Buff Orpingtons

[Salve&Fluffer]

 

[FrontPorchIndiana]

I love my buffs. They're so sweet natured.

 

[Mom2Cool]

ok kiddies here's a picture of my Mr. Standoffish, He's a little part ham when it comes to the camera & I think he loves when the girls all fall all over him & follow him etc. Though I'm afraid sometimes he is as my sons would say "girl driven"? LOL I've 4 BO pullets they're all about 15 weeks now & the Austrolorp is now 6 months. So they sort of treat him like a heart throb & crowd around him at nap time etc & the Astrolorp tells him what to do. I think she's starting to back down now though cause he's now bigger than her.

And this is him with the girls all around him a couple weeks ago.

 

[Mom2Cool]

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Ohmygosh Indiana I love this picture. I've such trouble getting pics of my BO pullets! They're all adorable of course & curious as well and so when I try to get pictures of them they are all so entralled with the camera that it usually ends up like this.




& now I noticed you have golden laced Wyonettes? What is their temprements in comparison do they all get along well? I'd considered getting a couple of them next spring but I wasn't sure I should rock the boat since I've got them all settled into liking each other. The Austrolorp I had to stay right on top of when I'd first introduced them all & I didn't think I'd ever get her in with them for good.

 

[snowydiamonds]

the head and toe shot is a riot!

My Brewster and his 7 BO ladies have grown up a bit more, he's also got Peppermint Patty the RIR hen and 2-3 GLW hens so after I clean coops tomorrow, I'll post pics of them enjoying the clean straw

My BO flock (8) eat twice as much and twice as fast than any of the other flocks! I'm wondering if I get the bantam BO's if they're the same on feed? I love their sunshiney color so all 7 hens are called the "Sunshine Sisters."

I also noticed last night their eggs have begun increasing in size as they mature, too. Mine will be a year old this Spring/Early summer. When I begin switching over to bantams I still want to keep my BO roo w/2-3 of his ladies as he's a very smart guy to have stood at the fence and watched for 3 days straight on how to become a great roo from my bantam roo named Cockadoodle.

Forgot to include, my BO's are not noisy, I don't think any of my chicken flocks are noisy, just the ducks and geese

 

[sunnydee]

I've been told these are Buff Orpingtons...so here are my little darlings. They are not as friendly as the White Leghorns I have but they are getting better as they grow!

 

[Salve&Fluffer]

Those are great BO pictures,Sunnydee!

 

[sunnydee]

Thank you! And they are the best egg layers ever!! Even compared to the leghorns.

 

[Salve&Fluffer]

Are your leghorns' eggs white or brown?

 

[americana-chick]

here is buffy at just a few days old! [pullet]

here is pea-wea at 5 weeks old, dust bathing [pullet]

here is buffy and pea-wea together

here is my buff orp. roo i hatched him and raised him myself. his egg was sold to me as a BOs egg but i think he might be a mix.

here he is again crowing:

here is buffy and pea-wea together again.

i just love BOs!