*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[thedragonlady]

Orpingtons are defiantly from England. They were created by a man called Thomas cook from a small village in Kent England. He originally had langshan, Cochin and Sussex in the mix to make a good dual purpose breed but they were then bred for show and their dual purpose qualities were lost to a certain extent. In America Plymouth Rock and Wyandotte were put in the mix which in my opinion ruined the breed quite a bit but they have since improved but I still think American orpingtons are a fair bit different from the original English orpingtons

Trying real hard to bring the good old Buff Orps back over here. Take a look at my BYC page, and PM me with what you think.

 

[poodlechicks]

Hi all,
I have a question: I have 19 wk old pullets. The top girl started making this really loud sound repeatedly: "bahkgawk, bahk, bahk bahk bahkgawk!" I am beginning to fear that this is how BO roosters crow?

Please, tell me I'm wrong! Thanks.

 

[ocap]

Hi all,
I have a question:sound repeatedly: "bahkgawk, bahk, bahk bahk bahkgawk!"

I think that is a hen sound

 

[poodlechicks]

I sure hope so

She looks like a hen, but I can't understand why she's so loud. The others are vocal, but in at a much lower volume.

Not seeing any eggs coming from that loud mouth.

 

[poodlechicks]

I meant from the "other end" of that loud mouth

 

[galanie]

I meant from the "other end" of that loud mouth

 

[frank53061]

Thanks for the great information very helpful.

One question that was not answered tho are they a good broody breed I have seen information on both sides saying they are a good broody breed and those who say they are hit and miss as far as being a good broody chicken.

That's to bad about the Hatcheries only selling a sub par breed I was hoping to get the true breed I really wanted a duel purpose chicken and not have to have diff rent breed for each purpose.

The fact that they are such a friendly breed and there looks don't hurt ether very pretty birds.

My misunderstanding an article that I had seen that stated that Buffs were an Old American breed probably meant they had been used for a long time in America.

Here are some pictures of some of my Buffs hanging out with my Daughters Polish Chickens.
These are still pullets and cockrels exspecting eggs in little over a month that will put them at 20 weeks of age.

 

[Don Chandler]

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They did come to the US from England, they was put into the US standard in 1902, so they have been around for a while. As far as broody, they are very broody. They was called the farmers chicken for years. They are a dual breed, they lay good and can be eaten also. They are not like a cornish-rock they we have today.

 

[thedragonlady]

Thanks for the great information very helpful.

One question that was not answered tho are they a good broody breed I have seen information on both sides saying they are a good broody breed and those who say they are hit and miss as far as being a good broody chicken.

That's to bad about the Hatcheries only selling a sub par breed I was hoping to get the true breed I really wanted a duel purpose chicken and not have to have diff rent breed for each purpose.

The fact that they are such a friendly breed and there looks don't hurt ether very pretty birds.

My misunderstanding an article that I had seen that stated that Buffs were an Old American breed probably meant they had been used for a long time in America.

Here are some pictures of some of my Buffs hanging out with my Daughters Polish Chickens.
These are still pullets and cockrels exspecting eggs in little over a month that will put them at 20 weeks of age.

A lot of the hatchery Buff Orps. have Leghorn bred into them. You can see it in the combs and slim bodies. I've found that the English Orps are much more broody than the US Orps bred to the SOP. Some are hard to break from being broody. The US girls say, "Ok, time to go back to work " after a day, or 2, in the broody breaking coop.

 

[cbnovick]

A lot of the hatchery Buff Orps. have Leghorn bred into them. You can see it in the combs and slim bodies. I've found that the English Orps are much more broody than the US Orps bred to the SOP. Some are hard to break from being broody. The US girls say, "Ok, time to go back to work " after a day, or 2, in the broody breaking coop.

Hatchery birds are not usually broody...always a chance for an outlier though. In my youth I had plenty of hatchery birds...only had 3 that went broody--a large fowl cochin, a bantam frizzle cochin and a black jersey giant. That Jersey giant hen was an awesome broody too...Clutched plenty of silver appleyard ducklings too!