*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[jessicaroo]

I've read that there are up to 15 different shapes of the chicks "vent" and you have to examine it to determine sex. Sounds complicated and better left to pros, especially if you can kill the chick trying :-/

 

[Shewholovesducks]

Are they very good foragers for small backyards?

 

[Crafty chick]

Maxcine99~ mine will forage all day, so much that I have to keep track of where they are. They keep their heads down walking and eating.

 

[chickenlife22]

Hey my favorite chicken is the buff orpington I just thought they were kinda pretty one day when we went to our local feed store that was selling chicks at the time so I bought 2 but I never would of thought that they would grow up to be the most beautiful bird with the nicest personality!!! But 1 of my Orpingtons pasted away so I decided to buy 5 more chicks and a rooster! So i now have 6 hens and the rooster is getting ordered!!!

 

[MorgansManor]

Nice day to lay an egg.
This is her fav spot to do it

Ok I just love this picture - it reminds me so much of my silly girls.

 

[MorgansManor]

Are they very good foragers for small backyards?

Yes very good.

 

[Crafty chick]

So, I went out to close the pop door after going out to eat with friends, and found my chickens in all sorts of places. I left them in the run when we left so they could be in the sunshine. Two were roosting like good girls, the roo was laying below them in the PDZ, one was roosting on a step, my gimpy girl was cuddled in a corner, and the last one was propped in the doorway of the popdoor with her fuzzy yellow but hanging outside! I should have taken a pic, but it was already dark and my phone doesn't take that great of pics in darkness. I helped them up to bed..... except for the roo, if he wants to sleep laying in PDZ all power to him. It was clean. So now Ihave a line of 5 fluffy yellow butts facing me..... Ihope they appreciate me 3 eggs today from the 5 of them... good day.

 

[countryhen]

My BO rooster is large (out of a show rooster) & he seems to have one of his legs that is bowed out some so when he walks he has like a limp is this cause how heavy he is or is his leg bent? is there something I can do to fix/help this? I got him from a man near me - he hatched him (roo is 1 year old) the man had him in a small run. when you look at him leg looks straight just notice it when he walks.


I'm thinking maybe his leg is just not very strong due to not moving around much? any ideas

 

[farmhand]

I LOVE using various colors of vetrap bandaging on chicks...it has some give and it stays put and easy to remove and replace as they approach the age for more permanent banding.

Sounds like a great idea! More info please. How often do you need to change it? how tight?

 

[galanie]

My BO rooster is large (out of a show rooster) & he seems to have one of his legs that is bowed out some so when he walks he has like a limp is this cause how heavy he is or is his leg bent? is there something I can do to fix/help this? I got him from a man near me - he hatched him (roo is 1 year old) the man had him in a small run. when you look at him leg looks straight just notice it when he walks. I'm thinking maybe his leg is just not very strong due to not moving around much? any ideas

He may have injured it at some point. Or it could be recent. Sometimes they injure them from coming off the roost if it's more than a few feet off the ground but give him time, and see. I have one hen that injured her leg when she was very young that has an odd walk, and yet looks fine when standing. You just never know if you didn't raise them from a chick yourself I guess.