*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[MesMama]

@TheSpiceGirls I can't find any adobe bricks like he mentions, do you know if regular pavers or landscaping bricks would absorb the water?

 

[TheSpiceGirls]

@TheSpiceGirls I can't find any adobe bricks like he mentions, do you know if regular pavers or landscaping bricks would absorb the water?

I think so. I used cement stepping stones in mine. The one's that don't have the pebbles on top. Just the plain old cement ones. Those worked. I would think that any old brick would work too. They are going to at least stay cool sitting in the cool water and give the chickens a place to cool their feet.

 

[fuzzy cat]

 

[Mosey2003]

Beautiful cocky that you've got there! Think I might have a buffy cock, but she/he's still way too young to tell. I've got a pic of him I think.

Let me check...

Yep, here he is! (With a few other friends. He/she's the yellow one.)

Thanks!

Mine were hard to tell, that one did get a red comb and wattles early, but my pullets' combs pinked up too, so I wasn't positive. Now at 14 weeks it's getting clearer every day that I have him and one other cockerel, their tail feathers are finally curling over.

 

[WyandotteLove1]

You're okay, you're okay..................

 

[WyandotteLove1]

Thanks!

Mine were hard to tell, that one did get a red comb and wattles early, but my pullets' combs pinked up too, so I wasn't positive. Now at 14 weeks it's getting clearer every day that I have him and one other cockerel, their tail feathers are finally curling over.

Yeah, that's why I was really suspicious at first. His/her comb and wattle started to come in at a pretty early age for a pullet. But now that he/she's older, he/she's been acting more and more like a pullet, and his/her spurs aren't very large. The thing that we're waiting for now is to here a crow from him/her in the morning, and if not, that'll settle things. I, (for one,) think it's going to be a hen.

 

[Mosey2003]

None of mine crow and none seem to have any trace of spur, either.

 

[fuzzy cat]

That means thare not going to be a roo mostly.

 

[Mosey2003]

That means thare not going to be a roo mostly.

Is that in response to mine not crowing and not having spurs yet?

Because, I'm pretty sure that hackle and saddle feathers and curving over tails still mean roo... They just seem really slow to fully mature, which I've heard is common in such large birds.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

I have a question...

Who here has kept both Buff Orpingtons & Americaunas?

How does the temperament of each of these breeds compare to each other?