The REAL buff Orpington

[Kessel23]

It is just hatchery quality birds. The Buff Orpington became so popular with backyard flocks that most hatcheries put quantity over quality. The hatcheries just wanted to meet the demand for this bird and so they were less picky with which birds were used in their breeding flocks and set the standards low. Sex links are not called RIRs, the RIRs at hatcheries are usually production reds, I believe a few years ago a very popular cross was a New Hampshire Red x RIR and the hatcheries wanted to meet the demand for this bird and it led to most true RIR breeding flocks being wiped out. The birds that were left are called Production reds but labeled as RIRs by most hatcheries. Another recent breed that most hatcheries destroyed was the Ameraucana. When people found out that you could produce a green egg laying bird by crossing the Ameraucana with a brown egg layer the hatcheries wanted to provide the new egg color and destroyed their Ameraucana breeding flocks which are now EEs. This happens often, when a new hybrid or breed becomes extremely popular the hatcheries want to gain money so they start producing that certain breed or cross and it usually results in one bird being wiped out or 1 becoming very low quality. It is pretty hard to find a hatchery that still has true RIRs or true Ameraucanas.

 

[meetthebubus]

Look at that gorgeous thing. Looks like he brushed his hair and everything for this picture.

haha that's exactly what i've said about that pic of Roo!! Funny thing is he's friendly but we are not alowed to touch him or else he'll scream like a banchee so i guess any grooming was done by his girls in secret!!

 

[2 many chickens]

haha that's exactly what i've said about that pic of Roo!! Funny thing is he's friendly but we are not alowed to touch him or else he'll scream like a banchee so i guess any grooming was done by his girls in secret!!

We he's a pretty boy and he KNOWS it lol. He's posing and everything.

 

[Mckennas poultry]

Here’s my roo, he’s some sort of hybrid I believe