Orpingtons from Sunnyside Up Micro-Farm

Large Fowl: Blue, Lavendar, Chocolate, Crele/Legbar, English Blue & English Lavendar

Bantams: Chocolate

The docile, quiet, calm dual purpose Orpington breed is a large, heavy bird weighing from seven to ten pounds. The soft, abundant plumage almost hides the legs. The head is small with a single, erect comb having five distinct points. The darker colors have dark eyes and legs, while the paler colors have red eyes and white legs. The chickens are not particularly fast to feather up. Their docile nature makes them popular for families with small children. There is a bantam variety.
From the side, the impression is of a U shape underbody and a short back
which appears somewhat concave. The tail is compact and short, the feathers
rising high and sweeping over to the rear. The gentle curves and soft
feathering make for a very attractive bird. They are friendly and with such
fluffy plumage continue to thrive and produce well in cold weather.
The Orpington continues to lay through winter. Broodiness is
a trait with the Orpington and they are good mothers and they cope well when
confined. There will be no doubt there is a visible difference between the American and English Orps. The English tend to have a shorter back and are much fluffier with fuller skirts.

Information on Crele/Legbar:

The eye color of the crele Orpingtons is brown-red, the beak and the legs are pink white. The hens are a salmon color. This variety of orpington throws a variation in coloring from bird to bird and generation to generation making each bird very unique.

CRELE Verses LEGBAR, What is the difference:
Genetically they are the same color. CRELE is a partridge base bird with barring. The
only way to have a Crele bird breeding true generation after generation is by breeding barred
partridge birds. (Cuckoo Opringtons over Partridge Orps) Although there can be a slight
variation pattern and color they are still partridge base with barring. In some breeds of chicken
Black Breasted Red (BBR) is used in place of the partridge base and yields a similar result.
The difference between the males and females is males have 2 copies of the barring gene and
females only have one. Males appear to be lighter in color than the females for this reason.
"Legbar" is a name associated with the color not the genetic make up of the color. Similar to
"Jubilee" which essentially are just Mille Fleur birds with the mahogany gene to deepen the
ground color from gold to deep red.