*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[ShadyGroveFarm1]

I got some golden comets in March from my local TSC. I have one hen who I think is a Buff Orpington. She has white legs and orangish eyes. She has a single comb. Am I right?

Wow, she is a pretty buff!!

 

[chickeelina]

Looks like a BO, just like one of my hatchery girls! Hopefully she will fill in with feathers in the undercarriage over the next 3 months, mine filled in late too.

 

[chickeelina]

This one of my fancy girls. I am afraid to take them to shows and have her be in contact with some weird contagions or illnesses. So instead I keep them sheltered in their backyard palace!

 

[chickeelina]

This is Edward, 6.5 months... Coming along nicely in this photo it's very contrasted because of the option I happened to have my camera phone set to so it is super orange and looks like he has a white sickle feather but he actually does not have a white feather. It is just something that showed up in the photo with the way the light was first filtering threw the background.

 

[Classy Chick]

I just got my first buff orpington chicks! They are already very sweet and docile, and follow their adoptive silkie mamma around everywhere! I don't know a whole lot about the breed, so any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[speckledhen]

I just got my first buff orpington chicks! They are already very sweet and docile, and follow their adoptive silkie mamma around everywhere! I don't know a whole lot about the breed, so any advice would be greatly appreciated!

My advice? Love 'em. Enjoy 'em. And don't add any chicken flea market or swap finds so they stay healthy and safe. In a nutshell, or maybe an eggshell, LOL.

 

[Classy Chick]

Haha thank you! They are so adorable, and I am so excited to start getting larger eggs when they are older! I have had my Silkie crosses for so long, I thought that getting a larger breed would be fun! Is it hard to tell if they are girls or boys? I am crossing my fingers that they are both girls, I already have a roo and he doesn't play well with other boys

 

[speckledhen]

Haha thank you! They are so adorable, and I am so excited to start getting larger eggs when they are older! I have had my Silkie crosses for so long, I thought that getting a larger breed would be fun! Is it hard to tell if they are girls or boys? I am crossing my fingers that they are both girls, I already have a roo and he doesn't play well with other boys

Well, it can be hard to tell for a few weeks, yes. Watch for the pink comb around 5-6 weeks of age, if not sooner. But, my last pullet, hatchery stock, feathered in like all my breeder quality cockerels and I had her pegged as male for quite some time. Time will tell, of course.

 

[Peanutsmomma]

This is Edward, 6.5 months... Coming along nicely

in this photo it's very contrasted because of the option I happened to have my camera phone set to so it is super orange and looks like he has a white sickle feather but he actually does not have a white feather. It is just something that showed up in the photo with the way the light was first filtering threw the background.

What a handsome fellow!

 

[speckledhen]

A Buff Orpington rooster is a sight to behold. Someone who lives not that far from me up on a hill has a studly BO rooster. I see him standing up on a knoll when I drive by from time to time. I've only had BBS Orp males here and only raised up one, my late, great Suede, to adulthood, but that boy is just beautiful standing up there crowing his heart out.