Orpingtons

For example, a breed called Orpingtons was recently introduced from England and now has ten varieties or colours that are "standard."

Outdoor Sports and Games Claude H. Miller

Chickens, especially Buff Orpingtons, do not need a huge amount of space.

Archive 2009-04-01 Sarah Lenz 2009

Chickens, especially Buff Orpingtons, do not need a huge amount of space.

Which Comes First... Sarah Lenz 2009

Did I already tell you that when our children got to choose two chickens for their own, our littlest guy had two Buff Orpingtons?

Chicks! Gumbo Lily 2010

I love getting chicks - ours always come in the mail and our city friends think we are making it up! lol Buff Orpingtons are great hens - the ones we have had have been very good in the winter when the cold is too much for others.

Chicks! Gumbo Lily 2010

This generous family had acquired goats (Toggenburgs and French Alpines), chickens (Buff Orpingtons and Rhode Island Reds), pigs (Durocs and Yorkshires), and assorted geese and turkeys.

Archive 2005-11-01 2005

This generous family had acquired goats (Toggenburgs and French Alpines), chickens (Buff Orpingtons and Rhode Island Reds), pigs (Durocs and Yorkshires), and assorted geese and turkeys.

On the Nobility of Dogs 2005

Talk of the chicken farm came back and back, the women, even at fifty, impulsive at heart, sketching on the cloudy future flocks of Leghorns, Cochin Chinas, Orpingtons; like Jacob in the blur of her outline; but powerful as he was; fresh and vigorous, running about the house, scolding Rebecca.

Jacob's Room 2004

ON A RIDGETOP HIGH IN the Cascade Mountains of southern Oregon, a strawberry blond in her early fifties, wearing a highnecked green silk gown and matching surgical mask, stands in the middle of a chicken yard, scattering feed to a flock of goldenplumed Buff Orpingtons.

The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

AFTER SUPPER Buff Orpingtons, in addition to having gorgeous plumage and being superior winter layers, are also first-rate table birds, white-skinned, plump-breasted, and juicy, the woman retires to the myrtlewood rocker in the parlor with her sewing basket and works by the western window until the light fades.

The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001