Hello! We just got some chicks last week from our local feed store, but for some obscure reason they mixed the Buff Orpingtons with Freedom Rangers. We picked out a dozen of the lightest colored chicks, hoping they were Buffs, but now that they're around 2 weeks old we aren't so sure! I grew up...

Hey! My husband and I just got 6 buff Orpington chicks today, and we're already in love. We are new at this, so we may have questions along the way. We have a half Australian shepherd half poodle mix dog, and we're worried about introducing them. He's a barker and a wild one. Any advise?

Hello, everyone! :) I live on 5 acres north of Spokane and am loving the country life; we just moved out to the country last summer. So I'm definitely a newbie! I have 7 chickens: 5 Orpingtons--3 Buffs and 2 Lavenders (one of which is a roo), and 2 Red Stars. Just got our very first eggs...

Its never happened to me before but I have a hen that has such a personality that I just can't sell her. Her name is Goldie and she is a Buff Orpington. When I first got her she was like the rest, comes for the food but stays away otherwise. Then one day I acquired a lone chicken, long story. I...

Greetings from Mobile, AL located on the Gulf Coast. We recently moved to a 25 acre ranch and I have always wanted to raise laying hens. I had absolutely no intentions of owning a rooster but at my first chicken swap was introduced to a gorgeous retired show rooster. He chose me and came home...