fireguzzi wrote:Johnj wrote:Developed as a dual purpose breed, Orpingtons make fair table fowl and are excellent winter layers of large brown eggs. They have very laid back personalities and make good pets.

The orpingtons tickle yer funny bone do they?
Last time I saw buff orpingtons, I remember they were BIG. Seemed to come up to my knee, 'tho it's been a while, so I might not be remembering right. We live in suburbia, had some silkies in the back yard a couple of summers ago. Neighborhood kids thought they were great, but stuck-up adults complained, so the silkies went to a local petting zoo.

Someday we'll get some land and have fowl again and a few critters.....