Question about Buff Orpington ****PICS added***

[Crazy4Chicks]

I dont think your baby is a LB - I raised 5 last spring and mine were the black and yellowish looking chicks in your link - I would really think your baby is a cochin

either way she is a cutie


Julie

 

[Dustin Biery]

If it is a cochin, its not a buff. Buffs are not supposed to have any black in them. The feathers, from what I can tell, on your bird, are white, with some black in them. I am going to agree with Tuff, it looks like a light brahma.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Could it be a light brahma and have been solid yellow at hatching?

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

To everyone who said Light Brahma- BINGO!

 

[ChicknThief]

My LB Bitsy was pure yellow until she started getting her real feathers. I vote Light Brahma!! Most definately some of the sweetest birds on the planet!

 

[JillS]

A big thank you to Standard Feed and Seed in downtown Jax,Fl. for providing these chicks free for those that attended a wonderfully informative chicken class earlier this month. These are the Buff Orpington ya'll wanna see. I am very sure they knew the breed. Afterall, they have been in the business since 1948.

 

[JillS]

K, back to the reason I'm posting. I was hoping someone could tell me if there is a color difference in the male and female buff orpington at this tender age. And because I now own this breed I would like to know more about this breed.
I do know they are a good layer and an especially good meat bird. They are a gentle breed that might produce a calmer quieter roo. Although, even though a quite roo is possible in this breed, folks have also said they've had some loud roos from this breed. The pulletsabout 6lbs.hens8,cockerels8 and roosters10lbs.Does anyone have a picture of these chicks as pullets and cockerels, That would be cool.

 

[BlazeJester]

Jill, you should start your own thread if you have your own sexing questions. People will actually read it. You resurrected a thread here that is 4 years old.

 

[JillS]

Thank you for your kind advice!