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Jubilee Orpington

Buff Orpington

Other Orpington's will be available soon

The Buff Orpington was introduced in 1894 to satisfy the demand for buff coloured birds. The new variety was achieved by crossing gold spangled Hamburg cocks with dark and red Dorking hens and then mating the offspring pullets with Buff Cochin cocks.

 Other varieties are Jubilee, Spangled, Cuckoo and Blue  Orpingtons with several other colourings including Red, Partridge, Barred, Gold and Silver Laced. These large fowl are classified as heavy soft feather. They lay  brown eggs and are greatly admired when prepared and penned for showing. Their immense size and soft almost fluffy appearance together with their rich colour and gentle contours make them very attractive.