Looking for Buff Orpingtons in homestead/ Redlands Florida.

[Gatorhunter8055]

Hey guys, Just finished my coop and the family and I cannot wait to get our new featherd friends. We are looking for Buff Orpingtons because our research shows the are very tame and good with children and produce large brown eggs which is what we want. Does anyone know where we can find some hens locally? ive only found chicks. We would want to start with hens.. any advice would be deeply apreciated.

Randi

 

[chicklover 1998]

Welcome to BYC, most hatcheries are willing to ship started birds so you could research hatcheries. not judging just wondering why you don't want to have chicks?

 

[mandamay28]

Hi there. My family is also just beginning too raise chickens! We just ordered our chicks today! I looked long and hard for Buff Orpingtons locally ( Daytona Beach area) I couldn't find any either... although I was looking for chicks and also other breeds of the same age. I ordered from My Pet Chicken. Not sure if they have older hens or not though. Good luck!

 

[Gatorhunter8055]

Hey guys thank you for your response... good luck to you guys also id love to see pics of your settup. I can only do hens because i dont feel that my coop is good enough for small baby chicks. my settup is geared for hens. later in the future i will settup an area large enough to incorporate new hens. next year i will incubate and hatch some chicks as a father daughter project.

 

[chicklover 1998]

Hey guys thank you for your response... good luck to you guys also id love to see pics of your settup. I can only do hens because i dont feel that my coop is good enough for small baby chicks. my settup is geared for hens. later in the future i will settup an area large enough to incorporate new hens. next year i will incubate and hatch some chicks as a father daughter project.

Sounds like a good idea, I remember way back when I was 7 my moms hair dresser gave her some fertile eggs and a tiny incubator, and I got to hatch out some eggs then gave the chicks back to her.

 

[mlm Mike]

Good luck!

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to Backyard chickens. Buff Orpingtons are very popular, for the reasons you mentioned. You may want to post on your state thread . Just put Florida in the search box and it will come up. You may find what you are looking for, in your area.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[flocking nuts]

Hi Randi,

Hows chickening going for you? We just moved to Redland, and totally love it. We got some chicks at sunset feed on 296 and old dixie. They didnt have buff orpingtons. We got 6 chicks: 3 black astrolopes, 1 white leg horn, 1 Rhode Island red, and a white brahma. They have been healthy, and seem to have been sexed correctly.

The light brama is very friendly, shes the 1st out to say hi, follows me around the yard, and allows my almost 4 y/o daughter to hold her. We kept them in a dog crate with cardboard on the bottom half to stop the little buggers from escaping.

Wendy

 

[BuffOrpington88]

Hi and

You already have some great advice, so I just wanted to mention that if you wanted to see pictures of everyone's setups, you can check out their "My Coop" page, where lots of people have posted pictures and sometimes how they built it. Good luck!