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One breed. |
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There are over 500 chicken breeds throughout the world today. Many people choose to raise a variety of chicken breeds and variations of those breeds on their farms. In the interest of doing one thing and doing it well, we have chosen from the beginning to focus on only one of them.
One striking, hearty, friendly, cold-tolerant, docile, intelligent, productive, dual-purpose, classic, and distinctive breed. 
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Going broody.One of the heritage qualities we find and cultivate in our Buff Orpington hens is their tendency to broodiness. On any given day during the spring and summer months we have several hens determined to nest.
Sometimes when our high-tech incubators are already in use, we slip a few of our overflow eggs under these fluffy and eager incubators.
What's more is they are excellent and attentive mothers once the chicks hatch. Watching a mother hen teach her babies to forage is one of life's sweetest simple pleasures. |
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How it started.
We started out with five hens. We only needed a few eggs per day for our family anyway. Five hens would easily fit in one of those cute little coops they advertise online. It was a reasonable plan.
We are reasonable people. That is why we also needed a rooster. What is the point in finally having chickens if you do not get to experience the wholesome awesomeness of being awakened each morning at the crack of dawn by the crowing of a rooster?
And that's how it all started five years ago. Over the years we have added a few chickens, hatched hundreds of eggs, and eaten a lot of omelettes. We even experimented with different colors of Orpington chickens, but quickly discovered that color is not the only difference in those birds and returned to an all Buff Orpington flock. We keep our main flock numbers at around 24 mature laying hens and 2 roosters -- while we also usually have some random number of younger birds growing out.
We are reasonable people. That is why we also needed a rooster. What is the point in finally having chickens if you do not get to experience the wholesome awesomeness of being awakened each morning at the crack of dawn by the crowing of a rooster?
And that's how it all started five years ago. Over the years we have added a few chickens, hatched hundreds of eggs, and eaten a lot of omelettes. We even experimented with different colors of Orpington chickens, but quickly discovered that color is not the only difference in those birds and returned to an all Buff Orpington flock. We keep our main flock numbers at around 24 mature laying hens and 2 roosters -- while we also usually have some random number of younger birds growing out.
