>>>I just picked up these biddies and have more due to arrive via mail-order on 3/18. I should have an abundance of eggs<<<
The next 22 weeks will seem like an eternity till they start laying. My Buff Orpingtons just started laying back in January, but it now seems like yesterday that they were that size - and we are now getting eggs galore...
Oh, and I forgot to welcome you to the thread... Hope we hear lots more from you.
I really enjoy watching them grow. In the past I've trained them by making clicking noises whenever I'd throw scraps to them . . . they'd come a-running.
I have a couple of Buff Orpingtons coming via mail order along with some Leghorns and some other breeds I can't find locally, including - because God has a sense of humor - a few Naked Necks (aka: Turkens).