Buff Orpington

If middle-classness could be crushed up and mainlined intravenously, these might well be the ingredients that would go into the mix: country pubs, writers 'retreats, Buff Orpington hens, literary festivals, and a cameo from Radio 4's James Naughtie.

Tamara Drewe 2010

Enormous apples raised by irrigation in the Pecos Valley attracted much attention, and a hungry Mexican absconded with a prize Buff Orpington rooster.

The Blood of the Conquerors Harvey Fergusson

Then throw away the bees and lay the stings gently but firmly on a mash composed of the breasts of five Buff Orpington cockerels.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917 Various

Buff Orpington hen, when Alex, with an apology, abruptly broke in.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

And then one morning I happened to see in the personal column of one of the newspapers that a woman named Eliza Shaeffer, of Horner, had day-old Buff Orpington and Plymouth Rock chicks for sale, and it started me to puzzling again.

The Case of Jennie Brice Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

I got an incubator, filled it with Buff Orpington eggs and kept the thermometer at 103 deg.

From the Bottom Up Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941 1910

The last time I took Stumps the Buff Orpington with the black feather in its tail flew over the hedge into the turnip field.

The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Angela Brazil 1907

I introduced Phoebe as the senior partner, and she concealed the fact that we possessed but one Buff Orpington, and he was a sad "invaleed" not suitable for exhibition.

The Diary of a Goose Girl Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

It closed with an appeal to Buff Orpington breeders to raise and ever raise the standard, bidding them remember, in the midst of a low-minded and sordid civilisation, that the rose comb should be small and neat, firmly set on, with good working, a nice spike at the back lying well down to head, and never, under any circumstances, never sticking up.

The Diary of a Goose Girl Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

I tried this with my Buff Orpington - I got as far as tucking her head under her wing and she went to sleep.

The Kitchn Faith Durand 2010