But, no. Instead, the regal Buff Orpington, an American heritage breed, has shown frailties unbecoming of a monarch. Rather than peck at the other hens, Miss Buff started pulling her own feathers out.

Chickens are some of the most versatile animals around. They can be great pets, and they can also be a useful source of food.

People buy chickens for different reasons: Fancy feathers, maybe, or 300 eggs per year. The buff Orpington is pretty enough, but it’s no crested Polish or silver spangled Hamburg.

Shannon Eve has a total of six chickens, 2 larger hens and 4 chicks. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake) Shannon Eve with Cotton a full grown buff Orpington hen on Thursday afternoon, May 3, in ...

Light brown, Buff Orpington Chicken hen walking towards the camera cautiously in a small field on a homestead with a wooden pallet fence in the background and other chickens on a beautiful evening ...

THEY have caused thousands of brides-to-be to reconsider their impending vows at hen parties around the country. But now Butlers In The Buff has gone bust after 20 years. The company, which provide… ...

Buff Orpington is a breed whose members, in my experience, have the sharpest survival instincts of any chicken. My very first flock, back in Montana, included eight hens, all of which we named ...