I've just hatched 5 Buff Orpingtons from an incubator, along with 8 Black Australorps and Blue Australorps. They are a week old tomorrow. Little cuties.

Just purchased 4 buff chicks today! Along with 5 bantams left at Tractor Supply. I built a coop before my cancer diagnosis in 2022, so I’m happy to be able to fill it up! I also have 5 quail that just started laying. Life is so, so good.

I have 6 of these and love them. 5 hens and one rooster. Such a nice and beautiful breed. They handle Canadian winters as well

I have 7 of them. I love my girls. They are all so sweet and i get an average of 1 egg every other day per bird. They are also fairly quiet girls. No real fussing or fighting. I love this breed. They are even friendly with my dog. My dog thinks they are her babies. She won't even let my cat look at them without chasing her off. Lol. Good dog, great chickens

Yes they are a very friendly breed. I have 11Buff Orpington hens and will be picking up a Buff Orpington rooster tomorrow. Whenever I enter their run they all come running to me to see if I have treats for them. They are only 9 weeks old but are already big girls.

I appreciate this info. I just got a hen. She is easily over 8 months. I am a novest. Her foot was damaged due to the fact she was in a meshed cage. It is healing as we speak. Prior to this, i purchased two rhoade island red chicks on a whim 8 months ago. One ended up being a rooster. I have parrots. To be true,I thought they were roasters that lived for a year or so. I love animals. I thought I would just give them a good life. Fast forward, my birds sleep in the house at night and roam in my verdent backyard in the day. They are both super friendly and love to be held in the evening. The reason why I wanted to thank you was that I didn't know the breed of my new hen. I understand her personality now. She is extremely docile, loves human interaction, and doesn't roam too much rather seeking shade under bushes , trees, or just wanting to come inside the house and hang out. I was concerned prior to this video because I just thought it would have the same personality traits as my reds who are much more active and hyper curious. Thankyousomuch God bless this world's messes

I have 4 buffs and they LOVE foraging...my other hen is a Delaware and she could care less about foraging... otherwise everything that you said seemed pretty accurate for them. :) Very happy with them!

My sister had Buff Orpington’s. She loved them! She said they were like having a puppy dog. 💖😊👍. Then her husband decided to give away all the chickens and had other plans for the land so she was sad to have to let them go! 🙁 She said they were so friendly! 🌷👍😁

I have 8 buff Orpington hens and 7 out of 8 don’t fuss when held. Not all are paying yet but so far only one is broody but not to an extreme level. I love them!💕

I just ordered my first Buff Orpington chicks. I'm so excited!!

The buff Orpington hens are really sweet, just shy. Welsummers are also pretty friendly, so not sure you had an optimal experience with them to be saying they're aggressive. The buff Orpington roosters, on the other hand, are extremely aggressive. We had to put ours down because he would flog us every time we'd try to throw them some feed and would chase us down when we let the flock out to free range. We handle all our chickens a lot when they're young and get them used to human interaction, as well as establish our dominance with all the roosters, so whatever you've done to make your buff rooster friendly I would love to know. In the meantime I'd like to add that Ameraucanas are amazing companions, to both buff Orpingtons and humans. They're the favorite bird on our farm, super friendly hens *and* roosters, only downfall is they can be shy if you don't handle them often. We had a splash Ameraucana rooster named Jack Sparrow that would always run up to us to be picked up and cuddled when we'd come out of the house, best personality I've ever seen in a chicken.

Thank you for posting this video. I have four of them and two Rhode Island Reds.

6:33 This is excellent! May I add this observation; that your knowledge may increase through my experience. Buffs are excellent free-ranged with no additional feed but cracked corn early in the day and at sunset. Mine have complete access to a creek, a deep hollow, ridge, open field and mature woods. In the last month I shot AT A BOBCAT and two days later a Red Fox. My chickens are smart and act as a flock. I also have hawks and falcons; my buffs fear the hawks and are very vocal in their assessment of danger. Please be so advised and refrain from repeating the error of stating that they are poor foragers... God Bless You.

Thanks for your channel!

Great video. Thanks for the info. I have a small flock of 4 hens and 1 Americana rooster. My hens are a mix of Black Star, Red Star, Americana and White Leghorn. Looking to get 2 buffs next week to work into the flock to brood our own chicks.

I love them

My Fav. breed as well. I've lost two out of 9 in a year. The comb turned dark and they ended up with respiratory issue and died. ? But they are social and friendly.

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Thanks for the history lesson.

what size of a coop would you recommend for 4 Buff Orphington Hens? My wife received a 2 X 6 Aivituvin- AIR61 Mobile Chicken Tractor as a gift but already at 5 weeks it seems this coop will be way too small for them.

well shoot... just bought 3 of these and 3 rhode islands ... read an article that said they were both great layers so thought 3 of each would be a good idea. Guess Ill just have to hope they grow up friendly to each other.

Hmmm, my Buff Orpingtons are a little different....they are much larger than my red star, black sex link and rhode islands so while they don't "rule the roost" they definitely tend to bully the other hens. Mine do not lay daily, but are reliably laying about every other day or so.

Do buffs cry or sing when laying eggs 🥚?

My lavender Orpington and Barred rocks are so friendly and sweet, but my buff Orpington‘s always run away for me. I don’t know if I got a bad batch or what. they’re just not friendly😢

I know this is off topic, but I can’t find the information anywhere. We have about ten Easter Eggers, a CA Gray, and a Marian. They were born around Aug 20th. We are at 20 weeks now with no eggs yet. Currently, we are at 10 hours of daylights per day. Do we need to do supplemental light to get the started? Everything we have read makes it sound like we should be getting eggs by now. Ideas? Comments?

I have two hens in my flock and my only rooster is a buff orpington He's a big boy He's probably about 10 or 11 lbs he believes that he is a dog I can call him and he'll come to me his name is red

We have 10 buff orpingtin hens , needing a rooster

Yes yes but what are buff orpingtons' political views like? Do they lean more liberal or conservative?

My favorite, I had one named Henny Penny, my wife’s stupid dog killed her. I hate small dogs Till This Day! Now we have two red Sexlinks, but I still miss my Henny, she was so sweet.🥲