*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[Tappy4me]

 

[angierae]

Out of my 5 buff's, this is my sweetie! She is so lovable. As soon as I sit down she's hopping up on my lap.

 

[JoshnAmiee]

Out of my 5 buff's, this is my sweetie! She is so lovable. As soon as I sit down she's hopping up on my lap.

That's the best thing about Orps!!! They are the gentlest bird I have personnaly come across, and I love how they come running when called by name. Lulu & Mr Roo love jumping up on my legs when I am sitting down

 

[Johnn]

The girls were all having a dust bath in the feed shed the other day and daisy pecked Bella so Bella moved into the middle of the other girls near one of the bullies. I was expecting the bully to get Bella but she actually didn't. Instead, Bella decided she would get up and grab a hold of the bully girls comb and give it a good pull. The bully girl sprung into action and flapped at Bella, she then started chasing Bella and she ran away screaming haha

 

[3goodeggs]

Go, Bella!

 

[Johnn]

Go, Bella!

She always gets herself in trouble! And recently its with all the hens she shouldn't try it on with!

 

[chixmaidservice]

I was excited this spring when my local farm store offered BO pullets as one of their chick selections. I had heard about their sweet natures and prodigious laying ability and wanted to add a few to my small flock. So I bought 3, as well as a golden comet pullet and 2 straight run white ply. rocks. Initially, the only way to tell the orps from the white rocks was a dot of cream on the tops of their heads. They were all white puffballs except for the comet. Now they are all 4.5 weeks old, first feathers have replaced down, and all are still white (except the comet)? Easy to distinguish the rocks as they are much taller and heavier, but everyone is white. Did the farm store screw up? I hunted around this thread, but did not read it all as it is long (!) and saw pics of similar aged chicks w/ the gorgeous tawny color mine totally lack. Do some orp chicks stay this light colored, or am I gonna be totally ****** at the farm store clerks?

 

[chickeelina]

Buff Orpingtons are yellow from day 1 like the one in my avatar is a few days old.

 

[thedragonlady]

I was excited this spring when my local farm store offered BO pullets as one of their chick selections. I had heard about their sweet natures and prodigious laying ability and wanted to add a few to my small flock. So I bought 3, as well as a golden comet pullet and 2 straight run white ply. rocks. Initially, the only way to tell the orps from the white rocks was a dot of cream on the tops of their heads. They were all white puffballs except for the comet. Now they are all 4.5 weeks old, first feathers have replaced down, and all are still white (except the comet)? Easy to distinguish the rocks as they are much taller and heavier, but everyone is white. Did the farm store screw up? I hunted around this thread, but did not read it all as it is long (!) and saw pics of similar aged chicks w/ the gorgeous tawny color mine totally lack. Do some orp chicks stay this light colored, or am I gonna be totally ****** at the farm store clerks?

Orps have flesh colored legs. What color are the legs on your chicks ?

 

[speckledhen]

All Orpington chicks are in some shade of yellow, never white. There are light ones and deeper toned ones, but they're all yellow-goldish.

Mine are now over 2 weeks old and I still believe I have a sexing mistake. Here is the one I believe is a Buff Orp cockerel beak to beak with my D'anver rooster.