orpington

Five beautiful, healthy and friendly chickens looking for a new home. We are moving and sadly can't take our girls. We have 2 grey Orpingtons, 1 black Orpington, 1 light Brahma and 1 partridge Cochin. They were all born in April of last year and are the sweetest things! They will eat from your...

Hello, Thank you in advance to anyone who can assist. I am new to chicken keeping. I ordered seven baby chicks from MPC. They are 6.5 weeks old currently. I ordered six girls and one boy. However, I have my suspicions that some of my bullets are actually roos. I have an assortment of breeds. 1...

Hi, I have a broody hen in a mixed orpington pen and curiosity. This is the first year we have had any roosters, so this is the first time they could hatch chicks! The babies will either be used for meat or kept for eggs - so the coloring is not especially important to us. We are very excited...

I have four beautiful buff Orpingtons. I'm going to get hatching eggs because I want an Orp male but I don't understand how the colours work. My option for egg colours are: Splash Blue Black Gold Laced Silver Laced Jubilee Is anyone able to tell me what colours would be produced with these...

I’m interested in adding a black pullet chick to my flock with our next round of raising chicks. We live in a neighborhood, on about a half acre, and thankfully, our neighbors are for the most part cool with it, but I want to make sure we’re looking at quieter breeds. We are of course going to...

Hattie has decided that it is easier these days to eat while laying down. As she says, "It's not easy being dual purpose!"

Hi there, I recently got some new chicks and I am trying to figure out if I have a roo or pullet in both my birds. I have a splash silkie and a silver laced orpington. These pictures were taken when they were 8 weeks old. They are now 11 weeks old.

We purchased 2 Lavender Orpington chicks together, and now they are starting to look different. Need help to determine if one may be a rooster. #1 has always been a little bigger, so we thought it was just a tad older, it has the longer tail but a smaller comb and not a big wattle #2 is...

We got a straight run of chickens mid February, but have a few too many roosters. We have two buff Orpington roosters that are coming into their own, and would be great for a their own flock. They are too nice of a roosters for eating, and would be great free range roosters. Protective of their...

👋 my family and I are first time chicken keepers We have 5 hens, we are raising from chicks so they are just pullets. We have: an Americana, a Buff Orpington, Lavender Orpington, a Salmon Faverolle, and a mystery hen that we think is an Amberlink. I have always liked the idea of raising hens...

I can’t stop googling! I’m trying to figure out what type of breed this is, tractor supply said it’s a buff Orpington. I have never seen orpingtons with fuzzy legs?

This pretty girl crowed this morning 😂 about 2 months old, sold to me as a jubilee orp pullet 🧐 I don’t think so! Free to a good home in Northeast Oklahoma. Willing to drive a little ways and can meet in the middle. Pm for info 😀

Are speckled eggs harder to hatch? I have Orpingtons. The Blue and Splash eggs are smooth and hatch readily. The Black Laced Silver have various levels of speckling and I do not get as good a hatch rate with them. And the more heavily speckled ones (from one hen) develop but never seem to pip...

I have 2 Splash and 1 Blue English (and 3 Black Laced Silver) English Orpington hens. ALL being covered by a Black Laced Silver Rooster. The Chicks from the Splash and Blue hens are all "Blue" and indistinguishable. I have been selling all my chicks and some hatching eggs. There is a HUGE...

I believe I brought this one home around the end of March, it was the only BO in the 7 chicks I purchased - the other 6 were black australorps, 5 of those were roosters lol - so I don’t really have any BO this age to compare it to I do have some BO pullets that I brought home at the end of April...

Hi everyone, I always appreciate the help I get from this site, you guys are excellent! I hatched these eggs about 2 and 1/2 weeks ago from Georgia that I received from eBay and they were supposed to be a varied mix of orpington colors. All three look the same (are they chocolate orpington?)...

Hi all, I have a blue Orpington, Indie, that was purchased from a feed store on 4/21 as a day old blue orpington pullet. From the first day I’ve noticed her wings seem a bit odd, now as they are getting feathers, they naturally tuck under and seem disheveled. Is she actually lavender and this is...

Hoping to get some ideas whether these two 6-week old chicks are male or female? Any help appreciated :) On an unrelated note, anyone have success keeping silkies and orpingtons together?I have 5 silkies, are all mature and these are the only two orps. Hoping having the big birds grow up...