Buff Orp's with only other Buff Orps or do you let them mix with other breeds? I think I see a Barred Rock in one of the photos.

HA! I know your pain! I am going through the same thing right now. I am raising a new group from chicks (all 9 are buff orpingtons) and they were quite easy to allow to free range for a half-day when they were little, but now (at 8 weeks) they do not seem to want to come back to the pen. Mine...

They look like ROOs. But nice form and size.

Great question and I too would love to know. For those of you out there curious - the average chicken breed coop & run kept lives to about 7-8 years old. This is reduced to 5-6 years for free range chickens. The Guinness Record longest living chicken was Matilda who lived to be 16 years. BUT she...

Is she molting?

This is a great idea.