Why Orpingtons?

[speckledhen]

Wow, she is a Beauty Queen! Lovely girl you have!

 

[Yogiman]

Beauty Queen is one pretty queen and the coloration is so unique.

 

[DutchChic]

Okay Orp experts....Orps have always been my favorites of all my different breeds in my laying flock. The buffs were part of my first chicks purchased about 7 years ago, and I still have 4 hens from that original purchase. I am now branching out into blue/black/splash and have chicks and hatching eggs on the way. I know all about the way blue/black/splash works, but how does buff x black, and buff x splash work? What do you get?

 

[Ace_king_brahma]

Thanks I really love her color. I feel lucky to have gotten her. She was part of a trio but unfortunately I lost the roo in transport. I wish I knew what to breed her to for the sake of continuing the color.

 

[speckledhen]

What you get is anybody's guess, Dutch. Buff and Blue are both complicated colors and you may get several different looking birds from that pairing.

 

[DutchChic]

Well, it should be fun "playing" with all the colors...lol. Beauty Queen sure is pretty....I sure wouldn't mind the chicks turning out like her.

 

[MissPrissy]

This is my buff x blue cockeral I hatched from eggs from TOH

In the sun he is really brassy red and the black feathers sheen deep green.

He is really pretty to look at but I just don't have the room to keep more roos.

 

[BamaChicken]

He is gorgeous with that red coloring.. I know they have Red Orps in England, but of course don't they have every color we wish we could get our hands on.

 

[Katy]

These little gals

are why we love orps! This little group hatched on friday.

 

[amazondoc]

You people are very very BAD. Here I've got my flock all picked out, and you have to go and make me drool over orps again.

The main reason I decided against orps was the size. I'd really prefer to stick with smaller "standard" breeds. But how about bantam orps? Anybody here got them?