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[lildinkem]

GREAT, thank you so much for the advice lildenkem....I will watch for his to get the
Bright red color... My friend got him for me so I don't know who owned him to ask his age.

I would say attend an APA show and see who brings any Orps. Best way to upgrade is to join the United Orpington Club and talk to Don Chandler. Don has LF Buff Orps. And MAY know someone close to you who could hopefully get you a few hens/pullets. Some like to buy eggs. That is such a cr@p shoot though. You have the eggs go thru the shipping, and possibly the heat. Buying chicks is the next best thing. I had my best results just waiting my turn and buying from a reputable breeder. Try and get a duo. Most Exhibition breeders would prefer to sell to someone in the club. And then you can use that boy for the first year. Once the offpsring grows out. Then select 2 good quality trios for the next season of breeding. They all should have the Cuckoo barring. And then you also can keep another backup or two just incase. I have 3 Buff pens. My #1 Buff pen has 3 hens to one boy. my #2 Buff pen has what you seen in my previous post. My #3 Buff pen is the just incase pen. Same thing with my Blacks. 3 Pens 2 I incubate from. Never can be too safe. Lots of predators out there just loving to get their teeth into my birds.

 

[OSUman]

If you have pullets that hatch out self buff then the rooster only carries one barring gene, the buffs should be culled from the LCO breeding program. A pure Lemon Cuckoo shouldn't throw any self colored birds just Cuckoo, but most of the lines have been crossed with buff.

On the LCO why is it some hens hatch out barred and other do not? I have an idea it is the amount of barring genes but am not sure.

 

[smchickfarm]

my new buff orpington babies:

 

[themichigander]

I was looking to get two buff orps myself. I need two started pullets around 6-14weeks old. What are the characteristics of the breed????

 

[smchickfarm]

I was looking to get two buff orps myself. I need two started pullets around 6-14weeks old. What are the characteristics of the breed????

I have had chickens for many years, but I am just now getting into orpingtons. Everything I have heard is great. Suppose to be very docile and friendly. Great brown egg layers and very broody. Also cold hardy and can adapt to free range or pens. I have a young pair of lavender ones, 3 lavender babies that I hatched and now the 9 buff babies!! So far I am in love with this breed!

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

I was looking to get two buff orps myself. I need two started pullets around 6-14weeks old. What are the characteristics of the breed????

Our Orpingtons are always in our way. the other day I went out to check on the brooder house, heard something, turned around and found the entire flock of Buff Orpingtons UNDER MY FEET!

They are always under foot. No puppy is this friendly. Never had a mean Orpington rooster. NEVER! they may exist, but I have never had them. Started with Orpingtons in 1979. You will enjoying them.

However, not all listed as Orpington are Orpingtons. Many hatcheries will introduce other breeds to improve production. These "outcrosses" can cause behavior issues. The exhibition strains we have raised have always been gentle. Here are two of our birds with their keepers.

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[pinkribbons4]

Here is Ellie...my 9 week old Lemon Cuckoo Orpington! We're hoping she's a girl

 

[lildinkem]

Here is Ellie...my 9 week old Lemon Cuckoo Orpington! We're hoping she's a girl

She looks like a nice size girl. I like her head. Hard to tell with this pic. Does she have sprigs?

Here is a pic of my first White hatch. Hope there are many more to come.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Well, the blue orpington hen we picked up at the Crossroads show in November has gone broody on us!

She has good timing too, we had a few eggs hatch out this weekend. She's been moved into a broody pen next to the run. I'm sure she'll be a good mom and plenty able to protect her chicks from the other hens, just not if they're all enclosed in our run and right now the chickens are all on lockdown because we're trying to reseed the back yard. Tonight we'll slip the 4 chicks that just hatched yesterday underneath her. Hopefully all will go well and I'll have cute pictures to post here tomorrow!

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

Well, the blue orpington hen we picked up at the Crossroads show in November has gone broody on us!

She has good timing too, we had a few eggs hatch out this weekend. She's been moved into a broody pen next to the run. I'm sure she'll be a good mom and plenty able to protect her chicks from the other hens, just not if they're all enclosed in our run and right now the chickens are all on lockdown because we're trying to reseed the back yard. Tonight we'll slip the 4 chicks that just hatched yesterday underneath her. Hopefully all will go well and I'll have cute pictures to post here tomorrow!

Unless she has been sitting for a good while I doubt if she will accept the chicks as hers. Plan on being there in the morning when she wakes up or you might lose the chicks if she rejects them.