*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[microchick]

Just curious. Why were you told not to do that? Interesting. When I got Larry last year....well, he was supposed to be a hen and wasn't....oops, his breeder told me that if I wanted to keep a lavender strain going to breed to a black Orpington every third generation to keep the lavender gene going. I'm not really wanting to do that....breed purebreds. I actually like mutts. They are like Forest Gump's box of chocolates. You just don't know what you're gonna get.

 

[kekstrom]

My accidental cross english buff orp hen/Blue standard cochin roo




And a black aus hen/English buff orp roo

She is quite stately! I picture her having a very sophisticated english accent with a spot o' tea.

 

[bit o poultry19]

Just curious. Why were you told not to do that? Interesting. When I got Larry last year....well, he was supposed to be a hen and wasn't....oops, his breeder told me that if I wanted to keep a lavender strain going to breed to a black Orpington every third generation to keep the lavender gene going. I'm not really wanting to do that....breed purebreds. I actually like mutts. They are like Forest Gump's box of chocolates. You just don't know what you're gonna get.

I was told that it would take "too many gens" to get the lav color back. I want to still cross them tough.

 

[bit o poultry19]

She is quite stately!  I picture her having a very sophisticated english accent with a spot o' tea.  

Lol thank you! She sure does love herself some tea!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Here is little Lucy... her 2 week old picture.

She is still quite the teddy bear of the bunch.

LUCY! So sweet!!

I finally got a couple of pictures of my Buff O/Welsummer cross chicks. They still were not being all that cooperative. The first is Primo. Everything about this chicks screams "I'M A BOY!" and trust me even its behavior says rooster. Taking this picture and studying it though, I've noticed something The hackle feathers of a Welsummer rooster are black and the hackle feathers of a hen are green gold with a dark interior and I'm seeing that dark highlighting on this chick. Will just have to wait and see what that comb and wattles develop into.


The uummmm back end in the picture yes, belongs to one of the pure Buff O chicks.

The second Buff O/Welsummer cross is 7of 8 and is a little chick that was abandoned when momma left the nest with her hatchlings and left two unhatched eggs behind. It is nothing short of a miracle that they hatched and survived.


I really really really hope that one of these crosses is a pullet. I would really like to see the best of both breeds in them as they mature. Already, the Welsummer crosses are starting to not wanting to be touched a lot. I spent 15 minutes just trying to catch Primo in their hutch so I could get the chick used to being handled and then it screamed like I was plucking it bald. So much for them having the easy going 'pet me' attitude of the Buff Os.

Primo is so cute and curious - does seem to scream I'm a boy, the second looks girl so far to me. But as you say time will tell. Nice chicks!

My accidental cross english buff orp hen/Blue standard cochin roo




And a black aus hen/English buff orp roo

I agree, nothing that pretty is an accident! Both are so cute!

I have 14 chickens of which 4 are buffs. Of those 4, I think 3 of them are roosters and will probably be the ones hitting the road. This photo is the one buff who is crowing at 8 weeks old!

Beautiful!

 

[bit o poultry19]

Thank you @Wyorp Rock!!

 

[Johnn]

Daisy

 

[bit o poultry19]

Daisy

Gorgeous!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Gorgeous!

X2!!

 

[microchick]

I was told that it would take "too many gens" to get the lav color back. I want to still cross them tough.

You sound like me, LOL. I guess I'm more inclined to let nature take its course with my birds and be surprised at what I get.