They probably did. I had bought a buff orpington last year. But i got a light brahma.Recently, we purchased 4 new chick's. 2 were said to be Buff Orpingstons. I've looked up photos of them & they look nothing like that. The pics showed a tan hen. These are black with brown. I'll post a photo when we get home. Could they be something else? We also brought home 2 Easter Eggers that are similar in color. Maybe they gave us all EE? Or something completely different? Bought at Tractor Supply.
luckily she’s fine as long as you don’t try to handle her, and shes friendly enough with the other girls. I tell her all the time though that she better be nice or she’ll be the first one in the cook pot. (Only Kidding- don’t think we could eat any of these birds.)
I had one very mean Orpington hen (she walked up to me and ate all the skin off of my knee) but all the rest have been the best birds I have ever owned.You all have me convinced to try another couple of Orpington chicks. We have a lavender orp in our mixed flock, and she’s by far the least friendly of the bunch. She’s been that way since she was tiny. Always screaming when you pick her up, and now she’ll bite when you try to pick her up. We handled her more than any of the others because she was such a maniac chick.
They look like easter eggers. Buff orpington would be a yellowish brown at that age.
I just bought 2 English Isabel Cuckoo pullets along with blacks, splash, sl, and blues from CRC. The Isabels have turned out to be the meanest birds I've ever had. The rest are great. I've tried time outs and Daniel even suggested beak trimming, which will not change the behavior of the birds. I've had to sell them at quite a loss, just to keep peace in the flock.
I had something like thay happen with my easter eggers. They were super sweet and friendly except for one. But then one of the friendly ones attack my brahma. And i had to get rid of her i tried everything to stop her. Then she started attacking the other easter eggers and me.
Yikes! Four of the 12 Isabel hatched and they seem friendly to me. Oh wait, those weren't from CRC, those were from Papas. My hatch from CRC was horrid, but one of my incubators was heat spiking so I had to replace it. I got 2 red cuckoo and 2 Isabel from them. If the chicks weren't straight run, I'd buy chicks. My post office can't seem to get employees and the ones they do get don't pay attention.
You might try English Orps. They are a lot more docile and friendly. They look like fluffy bowling balls with feet.
Look like Gold Laced Wyandottes and an EE!
