Orpington chicken

Orpington
A buff hen
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Standard
Useshowing
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    3.60–4.55 kg[1]
  • Female:
    2.70–3.60 kg[1]
Skin colourwhite
Egg colourbrown[2]: 228 
Comb typemedium single
Classification
APAEnglish[3]
PCGBsoft feather: heavy[4]

The Orpington is a British breed of chicken. It was bred in the late nineteenth century by William Cook of Orpington, at that time in Kent in south-east England.[5]: 115  It was intended to be a dual-purpose breed, to be reared both for eggs and for meat, but soon became exclusively a show bird.[6][7] The Australorp of Australia derives from it.

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