orpington

  1. H

    Egg Bound Hen!! HELP!!!

    Hi all. So I have a 2-year-old Lavender Orpington named Phoebe. She’s a wonderful hen, super sweet, great layer, follows you around like a dog. I’ve never had any issues with her as far as laying goes. Today, she started showing all of the signs of egg binding, and so I took her to the vet. They...
  2. M

    Gasping for air

    My four month old Orpington is having a tough week. She is much lighter than her same age friend, but she appears to be eating enough. Yesterday she appeared to be gasping for air. Any ideas? Last week one our eight 4 to 5 month-old chickens died overnight, no sign of trauma.
  3. T

    Orpington/Barnvelder Comb Health

    Hello! I am a first time chicken owner! have a small flock of 5 hens (21 weeks old) Three are orpingtons and two are barnvelders. I received them from My Pet Chicken’s hatchery and have raised these girls since they were just a few days old. Since they were chicks a few have had relatively...
  4. The Happster

    Orpingtons. Disqualifications?

    Anyone ever showed Orps? Now, while I'm not ever thinking about showing my birds, I'm interested to know what would be the disqualifications, and what to look for when I try and get some more. Here is one of my roosters. How tubby, on a scale of 1-10 is he? I feel like he doesn't quite reach...
  5. Lucy_Dobinson

    Black Orpington Chicks?

    Hi all! first time hatching black Orpingtons, and I know they’re supposed to have a black beak and feet- but two of my chicks have pink beaks (mostly) and patches of black and pink on the legs/feet, Will this change over time to black? The one in the middle as you can see has a full black beak...
  6. LizzzyJo

    Free Cockerels - 3 Free BLRW & One $10 Jubilee Orpington (NW Ohio)

    Hi All! I was going to keep these beautiful pure bred boys, but now things have changed and I have to part ways with them. I have three blue laced red Wyandottes (black, blue, and splash) and one jubilee orpington. I have multiple pics of the black because he is so flippin' handsome. They would...
  7. 4UrbanHens

    Miami Fl - Free Buff Orpington Roosters

    Hello Friends! Soon I will need to re-home some beautiful and sweet buff orpington cockerels that I purchased as part of a straight run set of chicks. They are still young, but I wanted to put the message out there with time. We are located in Miami, FL, please let me know if you are interested...
  8. CatsMeowMix

    Oh no... Not another Lavender Orpington gender concern (@20 ish weeks)?

    Hello interwebs - long time reader, first time poster here... Let me get to the point (with some light rambling upfront): Husband was awesome this spring (March 2020) and surprised me with a fancy chic tractor to help me find some focus after our beloved cat passed away (@19!) We got four babies...
  9. M

    What breed are my chickens? And are they male or female?

    Hi I'm new to BYC and needed help identifying 2 of my chickens. The backstory is I ordered hatching eggs from my pet chicken and they gave me a sheet with codes so I can tell what chicks might hatch from the eggs I bought. I bought a random mix and 4 chicks hatched. I'm positive I have 2 cochins...
  10. J

    New chicken mom

    Hello to all! I am here to learn all I can about my new flock. I have 14 Orpingtons, two of which are roosters. I have 3 color variations- Isabel, Chocolate, and Lavender Cuckoo. Within the varing colors, I have noticed a distinct personality difference. Anyone else notice this? The Isabels are...
  11. Aspen Anderson

    Buff Orpington Random Deaths

    It's been a while since I've been on this site so I hope this is the right place to ask. Recently I just learned that a member of our flock, our sassy buff orpington hen, just passed away unexpectedly. When told this, I remembered another buff orpington hen we owned years ago that suffered the...
  12. geraldine87

    What is the difference between Lavender Orpington and Isabel Orpington?

    Hello, I ordered some lavender orpington chicks and som isabel orpington hatching eggs, but now it came to my mind, is there a difference between these two? coulg i breed them with one another? Im new to the chicken world.
  13. TreeStrepek

    4 chicks~ Do I Remove the EGGS?

    Hello my chicken friends. My broody Orpington accepted 4 new chicks last night. We bought new chicks that are 4 days old. They took to the MamaHen quickly. It was sweet- they relaxed right away. Mama accepted them & tucked them underneath her. They all slept well overnight. 7 hours later I...
  14. A

    Please help - roo or hen?

    Greetings friends! My flock is just at 10 weeks old and I'm having trouble determining roo or hen? Would super appreciate some help 🙂
  15. Lana416

    Do I have 2 Roosters!? 12 week old Wyandotte & Orpington

    Hello, I am new to backyard chicken farming. We purchased 7 “female” newborn chicks in April (born 4/1/20). They are now about 3 months/12 weeks old, all different breeds. We received an “extra” Wyandotte that is I believe is a rooster. Another one that I purchased, a black Orpington, is also...
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  16. Avisius

    Sex these two mixed chicks

    Hi. Can you tell me if these two mixed chicks are cockerels or pullets? The bigger one, with spots on the chest is around six weeks old and kinda looks like a pullet to me, even though in its first three weeks of life it looked like a cockerel. I think it's a mix between light brahma X silver...
  17. Bantam Orpington

    Bantam Orpington

    Mixed color bantam Orpington Bantam Orpingtons are friendly, calm birds who love foraging and being outside, but do fine in confinement too. They are known, as are large fowl Orpingtons, to lay steadily throughout the winter. They are great layers of medium-small eggs. Two bantam Orpington...
  18. kristeninprogress

    Lavender Orpington?

    I hatched this guy out 6 weeks ago from a Lavender Orpington egg. Upon hatching, he was obviously different from the rest, and I contacted the breeder. She assured me that she had no other Orpingtons besides Lavender, and she had one hatch out just like him. Am I looking at recessive genes...
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