Why Orpingtons?

[NoSpringChick]

Stunning, just stunning....

for me it's the fluffy butts, calm demeanor, big brown eggs...what more could you ask in a chicken

 

[Buff Hooligans]

I think Buff Orps are the Scarlet Johannson's of the chicken world. Blond, gorgeous and big butted!

 

[Katy]

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OK...now I've got to go find a picture of her....does she really have a big tushy?!

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Dang, I thought the picture went lower than that... Well, just imagine a healthy female tush.

 

[KKluckers]

Here is a few of my birds.

 

[Iceblink]

Yogiman- those are really interesting results. Were all your eggs shipped?

What kind of hen did you have that could fit 8 eggs?

Do the other-than-buff Orps have the great personalities? How are they as far as egg laying? And why does nobody have the white ones?

 

[KKluckers]

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I shipped him eggs from Wa to LA and he got a 100% hatch rate with mine. I was so excited to here that

He probably more excited than me LOL.
I think me blues and blacks have just as good of a personality as the buffs. As far as whites some hatcheries carry them, but sometimes they send you white rocks. The yellow legs are a dead give a way. There are only two breeders I know of in the US that have excellent (show quality) stock and have very long wait list. Sandhill has them, but I have heard bad things about there stock this year. A lady here in Wa is on their wait list for the whites so when she gets them I might get to see the quality first hand.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Wow I can't get over those BLUE orp pictures! Beautiful birds! AND HUGE! Good thing they are good natured! lol I want a splash so badly but have to find them.

 

[2manyhats]

Not fair! Now I want Blue Orps, too. I'll just have to control myself until next year. ....Maybe.

 

[Buster]

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I shipped him eggs from Wa to LA and he got a 100% hatch rate with mine. I was so excited to here that

He probably more excited than me LOL.
I think me blues and blacks have just as good of a personality as the buffs. As far as whites some hatcheries carry them, but sometimes they send you white rocks. The yellow legs are a dead give a way. There are only two breeders I know of in the US that have excellent (show quality) stock and have very long wait list. Sandhill has them, but I have heard bad things about there stock this year. A lady here in Wa is on their wait list for the whites so when she gets them I might get to see the quality first hand.

I have two white orp pullets and really like them. They were given to me by a friend who hatched them. I'll have to ask her where she got her eggs from.