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Congratulations, it is such a good feeling when they finally start to lay.

That first egg is so exciting, congratulations....very cool.

Welcome to the Buff Orpington thread. It cracks me up how inquisitive these birds can be...

Welcome to tge Buff Orpington thread. The Buff Orpington is one of my very favorite breeds, such nice birds with interesting personalities. Once you start posting images, show us your flock.

Those are great pictures. And what beautiful birds....

When I go out into the yard, one of my girls comes up to me and grabs my pants leg and tugs on it until I pick her up and hold her. I enjoy interacting with my birds, but I can't say as I've ever had a bird that enjoys interacting with me as much as this little pullet.

Congratulations on getting a place in the country. If you start a thread about your new digs...send me a link. I'd really enjoy following your progress. I remember the first time I heard our young rooster crow...I was like," What the heck was that?" It was my wife that clued me in that it was...

Yes they can eat tomato leaves with no problems. Mine clean up my garden every year, the first thing they wipe out are the tomatoes....leaves and all.

Okay...so explain to me how this is possible. I met a person the other day, while I was running NMRs...they were telling me how they don't like birds, hate them, can't stand birds...but they love chickens and they wanted to hear all about my backyard flock. How the frick is that even possible...

I had a Buff Orpington that seemed to really like yo be held as well. Anytime I was in the yard, she'd follow me around, and if I stopped there she was wanting to be picked up.

IMO Buff Orpingtons are the Golden Retrievers of poultry. They are very friendly, easily trained to come when called. I've had them around older children, but they are wary of strangers, so they recognize individual people. They lay regularly. If you chase them though...they'll never trust...

That is good to hear. My girls have eaten them in the past with no apparent ill effects, but I just didn't know for sure. Again...great to know, thank you.

I just wanted to see a few Buff Orpington images. Here's a couple... In my opinion, Buff Orpingtons at sunset just glow...

Ducks and geese love squash bugs, and usually won't damage garden plants as they forage.That was one of the benefits that we found when we had ducks. The chickens would very shortly destroy the garden, but our ducks would wonder around the garden looking for bugs and worms. They did very...

The original Orpington was the Black Orpington. All the other Orpingtons came after the black. Shortly after the breed was developed it was imported into Austrailia, and it is from these imports that we the Australorp breed. Off the top of my head, I do not recall the years that the various...

Our lucky year...

Wow...what is happening with the Buff Orpingtons this spring?

Wow...what are the odds? What's the story behind this...were they an order of pullets, strait run?

We're not allowed to have roosters either, so we had to get rid of ours as well. Then about 3 days after we got rid of him, several of my neighbors wanted to know where Pecker went. I told them he was gone so that he wouldn't crow and bother them...and they sorta got mad at me for getting rid...

I can almost picture it. :cool: The first time I heard my little cockerel crow...it sounded like a choking raspy cough. I'll never forget that look on his face after he crowed, I think it even surprised him...