Buff Orpington Chickens

Day Old Buff Orpington Baby Chicks

• Dual purpose
• 200-280 Eggs Annually
• Docile , sweet , make good pets
• Cockerel 8 lbs, Pullet 7 lbs
• APA class  English
• Conservation Status: Recovering

Orpingtons are fluffy, sweet chickens. The Buff is a gorgeous, rich, golden color. They have a single comb and are cold hardy birds.

If there are celebrities within the poultry fancy, then William Cook must be counted among them. Mr. Cook developed the Orpington breed and named it after his hometown in County Kent, which was, of course, the town of Orpington.

Mr. Cook did more than developing a breed of chicken, though. He also did an excellent job of making that breed well known across the world. Orpingtons were popular in Mr. Cook's native England, but he also brought them to a poultry show in Madison Square Garden in 1895 where they were met with great enthusiasm.

The original Orpingtons were Black Orpingtons, but Mr. Cook quickly added colors and the Buff was one of the first. Buff is now the most common color variation within the breed and has always been the favorite color in the US. Buff Orpingtons were included in the American Poultry Association's Standard of Perfection in 1902, a full three years before Black Orpingtons were.