Here are a few pics from our ever-so-hardy Buff Orpies layers....
Buff, Black, Blue, White
Only buffs are still popular.
88%/8% (buff/all other)
Standard: 8 lb
APA (1902):
Large: Single Comb Clean Legged
PC: Soft Feather Heavy
Dual Purpose: Great meat birds and Great egg layers.
Originally developed by William Cook in Orpington (County Kent) the 1880s.
white skin, great brooder; excellent mother hardy; very cold hardy moderately early maturing adaptable to free range; very adaptable to confinement; docile; more easily handled; can be bullied.
Our Birds: ours have been docile enough, and some have fit pretty low in the pecking order, all of ours have shown the "friendliness" that others have claimed for the breed for years!
Only buffs are still popular.
88%/8% (buff/all other)
Standard: 8 lb
APA (1902):
Large: Single Comb Clean Legged
PC: Soft Feather Heavy
Dual Purpose: Great meat birds and Great egg layers.
Originally developed by William Cook in Orpington (County Kent) the 1880s.
white skin, great brooder; excellent mother hardy; very cold hardy moderately early maturing adaptable to free range; very adaptable to confinement; docile; more easily handled; can be bullied.
Our Birds: ours have been docile enough, and some have fit pretty low in the pecking order, all of ours have shown the "friendliness" that others have claimed for the breed for years!