Orpington Duck
A duck | |
A drake | |
| Conservation status | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Use | dual-purpose, meat and eggs |
| Traits | |
| Colour | buff; blond and brown also occur but are not standardised |
| Classification | |
| APA | medium |
| EE | yes |
| PCGB | light |
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The Orpington is a British breed of domestic duck. It was bred by the poultry farmer William Cook of Orpington, which at that time was in Kent in south-east England. Blue examples of the breed were shown in London in 1896, and buff birds in 1897. In the twenty-first century only the buff is a recognised breed, and so may also be known as the Buff Orpington.
It is a dual-purpose breed used for meat and egg production, and is capable of laying up to 220 eggs a year.