• Purpose: Dual-Purpose
• Production: Excellent Layers of Medium Brown Eggs
• Nature: Docile, Calm, Good with Kids
• Broody (Likely to Sit): Extremely Likely
• Cold Tolerance: Excellent, Heat Tolerance: Good
• Mature Weight: Approx. 6-7lbs. 

This best-selling Heritage breed is pure gold with gorgeous buff feathering and a wonderfully quiet disposition.  Named for the English town where they were developed, Orpingtons come in several feather colors, but all are big quiet birds with fluffy feathers that keep them toasty warm during frigid weather. Buff Orpingtons are the most common color and lay about 220 brown eggs a year. They also make excellent setters and mothers to their baby chicks. Buff Orpington hens are often willing to hatch others’ eggs, or accept other baby chicks as their own. This gentle breed is perfect for first-time chicken keepers and families wanting backyard chickens and fresh eggs in an urban setting.
Buff Orpington hens lay approximately 220 eggs per year.