Is my buff Orpington up to the SOP?

[Jenbirdee]

I have chocolate orpingtons they are english and they are the floofiest floofballs ever. Giant floofs! personally Im not intersted in any shows I think they stress out the birds and mine are pets so I ust want them to be happy
But some people like to show birds and your bird is pretty.
you will learn a lot through the process, I am sure. Best of luck!
If you are interested why not just give it a try ? might be fun

 

[Auntiejessi3]

And this proves the fact that I don't know Orpingtons at all . Also I think you're right he doesn't do buff

He does carry buff in the english variety

 

[ColtHandorf]

Let's see, who knows about Orpingtons.... @ColtHandorf . I don't know of anyone else

I have a buff Orpington hen who has such a gorgeous rich buff plumage. She is so pretty and I want to show her in my local fair. Is she up to the SOP?

She's definitely not going to place well in an APA-sanctioned show. She's a hatchery Orpington and would be competing against well-bred birds from breeders working toward the SOP. Her color is not even, and she's very thin/pinched. This is what she should look like if she were going to do well at a competition.

And a nice rooster:

DEEP SOUTH Buff Orpingtons breeds SQ Buff Orpingtons that follow the APA SOP.

I'm not sure he does Buff though...



He's buff enough already!

I definitely have a few English Orpingtons of the Buff variety.

They look awful here. They need to molt and I didn't take the time to get a good picture. They were really wanting out on the grass.

As far as me being buff? lol I need to start working out again.

Meanwhile:

And this proves the fact that I don't know Orpingtons at all . Also I think you're right he doesn't do buff

See above. lol

Do you think she could still do well in show?

No. I don't. Not a real APA show. She'll probably place in a backwater country fair type show. I've seen people show Easter Eggers and stuff that place there. But that's not really a win. It's just someone who doesn't know a thing about breed standards saying a bird looks pretty.

There's no reason you can't show her for the experience, but it can be disheartening to enter this:

against this:

@ColtHandorf What color should the beak be? Are the shanks here white enough? I wasn't sure if I saw some yellowing in one pic, or if it was just the light. Those would be disqualifications, correct? Even in a little local show?

The beak on Buff Orpingtons should be horn-colored (white). The shanks shoould also be white. I don't see any yellow in the OP's bird's legs, but I did see what looked like yellow in a pic on the beak, but that may just be the lighting. It should be a DQ, but I've seen sex-links place at small local shows.

No, but you should still show her, it's a fun experience.

This. So long as you are doing it for the expereince and not expecting a win. There's no sense in setting yourself up for failure. If you're really interested in showing, I'd talk to some people who do show and who breed and start of with quality stock to begin your show season.

He does carry buff in the english variety

I do. You know me so well.

 

[fluffycrow]

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She's definitely not going to place well in an APA-sanctioned show. She's a hatchery Orpington and would be competing against well-bred birds from breeders working toward the SOP. Her color is not even, and she's very thin/pinched. This is what she should look like if she were going to do well at a competition.

And a nice rooster:

DEEP SOUTH Buff Orpingtons breeds SQ Buff Orpingtons that follow the APA SOP.

I definitely have a few English Orpingtons of the Buff variety.
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They look awful here. They need to molt and I didn't take the time to get a good picture. They were really wanting out on the grass.

As far as me being buff? lol I need to start working out again.

Meanwhile:

See above. lol

No. I don't. Not a real APA show. She'll probably place in a backwater country fair type show. I've seen people show Easter Eggers and stuff that place there. But that's not really a win. It's just someone who doesn't know a thing about breed standards saying a bird looks pretty.

There's no reason you can't show her for the experience, but it can be disheartening to enter this:

against this:

The beak on Buff Orpingtons should be horn-colored (white). The shanks shoould also be white. I don't see any yellow in the OP's bird's legs, but I did see what looked like yellow in a pic on the beak, but that may just be the lighting. It should be a DQ, but I've seen sex-links place at small local shows.

This. So long as you are doing it for the expereince and not expecting a win. There's no sense in setting yourself up for failure. If you're really interested in showing, I'd talk to some people who do show and who breed and start of with quality stock to begin your show season.

I do. You know me so well.

If you dont mind, I'll steal that first GIF

 

[Amer]

Yes. I placed my order before I started to learn about the SOP and exhibition.

Haha, my first chicks were Easter Eggers. I thought they were a real breed. It was probably for the best that it turned out I had to give them up because no chickens were allowed in town. I would have been pretty disappointed at the fair.
Then my first "show birds" were hatchery d'Uccles, Jersey Giants, and Dominique bantams before I learned about show birdsgot my first breeder Ameraucanas.

Thanks! She has always been my favorite chicken lol

To be clear, she is on the left side in the collage pic, next to a champion show bird. She has never been brought to show. I hope that was obvious lol

yeah, I got it.

 

[Party_Chicken]

No. I don't. Not a real APA show. She'll probably place in a backwater country fair type show. I've seen people show Easter Eggers and stuff that place there. But that's not really a win. It's just someone who doesn't know a thing about breed standards saying a bird looks pretty.

The show is a backwater country fair. I am doing this for an FFA project. This will be my first show I am hoping to get experience so I can show better birds later on!

 

[ColtHandorf]

The show is a backwater country fair. I am doing this for an FFA project. This will be my first show I am hoping to get experience so I can show better birds later on!

Check with the FFA to be sure you can even show "breeding" chickens. I came from a very rural community 4-H Program that didn't have any of the fun classes. No dairy cattle or goats and no breeding chickens. Our FFA could also only show broiler chickens.

 

[Party_Chicken]

Check with the FFA to be sure you can even show "breeding" chickens. I came from a very rural community 4-H Program that didn't have any of the fun classes. No dairy cattle or goats and no breeding chickens. Our FFA could also only show broiler chickens.

I went to the show last year and I checked with my FFA advisor. I know I can show her.

 

[Amer]

Check with the FFA to be sure you can even show "breeding" chickens. I came from a very rural community 4-H Program that didn't have any of the fun classes. No dairy cattle or goats and no breeding chickens. Our FFA could also only show broiler chickens.

Here in Wisconsin, dairy cows made up the largest class.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Here in Wisconsin, dairy cows made up the largest class.

That would make sense, it being Wisconsin and all. lol When I went to the state 4-H show in San Antonio, there were barns of dairy cattle, cow/calf pairs, steers, and then breeding cows. Same with goats, pigs, sheep, rabbits, chickens, etc. There were waterfowl, emus, ostrich, and quail. I even saw llamas and alpacas. I suppose the larger counties get to show a larger variety of things because the interest is there. The only reason our county had breeding rabbits that could be shown is that there were three rabbitries that sold rabbits to the kids showing. So they convinced the county to let them show in the Junior and Senior Buck and Doe classes.