*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[bit o poultry19]

They're gorgeous! My BOs don't look like they have English lines at all, but they're hatchery stock! Fluffo is a dapper fella!

Thank you! My birds are English lines they have fancy chick lines

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Alice has begun laying! I'm so excited!!! Also I love these pics of Alice and Fluffo. Very excited to begin hatching from these two!






These are probably the best pics I've ever taken of Fluffo

Beautiful! Yes, I can see the English line compared to my hatchery stock. Fluffo even has "bloomers"

(which I love BTW)

 

[kadavis08]

bit_o_poultry19-yay! congratulations on your hens laying! I am checking every single day for Willow to start laying. Since they are free range during the day, I'm not exactly sure where to be looking. I am checking our straw that I use to insulate around their coop, in their nesting boxes and in their favorite hiding spot (behind our HVAC fan next to the house). It snowed for the first time yesterday and they aren't big fans so I found them in their coop in the afternoon which is really unusual.

 

[bit o poultry19]

bit_o_poultry19-yay! congratulations on your hens laying! I am checking every single day for Willow to start laying. Since they are free range during the day, I'm not exactly sure where to be looking. I am checking our straw that I use to insulate around their coop, in their nesting boxes and in their favorite hiding spot (behind our HVAC fan next to the house). It snowed for the first time yesterday and they aren't big fans so I found them in their coop in the afternoon which is really unusual.

Thank you! Yup Alice has finally started laying, I hope that my buff cock and her will produce gorgeous babies

Here he is again

 

[kadavis08]

Thank you! Yup Alice has finally started laying, I hope that my buff cock and her will produce gorgeous babies

Here he is again

Willow laid this morning!

 

[bit o poultry19]

Willow laid this morning!

Are you sure willow is a hen? Do you have any better pics?

 

[kadavis08]

Are you sure willow is a hen? Do you have any better pics?

Yep! We only have two chickens and the other is a welsummer so she would have speckled eggs. Willow squats constantly now. Is her comb big for a hen? These are our first chickens. Ordered as 6wk old pullets

 

[bit o poultry19]

Yep! We only have two chickens and the other is a welsummer so she would have speckled eggs. Willow squats constantly now. Is her comb big for a hen? These are our first chickens. Ordered as 6wk old pullets

Oh sorry her hackle feathers made me suspicious, I'm not used to seeing those type of combs on my pullets. My mistake

 

[kadavis08]

Oh sorry her hackle feathers made me suspicious, I'm not used to seeing those type of combs on my pullets. My mistake

It's not just you!! Everyone thought she was a roo! Glad she just has a mutant comb!

 

[robyn8]

It's not just you!! Everyone thought she was a roo! Glad she just has a mutant comb!

I have 4 hatchery BO pullets and one has a big comb like yours. She seems to be my dominant hen.