*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[kekstrom]

Hi!!! New to BYC... and just got my first 5 little chickies last week. This is my Buff Orpington, Lucy.



She is by far, the sweetest of my 5. And they are actually all very friendly and sweet. She will climb up into my hand and then just settle down and sit. If I pet her, she'll just fall asleep. I have a feeling she'll be the best hen!

 

[GardenNut]

Cutest ever!

 

[GardenNut]

I get mine on Thursday hopefully!

 

[kekstrom]

I get mine on Thursday hopefully!

You must be so excited! How many chicks are you getting?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi!!! New to BYC... and just got my first 5 little chickies last week. This is my Buff Orpington, Lucy.



She is by far, the sweetest of my 5. And they are actually all very friendly and sweet. She will climb up into my hand and then just settle down and sit. If I pet her, she'll just fall asleep. I have a feeling she'll be the best hen!

She is adorable!!!
I have a Lucy too (she is about 8mos. now) sweet personality and friendly as well.

 

[kekstrom]

She is adorable!!!
I have a Lucy too (she is about 8mos. now) sweet personality and friendly as well.

Did your Lucy name come via "I Love Lucy"??? We have an Ethel, she is our Barred Rock. Hoping they'll be buddies, its only proper, right?

Do you have any pics of yours? I'd love to see her.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Did your Lucy name come via "I Love Lucy"??? We have an Ethel, she is our Barred Rock. Hoping they'll be buddies, its only proper, right?

Do you have any pics of yours? I'd love to see her.

Yes my Lucy is from I Love Lucy, her "sister" Buff Orpington is Betty June.
For girls I have 2 BO's, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes and 1 BO Cockerel.
They all get along reasonably well. I love to watch them all

 

[kekstrom]

Yes my Lucy is from I Love Lucy, her "sister" Buff Orpington is Betty June.
For girls I have 2 BO's, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes and 1 BO Cockerel.
They all get along reasonably well. I love to watch them all

I sure hope ours get along well. I have 1 BO, 1 BR, 1 SLW, 1 EE, and 1 Cochin Bantam.

 

[GardenNut]

I'm planning on getting 4. I have small yard, so I can't have too many

 

[BuffaloridaGirl]

Hi, We are new here on this site. Just getting chickens for the first time! We joined to learn as much as we could. We are putting up our coop soon. We have four buff orpington chicks coming about April 12 or so in the mail! We are so excited. We have made a brooder with a Rubbermaid tote and it's all ready! We are trying to get the area of the yard by the woodshed ready to set up the coop. The snow finally went away, but it's all mud now and we pick up our coop and run on March 28. No way to set it up there until the ground dries out and we can get in there and work. Guess we'll have to set it aside until we can get the area dug and leveled off... Buff chicks are coming in mid April and will be anywhere from a month to about 8 weeks old. At least the brooder is all set. We are just hoping we don't do anything wrong---Seems like there is a lot to remember! Here is the spot we are working on for our coop and run We built that fence! We'll extend it to enclose the whole coop and run later this spring. Here is Adam and a neighbor boy helping him. Lol, it's mud season in New Hampshire!

LOVE that fence!!! Welcome to BYC! Sounds like you have everything figured out, and you picked an awesome breed. They are nice and quiet! My buff Orp just started laying a little over a week ago, eggs have been a lot smaller than I anticipated but that's ok. I have three other layers to help.