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3/29/10 at 9:47am

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I have one roo that I found as a baby. Popular opinion on this site was that he is as least part Australorp. Also, I have one chick that sort of looks like she is his baby...very different from all the others. I'd love more opinions from Australorp experts!

My roo, Chickie, as a chick

and about one month

Chickie today, two years

Honker, his daughter? As a baby:

Honker today, just starting to lay:

So do you think they are as least part Australorp?

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any one have Blue Australorps? i hope to get one or 2 chicks celebrate , i also know a person with white , and a person that has ressive white droolin

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3/29/10 at 2:12pm

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Originally Posted by Lobzi

I have one roo that I found as a baby. Popular opinion on this site was that he is as least part Australorp. Also, I have one chick that sort of looks like she is his baby...very different from all the others. I'd love more opinions from Australorp experts!

My roo, Chickie, as a chick
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/10007_chickie_in_hand.jpg

and about one month
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/10007_chickie_today.jpg

Chickie today, two years
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/10007_chickie_at_window_sideways.jpg

Honker, his daughter? As a baby:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/10007_honker_as_a_baby_chick_flapping.jpg

Honker today, just starting to lay:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/10007_honker_starting_to_lay.jpg

So do you think they are as least part Australorp?

Frizzle X Lorp X some thing eles that is casing that crest , i would say also part polish

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3/29/10 at 2:28pm

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Thank you. Yes the poof on some of the babies has puzzled me. It doesnt show up all the time but the main dad roo had it when he was young.

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i was thinking - does any one in the US have white 'lorps??

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Here is Dinner, my BA.

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5/4/10 at 4:13am

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My Blue Australorp chick smile Sweetest little thing ever!

10 Cuckoo Marans and 1 Blue Australorp Horses- 1 Percheron X Morgan , 1 Arab X QH, Doggies- 1 Jack Russell Terrier, 1 Lemon Beagle, 2 cats, 1 bunny

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My Blue Australorp chick smile Sweetest little thing ever!

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where abouts are you in NS i am in the anpoliss valley. smile i hope to get 2 blue chicks to add to my breeding program some time smile

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I have 1 in my current (my first!) flock. She was hatched 3/15/10. Here's Opal at 2 days:

and at 4 weeks in the run looking at Diesel:

I love her beautiful black-green feathers! And she's such a sweetheart! She's here in the garden at a little over 7 weeks:

2 GSDs (15 y.o. Samson & 2 y.o. Diesel), 1 mean grey kitty (Delilah), a koi pond, a turtle, a mini-reef saltwater fishtank, and my first chickens- EEs, Australorp, Red Star, White & Brown Leghorns, Barred Rock, Delaware
RIP Zoe 7/27. My dear sweet little friend, you will be missed every day.
I have Welsh Harlequin ducks!

2 GSDs (15 y.o. Samson & 2 y.o. Diesel), 1 mean grey kitty (Delilah), a koi pond, a turtle, a mini-reef saltwater fishtank, and my first chickens- EEs, Australorp, Red Star, White & Brown Leghorns, Barred Rock, Delaware
RIP Zoe 7/27. My dear sweet little friend, you will be missed every day.
I have Welsh Harlequin ducks!

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ok my eight year old is rising chicks this year for 4H and we have a chick that we are not sure about! Most people on here say that it is a Australorp! Wanting to know what you think!

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