Was I lied to?

[TallChickMagnet]

Was I lied to or was it a mistake? I am new here and have been posting about my Buff Orpington. Well, after reading a little about them I notice that it said that Orpingtons lay brown eggs, and mine lay white. Now I think that mine may be Buff Minorca. I wanted Orpington because of their personalities. I was told that it was an Orpington. Were they trying to get away with selling me less for more?

 

[1muttsfan]

A few pictures would help, be sure to show the combs and legs clearly.

 

[TallChickMagnet]

I've been trying to uload some pictures, but I AM HAVING PROBLEMS.

 

[Firefighter Chick]

I have hatchery buff orpingtons and they lay different shades of brown from med brown to almost white.

 

[stoopid]

I recently got a bunch of hatching eggs from a very reputable breeder, they are all varying shades of light brown.
I have a few Minorcas, they are skinny, flighty birds. Compare the Minorca to a Leghorn.
The Orp is a big, fluffy bird.
Pics will help alot, but I will check back on this post to see if you figured it out.
Minorcas also have a large, white earlobe.
We will figure this out!
Roberta

 

[speckledhen]

I've never had a Buff Orp lay a very brown egg. They're mostly light brown to almost a pearly beigey-white color. One of mine lays one with a pink cast to it.

 

[TallChickMagnet]

Here in one pic. Lets see if I can get more.

 

[TallChickMagnet]

Here are more pic of the bird and an egg... Any help or ideas?

 

[Hezz]

That bird doesn't look like a Buff Orpington at all to me. She's too red, and with the white coloring on her back end.... I think you were lied to.

 

[speckledhen]

The white color on that bird looks like glare in the picture to me and the egg picture has too much glare, too, to tell the actual color of the egg.

The bird has red earlobes so it's a brown egg layer. Only a few rare ones have brown lobes and lay white eggs, such as the Holland. A Minorca would have white lobes and that bird looks like a hatchery Buff Orp missing lots of feathers from rooster damage.

Buff Orp color can vary from light yellow to deeper gold, especially in hatchery stock. It's pretty narrow bodied, but, then again, hatchery stock varies. Does not look at all like a Minorca.

Could be a Buff Rock if she had yellow legs early in her laying cycle, but the egg is lighter than most Rocks lay.