There are many ways backyard hens can die. If you raise them long enough, you’ll see your share. But buff Orpington chickens tend to be survivors. My first clue to their talent for living came ...

By the time we chased the dog out of the yard, six hens were dead. The only survivors were the two Buff Orpingtons, both of whom were named Annabelle, because we could never tell them apart.

There are many ways a hen can die. If you raise them long enough, you’ll see your share. I’ve been keeping hens since before it was even legal in my h ...

After a recent wave of raccoon attacks, the last of our egg-laying chickens are dead. Two roosters and a four-year-old post-menopausal hen are all that remain. The desert might be the toughest ...

Shannon Eve with Cotton a full grown buff Orpington hen on Thursday afternoon, May 3, in Kalispell.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake) A low chorus of clucking emanated from Shannon Eve’s backyard ...

Buff Orpington: This breed is a good choice for backyard chicken keepers, as they are good egg layers and also friendly and docile. Buff Orpingtons can lay up to 150 eggs per year. 11.

Owner Kim Broughton, 44, from Latchingdon in Essex, was left shell shocked after her prize Buff Orpington hen, now re-named Ping Pong, laid the 'one-in-a-billion' perfectly spherical egg.