Orpington chicken

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

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.: 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. The Australorp of Australia derives from it.

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