*Buff Orpington Thread!*

[mamatink7]

YES! Finally, the first egg has arrived! I am so excited! And here she is, in all her glory! Cannot wait for more!

Wahooo. Gorgeous little egg!! We have 2 14wk old BO and 2 11wk old BO. How old is she? Older 2 are getting redder in face, also both comb and wattles are little more pronounced this week. They are the best chickens for sur.e

 

[BusyBanty]

She's gorgeous, congratulations!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

That first egg is so exciting, congratulations....very cool.

 

[PineCone67]

That first egg is so exciting, congratulations....very cool.

She's gorgeous, congratulations!

Wahooo. Gorgeous little egg!! We have 2 14wk old BO and 2 11wk old BO. How old is she? Older 2 are getting redder in face, also both comb and wattles are little more pronounced this week. They are the best chickens for sur.e

Thank you everyone! She is about 22 weeks, give or take few days. Today was another day with an egg in the nest; this makes it three in the row! Amazing!

 

[Anderson23]

 

[bit o poultry19]

Here are a couple of my English buff orpingtons, I hope on showing my roo and a pullet I have growing out soon!

 

[Foristers]

Great to see all of these BO photos!
I have a question for those of you who may have experience with this specific determination.

I have heard this about a different breed and would like to know if it holds true for Buff Orpingtons. It was suggested that young birds 1-3 weeks old, that you could tell the sexes apart by by looking at the development of tail feathers and wing feathers. It was suggested that tail and wing feathers would develop earlier on females than on males. Does anyone know if this is true? Not only for chickens but for buff orpingtons specifically?
Take a look at these photos below:


Can you see the difference? I have 7 chicks here. I bought 1 male and 6 females - or so I thought. If the above information is true - and I have no idea - then what I have is 2 males and 5 females. Can you see the difference? All of these chicks are 2.5 weeks old - hatched at the same time.
Five of them have developed wing feathers that reach their tails and tail feathers that stick up quite noticeably. Two of them are developing quite differently: they have no tail feathers and their wing feathers are not quite as long.
In this next photo I have circled the two that are different.


If you are able to help I thank you.

 

[bit o poultry19]

Great to see all of these BO photos! I have a question for those of you who may have experience with this specific determination. I have heard this about a different breed and would like to know if it holds true for Buff Orpingtons. It was suggested that young birds 1-3 weeks old, that you could tell the sexes apart by by looking at the development of tail feathers and wing feathers. It was suggested that tail and wing feathers would develop earlier on females than on males. Does anyone know if this is true? Not only for chickens but for buff orpingtons specifically? Take a look at these photos below: Can you see the difference? I have 7 chicks here. I bought 1 male and 6 females - or so I thought. If the above information is true - and I have no idea - then what I have is 2 males and 5 females. Can you see the difference? All of these chicks are 2.5 weeks old - hatched at the same time. Five of them have developed wing feathers that reach their tails and tail feathers that stick up quite noticeably. Two of them are developing quite differently: they have no tail feathers and their wing feathers are not quite as long. In this next photo I have circled the two that are different. If you are able to help I thank you.

I can only tell by comb/wattle devlopment when my buffs are about 4 weeks old. It's really hard for me to tell by feathering, my birds feather slowly, so it's really easy to tell by comb development. My cockerels usually have bigger/dark pink combs when they're about 2.5 months old. My pullets usually don't really get combs until about 4-5 months old. My pullets in the pic above aren't even 3 months old yet, if that helps.

 

[shannon84]

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Here are a couple of my English buff orpingtons, I hope on showing my roo and a pullet I have growing out soon!

[/quote. Beautiful birds! I had no idea there is an English buff Orpington! How cool!!!

 

[bit o poultry19]

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Beautiful birds! I had no idea there is an English buff Orpington! How cool!!!

Thank you! And I didn't know the difference between an English buff orpington and american hatchery quality, until I purchased a hen. I was NOT Impressed, she was about 1 yr, and my pullet(fluffy) was about 6 months and was much bigger and even laid big eggs for a pullet. The hatchey hen had a big wonky comb, not much skirt, long legs, smaller body frame. My hen has a small comb, nice fluffy skirt, shorter legs, and now a better body frame. My English hen does have black markings, but she throws beautiful rich buff chicks that don't really have any markings. My 4-5 month old pullets look like adorable fluffy mini hens running around! Lol! I hope on adding more English orpington varieties, I love big fluffy butts!