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Orpington Ducks

Uses: Utility: eggs and meat. Eggs: 160 to 200+ Eggs.

Origin: Orpington, Kent, U.K.
Weight: Drake: 2.2 – 3.4 Kg, Duck: 2.2 – 3.2 Kg.
Classification: Light.
Colours: Buff (other colours extremely rare or extinct).
Useful to Know: Three colour variations will hatch due to blue dilution gene.
Photo: A Buff Orpington Drake.
The Orpington duck was created by William Cook of Orpington, Kent around 1890 as a dual
purpose utility bird.  It is thought to have been developed from Aylesbury, Rouen, Cayuga and
Indian Runner ducks.  Mr Cook famously produced the Orpington Chicken at around the same
time.

The Buff Orpington duck was a result of the vogue for buff-coloured poultry, and was first
shown in England in 1907.  It was standardised in Great Britain in 1910, followed by the Blue
Orpington in 1926.

In America only Buff was standardised, and the breed entered the American Standard of
Perfection in 1914 as ‘Buff Ducks.’  It is very unusual for a colour to be used as the sole name
for a breed, and they are now referred to simply as ‘Buffs’ in the USA, where they never
achieved the commercial popularity of the Khaki Campbell or Pekin.