Orpington

E42811
chicken breed domestic chicken

Orpington is a popular dual-purpose chicken breed known for its large size, docile temperament, and good egg-laying and meat-producing qualities.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Orpington canonical 8

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chicken breed ⓘ
domestic chicken ⓘ
bantamUse exhibition ⓘ
bodySize large ⓘ
broodiness often broody ⓘ
climateSuitability cold-hardy ⓘ
combType single comb ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
developedBy William Cook ⓘ
developmentPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
eggColor light brown ⓘ
eggProduction good ⓘ
eggProductionPerYear approximately 175–200 eggs ⓘ
featherType loose ⓘ
soft ⓘ
growthRate relatively fast ⓘ
hasBantamVariety true ⓘ
knownFor gentle nature ⓘ
good table bird qualities ⓘ
large body size ⓘ
reliable egg laying ⓘ
motheringAbility good ⓘ
notableStrain Buff Orpington ⓘ
plumageDescription fluffy appearance ⓘ
popularity popular backyard breed ⓘ
popular exhibition breed ⓘ
primaryUse dual-purpose ⓘ
recognizedBy American Poultry Association ⓘ
Poultry Club of Great Britain ⓘ
recognizedVariety Black Orpington ⓘ
Blue Orpington ⓘ
Buff Orpington ⓘ
Cuckoo Orpington ⓘ
Jubilee Orpington ⓘ
Lavender Orpington ⓘ
Spangled Orpington ⓘ
White Orpington ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Orpington, Kent, England ⓘ
shankColor white or pinkish ⓘ
skinColor white ⓘ
standardWeightCock approximately 10 pounds ⓘ
standardWeightCockerel approximately 8.5 pounds ⓘ
standardWeightHen approximately 8 pounds ⓘ
standardWeightPullet approximately 7 pounds ⓘ
suitableFor backyard flocks ⓘ
small farms ⓘ
temperament calm ⓘ
docile ⓘ
use egg production ⓘ
meat production ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) → hasCommonBreed → Orpington ⓘ
subject surface form: chicken
Australorp → originatedFromBreed → Orpington ⓘ
White Orpington → recognizedAsVarietyOf → Orpington ⓘ
Jubilee Orpington → originBreedFamily → Orpington ⓘ
Spangled Orpington → originatesFromBreed → Orpington ⓘ
Lavender Orpington → varietyOf → Orpington ⓘ
Cuckoo Orpington → colorVarietyOf → Orpington ⓘ
Cuckoo Orpington → belongsToBreedFamily → Orpington ⓘ