I have 6 Buff Orpington hens

and there was 7 eggs this morning at 11am. I have never had that happen, I did chores and collected eggs at 9pm last night so I know they are not from yesterday. I love my Orpingtons

A good lesson for me. Being new to the poultry world and researching different breeds for 'rate of lay', the Orpington is portrayed as not a great layer but a lovely bird temperamentally and in looks. I'm glad I went ahead anyways and ordered a dozen orps from Hidden River for pick up this weekend.

It's good to know that for such a big bird, they earn their keep.

Wow good hens!!

I am gonna miss those girls, and they are great layers. One must have laid an egg just after you checked and then another one today, wowow.

Did maple make it to your place yet?

I am glad you posted that Amy. I thought I was going crazy when we got a 116 gram double yolker and two normal (read biggest of any breed we have) eggs from my 2 lavender orpington hens one day in the winter. I was pretty sure there was no way I missed as we got 2 eggs the day before (about 18 hours before) and they were all super clean, now I know I am not

I am impressed with them, they are the first orpingtons I have had and in the fall I had thought maybe I could let them go to a good home this spring but this awesome laying along with their sweet docile temperament means I am keeping them in my tiny scaled down flock. There were weeks where we got 13 or 14 eggs! 11-12 was quite common but I find if they are moved....goodbye eggs for about a month!

I just got 3 from Chickeesmom and one from TripleJ on Monday and they haven't stopped laying yet and don't seem like they plan on it.