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With great sadness I must announce that my dear sweet bantam Orpington hen, Cookie, passed away on Sunday. She was the queen of all broody hens and mother to most of my flock. For the 1st few years of her life, Cookie was my only bantam. She hatched along with full-sized orps and could hold her...

Anyone know of an English bantam orp breeder.... who has BBS? I've found plenty of buff bantam orps (via hatchery or online), but none seem to have the English body type that I adore. I really love the extra fluff!

Here's our spoiled chicken Cookie. She's a black bantam Orp and came from imported English bloodlines. If none of these pics work, I can take another for you. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun!" Not a pretty background but one of the few pics where we can see her feet. Here she is puffed up &...

After complaining about Cookie's poor quality eggs, she laid a normal one today. LOL

My "Cookie" is six years. Her eggs are pretty thin or soft-shelled now due to age. However, when she was young she layed daily for 2-4 weeks, then went broody & raised chicks (no eggs) for a few months, then back to laying daily. This cycle happened about 5 times per year. She's here...

@edahcsmac Great looking chicks! Where did you get them? I've had a hard time finding anyone in the US selling them (other than hatchery buff bantams). BTW Cookie did go broody and also adopted about 20 incubator chicks. There are also a dozen turkey poults in there too. (At least until...

I decided to do a photo shoot with my sweet Cookie. (Before she goes broody and turns into "Cookie Monster.") I'm also hoping someone sees this and shares pics of another bantam orp. I can't seem to find anyone else who owns them. Cookie :love: age 6 years She actually looks a...

Cookie's a 9" round ball of fluff, so about bowling ball sized. Of course, she looks bigger than really is because of the fluff factor. When I hold her, the body is very light. She's about the same weight as my Sebright or smaller silkie, - but looks bigger. I'd estimate 2-3lbs. To compare...

To make it even more difficult, try to find an English Bantam Orp. They are so round & fluffy! Mine looks like she has no feet because her fluff just glides across the ground as she walks. She has the typical orpington waddle-run, but it's a quick waddle. It's like watching a video of a LF...

Oh No! :hugs So sorry for your loss. I know you really loved that spunky, little, broody machine.

She's so pretty! I hatched a couple eggs that were supposed to be mauve orps. They looked like yours at hatch but then feathered in white. I kept one & named her Oopsie. (I thought the breeder made a mistake or had a visiting roo. LOL It turns out he had some hidden white genes somewhere...

It's adorable! Is that a mauve orp?

Bantam Orps are very broody! This is actually's Cookie's 2nd hatch in 2017. For now we kept 4 of her 1st hatch. 2 lav orp males, a choc cuckoo orp female, & a penciled rock female. Again, Cookie went broody while I had some incubator eggs going. I slipped 3 eggs under her, then let her...

Remember Cookie? (my broody bantam orp) Well she's back in action! What's she thinking this time?

Have to share this pic. I went out to the garage last night & saw this: How does Cookie keep track of all 20 of them? (Technically, she has 21, but one was in the house with me.)

x2 on the question. I have the giant English orps. Love them! Yet, my one spunky little bantam orp gives me more entertainment & also doubles as an incubator. I've seen a few bantam orp eggs for sale but often the adults that made the eggs don't have the full & fluffy look that I prefer. My...

A lot may depend on the season. If it's 30'F, I recommend putting fewer chicks with a bantam because of the danger of freezing. If it's 70'F or warmer, 7-8 chicks should be fine. As they outgrow her spread, they will also need less heat. Even if you had 20+ chicks you could still use the...

Cookie went broody 5xs her 1st year. (I only let her hatch 3 of those times.) Last year she hatched 4xs. Her chicks hatched early March, late May, Aug, and Oct. She thought about going broody in Dec but the cold helped keep her in check. Cookie seemed to go through a cycle of laying daily...

We had some nice weather over the weekend, so I took some pics. Here's our bantam orp = COOKIE

She's beautiful!!!! A mauve orp is on my wishlist. My daughter hatched some over the summer.... or so we thought. They looked like mauves when hatched... but feathers grew in white. ???? Must have had some surprise recessive genes. All 3 ended up being female. We kept one &...