Meet The Buffs, Our New Buff Orpington Chickens
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- An introduction to our new Buff Orpington chickens! Meet the girls. They have a few missing feathers from an over abundance of roosters in their coop but they will grow back. Buff Orpington chickens are a beautiful English bread of chickens.
This is by far the most positive and fastest integration process I've ever seen! Anyone have thoughts on why that is?
Not sure but all our integrations go that way, the roosters sometimes will fight a little but pretty much this is the way it goes. Sly is a good rooster as well, he doesn't put up with much.
Roosters are made to keep hens from not bullying each other And for protection for the hens and hatching purposes but other than that that's what a rooster will do it's a natural instinct they have it's so cool
Buffs are the only breed we have we have 6 lavender, 6 tan,6 black.They are very dossle and great brooders.
We love them too. Very good birds.
Nice educational Vid for me. Just planning yet. No chickens. no coop. I will never have a Rooster in the city here, but curious how many candled eggs are Fertal?
Thanks for the comment, good luck with the chickens they are a lot of work but are funny creatures! Our fertility rate is about 90-95% on average. But our birds are fairly young so over time I am sure that will go down.
We’re their egg laying songs quiet? Cuz I want to get some buff orpingtons but I saw a TH-cam video of one that was pretty loud when she was laying a egg.
In our experience it’s very random, some birds are loud and sone birds are not and really we don’t notice ant specific bread that is louder than another.
You have seperate the new one for a while in a cage they are traumatise
Hi, no they are fine, we have over 150 birds and none have had any ill effects from our methods. They will fuss over each other no matter how you introduce them. They have a pecking order and that will be established at some point no matter what.
You need another nesting box.
We have added one more box since this video was put out. Thanks for the suggestion.
How do you like your Buff Orpingtons? Very beautiful birds and beautiful flock over all. Are they very broody? I know years back they were but that may have been bred out of them somewhat. Great channel.
Hi, Yes we like the buffs. They lay all year round even in very cold weather, are always roaming around and getting into stuff. They don't go broody but I have heard they can. Overall a great bird. Not sure if they would be good in a hot climate but are great here. Thanks for the nice comments and glad you like the channel.
@@hagonshomestead May I ask what hatchery you buy your chicks from?
What a good rooster!
Yes he is!
This is amazing. We’re thinking of getting six or seven buffs for our first chicken coop this spring. How are these girls doing? Would you say they’re a good breed for first timers? We’re interested in them or Speckled Sussex.
Sorry for my delay, They are doing well, some of the best birds we have are the buffs and we also have their offspring that are doing great. I dont have any experience with Speckled Sussex but have Ameraucanas and they have been very good, it all depends if you strictly want the most eggs possible or a durable overall bird that lasts more then a few years. Also what type of climate you're in.
They're sweet, can be bossy, stubborn and can go broody. They don't lay that often, so if you're looking for a big egg layer, this is not the breed. I bought 2 one ended being a rooster. The rooster I miss (bobcat killed him) but he was really good with the girls and not too bad with me (have at least 8-10 hens for each rooster please). I love them, but I wouldn't get them again due to all the feathers and hot Texas heat, I almost lost my B.O hen this past summer due to heat. She has issues with thin eggs as well.
@@Cindy75K Would Easter Eggers or Sex Links be a better breed? We’re looking for something with a good disposition and that’s a good layer
Pretty girls! Blue is tough!
Thanks, yes blue is tough.
Only 2 nesting boxes? That's not enough for that many birds! You need at least 3 nesting boxes
Hi we have 4 in the coop.
I found the pecking order. Very hilarious. Blue and Queenie really run the roost but it appears that slick thinks he does too 😅
I love the trail cams and all your videos. There’s so much fun just nature. ❤
Now Blue and Stimpy are fully in the pack and Blue is the more bossy one. Unfortunately we lost Queen in the summer. It was very sad for us as she was awesome. Yes the trail cams are one of my favourite things to include in the videos.
Do your bantams get picked on much? I wanted to get some silkies but I'm worried my large chickens will bully them.
Hi, our smaller birds grew up with the chickens, they do get chased around a little, they never get picked on to bad. Never any missing feathers or anything. When we introduced the buffs, the buffs chased them around a bit. But now things have settled down and they don't bother them much in fact they sleep next to them and even under them on the roost at night. As you seen in the video blue one of our little ones tends to fight back and she has grown since then. But they all get along pretty well. It is a concern and you would have to watch them. Are your chickens calm and friendly? If so might not be an issue. Funny thing our smallest bird, queen who is 2 pounds maybe not even that, she never gets bugged by them. Funny how birds are. In the end its a hard call to make. Maybe give it a try and if things don't work out after a couple weeks or if they are getting hurt, have another home for them or another coop?
You have a great coop and run setup
Thank you so much!
I love Buff Orpingtons, they are so easy going and gentle, beautiful eggs, they are not generally the type to go broody though, rarely you'll get a brooder hen.
Yes the buffs are great and don't go broody on us. We are planning on adding more in another coop maybe by summer but we will have to see how it goes.
I heard they will more than others. My B.O showed signs recently of doing that, I broke her from it--she loves treats too much to sit in the nest luckily.
Aloha from Hawaii
Hello from the great white north! Hawaii is a beautiful place. We travelled there some years ago, loved it!
The hen's must decide the pecking order period. You need to remove the Rooster (he shouldn't reside with the hen's anyway) and only introduce him to the hen's once a month for 3 day's. Roosters are really negative on the health of the hen's. The happiness of the hen's totally determines the health and abundance of the egg's and also the offspring.
The flock should shape it's self in a week. It is a violent process. Because it doesn't happen in nature. They are forced into a higher nature (which is the miracle of the feminine nature). Roosters prolong and inhibit the nature of peace. Separate him for 7 days at least until things get sorted.
Actually since you don't have the required space needed to house the hen's you already have I suggest getting rid of that Rooster.
Roosters are only used to fertilize the ovum once every 6 weeks during Spring and Summer if you intend to hatch out eggs or sell fertilized eggs.
It's really bad animal husbandry:
1. to cram hen's into a small enclosure.
2. then shove an aggressor in on them!!
I disagree with pretty much everything you mention. But thanks for the comment.
I'm sure that you are doing everything right and everyone else is doing everything wrong. I guess you will have to excuse everyone else and just stand on your pedestal and glow. To each his own buddy. Go do your own thing and let others be!