These are such pretty birds. I keep reading how sweet they are. Are they intelligent (as birds go) as well?
Our 1st orloff chicks (3 of them) are only 2.5 weeks old, but having kept 9 other breeds (thus far), I'd vouch for them being one the most intelligent breeds I've ever met, thus far. We can already call the little winged fluffs and they come, they already know the sound of the mealworms container (and also come running). They're highly inquisitive, and if one of the chicks learns or figures something out, the others will immediately mimick and jump on board.
We put a lot of time into handling all of our chicks young and often, because it makes dealing with them and adults so much easier, and none of our others have ever been "dumb" birds, per say, but we've never had any pick up and learn so much so quickly. In our experience, Wellsummers and Dominiques have been the next most savvy, but still weren't as quick and sharp as this group of ROs.