{"id":284,"date":"2010-02-05T02:20:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T12:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washedashore.com\/eggsntea\/?p=284"},"modified":"2010-06-07T12:07:11","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T22:07:11","slug":"lil-buff-orpington-hen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/2010\/02\/lil-buff-orpington-hen\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Lil&#8217; Buff,&#8221; my Buff Orpington Hen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet \u201cLil&#8217; Buff,\u201d a super-friendly hen amongst our motley crew of 9 remaining gregarious hens.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-284 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7432-Small.JPG'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_7432-Small-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-298\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-298'>\n\t\t\t\tLil Buff (Nov. 2007, almost 2 yrs old)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_6433-Small.JPG'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_6433-Small-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-291\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-291'>\n\t\t\t\tBuff Orpington hen plumage\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_6351-Small.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_6351-Small-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-290\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-290'>\n\t\t\t\tLil Buff in a broody mood\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_8682-1-Small.JPG'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_8682-1-Small-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-314\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-314'>\n\t\t\t\tDeb and 3 Buff hens\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC03105-Small.JPG'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC03105-Small-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-317\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-317'>\n\t\t\t\tLil Buff in front of my Red Ti plants\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The <a id=\"aptureLink_jEUMaAc8pL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcmurrayhatchery.com\/buff_orpingtons.html\">Buff Orpington<\/a> is a dual-purpose breed and lays tinted brown eggs. She has golden plumage with lots of fluff around her legs and tail. Lil&#8217; Buff&#8217;s calm, curious temperament makes her an ideal mascot during farm tours. She is smaller in size compared to my other Buff hens. Because of her small size, I can carry her around for quite some time. She tolerates lots of human handling. I have two remaining Buff hens left: Lil&#8217; Buff and Big Buff Too. he&#8217;s got a distinctive high-pitched chirp unlike any of my hens. Listen to her as she checks out the woodshed in this short video. (The other soft clucking you hear is a Silver Laced Wyandotte, no longer in our flock).<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LA3F1rpiAho&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LA3F1rpiAho&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>To me, the Buff Orps have personality very similar to a Golden Retriever: friendly, cuddly and calm. When I cuddle Lil&#8217; Buff during the late afternoons (usually after 4:30pm, when they&#8217;re done with working the pasture), she&#8217;ll pet\/peck my arms as if to mean, &#8220;I pet you, I pet you.&#8221; Unlike most other hens who sit (roost) in my lap, she prefers to be cuddled standing up.<\/p>\n<p>She has taught me a lot of things about being a chicken keeper: becoming a broody hen and snapping her out of the broodiness; becoming infected with bumble foot and treating her infection with natural products (tumeric powder, comfrey leaves, tea tree oil foot dip) to heal her infection; becoming crop bound and using manual massage to break up the stuck crop. Currently, she&#8217;s not <a id=\"aptureLink_y64mFPKQWl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themodernhomestead.us\/article\/Broody-Hens-1.html\">broody<\/a> or <a id=\"aptureLink_iXvMoDfkBW\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firststatevetsupply.com\/poultry-health\/bumblefoot.html\">bumblefooted<\/a> nor <a id=\"aptureLink_uUmSw8jFcQ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kingbirdfarm.com\/Layerhealthcompendium.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">cropbound<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I can immediately tell her apart physically from the other hens because she is missing a tine on her comb. She does not tolerate other hens&#8217; bullying during meal time; she&#8217;s as headstrong as three other Australorp hens twice her size.<\/p>\n<p>Her favorite treats are organic sunflower seeds with shells, coconut meat and <a title=\"Yacon\" href=\"http:\/\/washedashore.com\/eggsntea\/2006\/10\/yacon\/\" target=\"_blank\">yacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>R.I.P<\/strong> Feb 14, \u00a02006 &#8211; June 2, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being my teacher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet \u201cLil&#8217; Buff,\u201d a super-friendly hen amongst our motley crew of 9 remaining gregarious hens. The Buff Orpington is a dual-purpose breed and lays tinted brown eggs. 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