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Thank you.I agree
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Thank you.I agree
You're welcome.Thank you.
Any Orpington rooster is friendly. Rarely ever, there's a mean one.
Mine had a butt head stage when his hormones kicked in at about 6 months. He mellowed out, & loved the attention at a year old.Oh dear, I have to be an exception here. I got three straight run Buff Orps from TSC last spring that turned out to be all boys. I had to cull two of them at four months when they became unholy terrors to me and the three pullets. It got so bad, the girls wouldn't leave the coop. One of them bit me, hard, clamping down and twisting his beak. It left a nice bruise.
The third one is good to the girls. I have had to have a few "discussions" about me being the boss though. I plan to keep him, but he isn't the sweetheart that people say Orps are. Maybe he'll grow a little sweeter with age. He's still a cockerel.
I'd say Orpingtons are generally one of the most friendly breeds, whereas Wyandottes (depending on the rooster, as you said) can sometimes be among the least friendly.