*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[sunflour]

I can make you roll. So the first video is of Coco who does not like to be touched or held. But she'll set those feelings aside for a banana. She doesn't think hubby is going to share so she's going to help herself. Watch closely. She finishes the banana and then starts eyeing the one on the table to see how she can get to that one.

And here I call her to show you that she knows her name and will come running when I call her.

Great videos, thank you for sharing.

 

[rancher hicks]

I never hold to any rule being hard and fast.

With my Delaware flock that is separated by their run, I can put in young birds with little trouble. Frenchy hatched out four and from the time they hit the floor they were with her and all the other hens and the rooster. Then I put in three young birds a Del and Marans roo and a Marans hen. The younger roos were not a problem until I noticed the young Del roo snag Frenchy then I nearly killed him right then and there.

Now I had added 11 even younger chicks, Columbian rocks, Del and one EE. All was fine but when I noticed that Del roo hurting the chicks and Frenchy (biting and hanging on) I got rid of him and the Marans roo.

See the thing is the other Del roo chortles for them to come and eat, and he doesn't show the mean aggressiveness to the little ones.

NOW, in the Marans coop two little ones where born and both I found dead. In the EE coop a little on was born and that one too was found dead. So now I take any born and put them in a brooder since I've no where for mom and the babies at this time.

So what's my point? That not all chickens are created equal. Not all roos or hens are mean nor nice. Each situation and bird is different. You have to spend time with your chickens to learn their personalities. (if that is the right way to put it)

This is why you get varying opinions and ideas. So when someone says I do it this way or that, I just smile and say to myself, such is life.

For some good news, Buckwheat seems to be okay. Her stomach that was swollen like a beach ball has gone down. It was so swollen she looked like she was straddling a bowling ball. I'm so glad I didn't put her down. Yet all the books say whatever was wrong was fatal but her she is still alive. I carried her to the mailbox to get the mail. Poor girl hadn't been out in weeks. I figure if the bible says God knows every sparrow that falls, he cares about my chickens too, so I pray for them and I'll confess to even laying hands on my Buckwheat.

Have a nice day folks,

Rancher

 

[speckledhen]

Quote: Agreed! Not everyone spends the time we do with their birds to know how they will react nor do they know how to read the signs. Now, I let the Belgian D'Anver hens raise their chicks in the coop because the roosters help raise the chicks and the other hens know not to bother the little ones, sometimes even adopt them. They are amazing with babies, unlike my large fowl flock hens.

My Delaware rooster, Isaac, is okay with chicks but I don't allow them in the coop. Most roosters are not aggressive to chicks because that is their survival of the flock, but as Tim said, not all are created equal.

 

[DoubleMM]

 

[3goodeggs]

How pretty they are!

 

[BayBay Peepers]

You can order hatching eggs from Hinkjc farm. I'm closer so I decided to take the ride down.

Thanks for the heads up! Maybe next spring I'll let my obsessive broody girl hatch some eggs

 

[rancher hicks]

Thanks for the heads up! Maybe next spring I'll let my obsessive broody girl hatch some eggs

This is what I did with the Del eggs I got. I did only get 5 out of 20 I think but that's enough to start a flock. I've added them to my other flock.
I have way too many broody hens.

 

[suyoder]

I posted a question a couple days ago about my yellow legged "orpington pullet"... and I have this sneaking suspicion that it might be a cockerel, and i really don't think it's an orpington! Is it a Buff Rock do you think? I named him/her PILGRIM just in case. The ARE hatchery stock. :-( So, sorry about the chickens with bad type.


Side profile of yellow legged pullet (Buff Rock?) (with my adorable little columbian wyandotte)


Buff Orpington Pullet the same age as one in question... for comparison.


Yellow Legged Pullet (Buff Rock?)

 

[BayBay Peepers]

I had one pullet out of my buff orpingtons that had yellow legs like that. She ended up being my most friendly one That was the only difference, just the legs.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

Oh, gosh. Now you have me questioning if I had an odd ball in the bunch haha