orpingon

  1. SuperC

    32 Week Orpingtons still not laying

    I have my first ever flock of 4 Orpingtons who are 32 weeks today. 1 of them started laying 4 weeks ago and has given a 1.9oz egg every single day (what a champ!)…. However, the other ladies (while super curious about the whole process) have not laid anything. Food is all organic (cluck and...
  2. SrirachaSpice

    Hen limping and losing feathers-no noticeable signs of mites or bumblefoot

    Thank you in advance to anyone who can help! My 2yr old buff Orpington hen Pancake has developed a hobble the past few days that has progressed to her struggling to jump onto the perch at night and slowing her movements. She is extremely skittish and hard to handle so I’ve only been able to...
  3. LilFinnGirl

    Hen’s first time hatching eggs, How to prepare for the best outcome?

    Hello all, hatching day is TOMORROW and I am feeling slightly neurotic wanting to be prepared. Equal parts excited and nervous. Using this thread to document the experience for my own sanity. Had one of my Buff Orpingtons go broody in February and I couldn’t break her of it, so got three...
  4. Timbers Happy Hens

    Muave marans?

    So I’m starting an olive egger project and am considering using a blue copper maran roo to cover Americanas and whiting true blue hens. My question is, I will also have chocolate Orpingtons as well and was curious if I had the blue copper maran roo cover the chocolate Orp girls, wouldn’t the...
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