The Orloff chicken, like all chicken breeds, has its pros and cons. The original Orloff, as I have heard from one or two sources, was intended to be a meat bird, but further development of the breed has made it closer to a dual-purpose bird (i.e. bred for meat and eggs) than it used to be.
Pros: Very cold hardy, supposedly very capable of defending itself, good free-ranger, good winter layer (compared to some other breeds), ideally should be hardy and resistant to disease
Cons: due to larger size, probably not a very good flier; said to be a poor layer after the first year; some strains may suffer from lack of hardiness due to inbreeding
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