Buff Orpington question

[Daisyjaye]

Are they usually slow to mature? Their combs and waddles are really pink compared to everyone else's. Plus they are really laid back and wait for everyone else to finish before they will even try to get any of the treat I am giving them.

 

[Illia]

Yes, and non-hatchery stock are even slower at growth.

They're naturally a pretty calm, laid-back breed. The combs and wattles are often paler because they don't, or at least shouldn't, get as big as many other common breeds.

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

I would say yes. I had one in addition to three other breeds and we call her the baby because she still has tufts of chick down and is smaller and, well, still acts more like a baby chick than a chicken.

 

[Kathleen1115]

I have two Buff Orpingtons, one Gold Laced Wyandotte, one Partridge Rock, one RIR, and one Ameracauna. The Buffs are right on the upper end of the mix. My Wyandotte seems to be the slowest.

 

[KimM]

I've heard they tend to be low in the pecking order which does seem true. Mine just started laying at 9 months old so I guess that's pretty slow to mature. She is a sweetie though!

 

[joeyg4583]

I just got my first orpington egg today after about 9 months

so I concur, much slower.

 

[Pinky]

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Maybe for some flocks they are low on the pecking order but my buff orpington hen, Buffy, is above my RIR/Game mixed hens that she lives with(she chose which flock she wanted to live with when she started flying). They don't dare mess with her but she is more calm than some of the others around humans. She and her sisters were slow to start producing eggs but when they started I got an egg a day from each.