Hi Kathy, The Orpingtons are wonderful birds. If you ever need any eggs to hatch look up our friends over at “Lots ‘A’ Cluckin’ Farm” on Facebook! They are breeders and have beautiful birds!

Thanks.

Hi Betta, A reader, Deb loves them in SW MO. The writer of the article raises them and loves them also. They are truly wonderful birds. 🙂

I have had Buff Orpingtons in S.W. MO before and they were excellent birds for us. They did very well in the winter, as well as the summer. They were the BEST mammas and they were very well behaved. We let them free range in our yard, and they didn’t seem to want to wander too far. They thrived in our area, so you should be just fine.

I had Buff Orpington’s in Slaton, Texas, or West Texas, our temps are often well over the 100’s in the summer, they did very well both summer and winter. I used an old stucco’d well house, for the chicken coop, that way they were well protected from coyotes, during the night, during the day they were let loose to free range feed, plus they got their regular feed, I did have plenty of shade trees, and lived on 3 acres! I had two dogs that would help me herd them to the chicken coop in the evenings, and I always did a head count. We had a few other breeds of chickens with them, mainly white leghorns, they did well together!

Orpingtons also do ok in heat, as long as they have cool shade like under trees and plenty of cold water. It gets hot in TN too not as hot as AZ but it does get up to 95-100 in july and august.