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Sometimes juvenile Orps will have random white wing feather(s).This is not a big deal since they molt as they grow. By 5-6 months the white should be gone. Orps should have white shanks - may look pink in areas. That's normal. I don't know much about Buff Rocks.

All of mine are Orpingtons. (Different color/feather patterns. Mine are from imported English bloodlines. That's why they look so round & extra fluffy because of the looser feathering.) I also have a few seramas, but they are very different little birds. Lavender Orp pullet: serama pullet:

He thinks he's hot stuff! LOL He's wearing a crow collar which can make him look funny.

This is my Feb 1st hatch. Hard to tell by size, but the buff silkie is the mama. The black orp and serama are siblings. I sold the rest but left 2 for my 2 silkies to mother. One hen realized that they were old enough by around 8 weeks. MaiMai is not the brightest chicken. She's still mothering...

He's absolutely stunning!

My 1st few CCLs were from a breeder in NC. They were in an assortment of eggs. The next batch I had were hatched from eggs that we were given from a friend. He got his birds from Jill Rees. Those CCLs were pretty but still not photogenic. I kept one for 4-5 years until she died. The last...

I used to have a few Legbars. I loved the egg color and used them to make sex-linked Easter Eggers. They're not cuddly like the orps. Mine looked pretty BUT they were NOT photogenic to say the least. How could such pretty birds look like evil villains? Seriously! I love to photograph my...

Thank you. Papas Poultry is on your side on the continent. (Redding, CA) He may have some blue buff colombian orps or other project colors. It's worth asking via email. Kind of funny: Buff is the most common color of Orpington..... and one of the few colors I've never had. I'm not against...

Dixie is a very pretty girl! I like her shape & how her feathers touch the ground. :love

Here's a pic of my winter orp (hatched Dec 2) She's almost 8 wks...... and boy does she look awkward! As she's maturing, I'm thinking her daddy is our silver laced orp, so I may keep her for a while to use for my blue silver laced project. Here's her family (not biological of course). A...

Here was another trickster girl. The 1st pics were taken at 5 weeks - when I thought she was a he. (Not 100% sure, but I was leaning toward a very slow maturing male.) I would have sold her if I had know she was female. Around here people only buy pullets, so I kept this one for a future...

I'm pretty sure. Many of my male orps get combs & wattles at 3.5 weeks - long before they get all their feathers. By 6 weeks they're obvious. I've also had a few possible "males" end up being girls. The mama to this current chick was one of those tricksters. Here she was at almost 5...

My 6 wk old blue orp is hitting the awkward stage very hard. Here she is with her serama sister The little family is being raised by a broody silkie.

Here are a few more pics of Blizzard. (pics below are all re-posts) and here's my silver laced orp pair

Thank you! My orps do OK in confinement. Like all my chickens they prefer to free range, but don't go far when they are out. They're more on the lazy side - never fly or hop the fence and only break into a run when treats are involved.

typo = I meant "good" ....not sure what a goof life is.

Poor girl. I bet she's living the goof life now.

Wow she looked young in the pics. Must be nice to have those shorter comb & wattles. (I have a few girls with larger wattles & I worry about frostbite all winter.) Sadly many of mine are molting, so I'm not getting many eggs right now.

By spring they should be fine. I try to avoid hatching a pullet's eggs for a few months until she's regular. Those early eggs can be small, or double yolked, or irreg shaped, etc. By waiting you'll avoid a lot of heartache and hopefully hatch some happy, healthy, hardy chicks.

That's the reason why so many people love Orpingtons! Her face is looking red. Did she start laying yet?