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Buff Orpington X Black Australorp

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Breed Purpose
Eggs & Broodiness
Comb
Single
Broodiness
Excellent
Egg Productivity
Good
Egg Size
Medium
Egg Color
Brown
Breed Temperament
Quiet, Docile
Breed Colors/Varieties
Roosters - Buff with Black Tail Hens - Black with buff on the neck
Breed Size
Large
This is a cross breed chicken between the Buff Orpington Male and the Black Australorp Female. My hen has adopted babies twice and is an excellent broody hen who has gone broody 5 times and she is only almost two years old. The breed is heavy because both the Buff Orpington & the Black Australorp are heavy breeds.
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MROO
MROO said:
What a totally handsome pair of chickens! I'd love to learn more about this cross.
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No, but if they're good with children, like most of the BO's are, I know some people who would be interested in trying the cross. And are these two a one-time cross? I'd be interested in knowing if the color is consistent. It's not critical, I just think they're extremely nice looking birds!
 
DeerChicken14
MROO said:
What a totally handsome pair of chickens! I'd love to learn more about this cross.
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The chicks mother was full blooded Black Australorp but the daddy could be or could not be a full blooded Buff Orpington. I'm not sure about the daddy.
 
homeschoolin momma
MROO said:
What a totally handsome pair of chickens! I'd love to learn more about this cross.
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@MROO This thread caught my eye. I'm beginning to think that the color combination is fairly consistent. I accidentally had a black orpington roo (essentially the same as an australorp) over a buff orp hen and got the same result in the two cockerels that survived. The buff body with the black tail. Mine had a few spots on their body, but not excessive.
 
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I am shocked.

I thought black is very dominant to buff.

I wanted to do it on italiener leghorns to result in black color with some gold feathers.

I won't do it.

An advice: It would be better to create a thread and not an item, when talking about a simple f1 cross.

Thank you for informing me.
 
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I know this is an old thread, however -

Is what we are seeing here is that the black cockerel is not carrying the E/E allele but the ER/ER Birchin allele? If so, when crossed with a Buff female we should see four phenotypes

Black females
Quail like females
Buff male with Columbian black tail
Black Male
 
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KCChickenMomma
I was looking into what a cross between a B.O. rooster and an Australorp hen when I came across this. I know I'm jumping in on an old post but I could totally use any advice anyone would have for me. I have a mixed breed B.O. that I'd like to mix with my Australorps. I'm not a breeder and I'm not trying to make a new breed. I just love my barnyard mixes and these are my favorite breeds. With that being said my B.O. momma has given me 12 roos over the past year. When all the cockerels matured it was like a brothel here. So I isolated and sent them off to be rendered. I hate this part of having chickens. I cried everytime I had to do this. Is it possible that these 2 breeds will produce specific colors for each sex as suggested above? Would these two breeds produce something like a sexlink? How can I find out? I want to be able to add to my flock but I can't go through that again. Any tips or advice would be very welcome.
Thanks in advance!
 
RoostersAreAwesome
KCChickenMomma said:
I was looking into what a cross between a B.O. rooster and an Australorp hen when I came across this. I know I'm jumping in on an old post but I could totally use any advice anyone would have for me. I have a mixed breed B.O. that I'd like to mix with my Australorps. I'm not a breeder and I'm not trying to make a new breed. I just love my barnyard mixes and these are my favorite breeds. With that being said my B.O. momma has given me 12 roos over the past year. When all the cockerels matured it was like a brothel here. So I isolated and sent them off to be rendered. I hate this part of having chickens. I cried everytime I had to do this. Is it possible that these 2 breeds will produce specific colors for each sex as suggested above? Would these two breeds produce something like a sexlink? How can I find out? I want to be able to add to my flock but I can't go through that again. Any tips or advice would be very welcome.
Thanks in advance!
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You can’t create sex links from a BO x BA cross unless your BA hens have the silver gene, which is unlikely. Though you can separate your “extra” roosters from your hens in a rooster-only flock if you don’t want to continue as you have.
 
KCChickenMomma
I know you can't create sexlinks from these breeds, I wish. What I am trying to ask is a hard for me to word because I forgot an important element in my thinking but I remember pieces. I read somewhere that there are breeds that have specific, consistent traits for each gender so you can sex them at any age. Something with a Bard Rock. I'm sorry I can't be more specific and I can't find where I read that. Is that the case and if that is the case and these 2 breeds produce a consistent offspring, example: roo is buff with black tail feathers pullet is black with buff neck, how would you go about seeing if it is consistent? I think I got the question right.
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I wish I could have a separate rooster flock. That would be incredible. They're so much more kicked back then the hens. I love my roosters so much. Unfortunately I live 1 acre and the flock free ranges. We also have guinea fowl that love to play tag and the cockerels don't understand it or do well. Only one of my 4 roosters gets it and it's both funny and sad when a guinea gooses a roo and he screams and jumps 5ft up in the air.
 
Cornishboyraptor
They look just like my roo. I was sure mine was a buff orpington cross rir but your making me unsure lol.
 

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Mine is the opposite. Buff mom and Austrolorp dad. My cousin only had one Roo and we hatched eggs in my daycare. Only 3 girls hatched and was definitely fun guessing who the mothers were. She “Dino” now a year later is getting more black feathers around her head a neck
 

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