Buff Orpington Rant thread!

[EmmaRainboe]

Just saying, lavender orps are just as ugly as buff Orpingtons.

Hatchery lavenders are yes, with the heavy shredding and dark faces.

I would die for a lavender cuckoo English Orp rooster though.

 

[HappyClucker7]

Lavender is okay depending on where you get the chickens from.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I don't mind Lavender, but I do think it became a bit of an overhyped status symbol for a while there when the variety first came to the general public's attention, kind of like when Ayam Cemanis and Legbars first were imported. Like, they're nice, but not that big of a deal?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Reviving this again with a question I was thinking about this morning, just out of curiosity.

Those of you who, like me, are just not fond of the color Buff on chickens, what are your thoughts on Red? Not like deep, dark, mahogany Red as in show quality Rhode Island Reds, but like these birds:

 

[H-B-O]

Reviving this again with a question I was thinking about this morning, just out of curiosity.

Those of you who, like me, are just not fond of the color Buff on chickens, what are your thoughts on Red? Not like deep, dark, mahogany Red as in show quality Rhode Island Reds, but like these birds:

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Eh i like more color so i am not a fan of "red" @EmmaRainboe

 

[HappyClucker7]

Reviving this again with a question I was thinking about this morning, just out of curiosity.

Those of you who, like me, are just not fond of the color Buff on chickens, what are your thoughts on Red? Not like deep, dark, mahogany Red as in show quality Rhode Island Reds, but like these birds:

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It's okay. Not my favorite color though.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Reviving this again with a question I was thinking about this morning, just out of curiosity.

Those of you who, like me, are just not fond of the color Buff on chickens, what are your thoughts on Red? Not like deep, dark, mahogany Red as in show quality Rhode Island Reds, but like these birds:

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Ehhh I don't like it.

 

[chickentrains]

I like the light colored, almost cream, buff orpingtons.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Eh i like more color so i am not a fan of "red" @EmmaRainboe

It's okay. Not my favorite color though.

Ehhh I don't like it.

Interesting, thanks for the responses! I feel about the same; not a fan of the classic red barnyard bird like in that picture, any of those shades or in between. And yes, those were my birds.

That said, I don't feel like I have as strong of an aversion to the variety as I do with solid buff, personally. Like, I have some Red Cochin bantams and I don't mind them, and I don't have a problem keeping some of them around or hatching from them occasionally, but I don't go out of my way to pick red varieties of breeds if there are other options available. On the other hand, I would never purposefully get a solid buff chicken regardless of breed; I'd rather just go without if that's the only option, honestly.

I like the light colored, almost cream, buff orpingtons.

Do you happen to have an example picture of this? I think it's been demonstrated here before, but, like, there are 55 pages and I'm tired I feel like lighter buff would tread too closely to yellow for my tastes, yellow being my least favorite color so I don't think I'd personally be a fan.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

That said, I don't feel like I have as strong of an aversion to the variety as I do with solid buff, personally.

I would never purposefully get a solid buff chicken regardless of breed; I'd rather just go without if that's the only option, honestly.

I am the same way.