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I have to agree I love Orps. Barred Rocks as well. My Lady Domino, a Barred Rock, was the queen of my pet flock, very fat and very dignified. All the hens backed off around her and was in every way Queen of the flock. Most of my EE's have been pretty skittish but this one particular bird was...

My Orps did seem to go broody more than some other breeds. Later, when I didn't have a rooster I liked around I sometimes got eggs from a friend with good bloodlines in her flock and let my ladies brood them. My best pet hen was a mix, Easter egger and ? she laid green eggs and was without a...

What adorable pictures! My very first broody hen hatch, decades ago, was a co-brooded nest. I was dumbfounded and green as grass. Had no clue what to do so I just trusted the hens and watched them carefully. The two hens were sisters from a group of feed store bought Orpingtons. They shared...