Australorps breed Thread

[aveca]

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Hupp farms of arizona has some impressive blue aussies..hes doing a really nice job, Hes a member in here, but also has a website on wetpaint. He needs people to sign on , they are trying to get the blue and lavander? recognised by standard.like they are in australia

 

[knjinnm]

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FYI

03/02/2010 5:36 pm

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Re: Arizona Chicken Breeders/Sellers: need your info

this is a great idea! good job!

Hupp Farm
Duncan , Az

[email protected] or [email protected]

we sell or trade hatching eggs on request to maintain a freshness of stock for shipments. depending
on the amount of eggs will depend on the time to gather and save them.

breeding and showing black australorps along with blue, black, and splash orpingtons
we usually sell birds at the Greenlee County Fair in sept.
we are the 4-H poultry project leaders for the area.


please blog us!
happy hatchings!

Chet & Berta

 

[fernnut]

Thanks for the info. I'm mainly interested in egg production. I have eggs incubating that should hatch on Thanksgiving that I bought from a breeder on eBay. It looks like only 5 of them have the potential for completing the process - I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'd like to acquire some more eggs but haven't seen eggs for sale on any site that I've been too with the exception of eBay - anyone seen any that I've missed?

 

[Inkheart]

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Hupp farms of arizona has some impressive blue aussies..hes doing a really nice job, Hes a member in here, but also has a website on wetpaint. He needs people to sign on , they are trying to get the blue and lavander? recognised by standard.like they are in australia

Aveca

Thank you so MUCH for your insight and knowledge. This is a breed i have been "lurking around" but find it difficult to gain alot of knowledge or information from the breeders viewpoint. I think perhaps the curves you speak of are what draw me - as many say oh it is just a black bird. Alot of books i have read the main common thing is this is a breed that deserves more notoriety than it has - due to hardiness - temperament- laying abilities etc. Where would i be able to find the book you mentioned to read? And i am assuming go to the australian website to find pics of the other colors? Once again thank you - one of the most informative posts i have read in a while on a breed i seem to have a "crush" on

 

[call ducks]

Hi, have not checked in here for a bit, i am planing to get a nice show Q rooster ( black) over my Blue & Splash hens to improve type. i am seeing some curves on the hens, but not where i hoped/ wanted them to be.

 

[knjinnm]

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Hi,
I'm new on this subject ... what is a Q rooster?

Joe

 

[aveca]

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Im also very interested in the production aussies. Im very carefully watching 10 hens at this time to record thier progress. I think its very important even if a different strain is kept to promote this. The australorps was origionnaly bred for egg production and they set record after record. I have one hen that laid 302 eggs last year, even in molt, here she is laying an egg. She is my favorite hen. She looks raggity due to the molt but shes won blue ribbon at every single show she has been to from county fair to APA shows.. I think shes going to produce some nice babies. Im starting her out in the show breeding pen, then I have a poduction rooster that is really not bad at all, We will put her with him for a couple weeks , then she gets the rest of the summer outfree roaming. the production rooster he has a bit of a big tail, but super nice comb and eye.. he produces high number of eggs in hens so far anyway..hes at our other farm right now so I dont have any pictures of him.

Here is buttercups the australorp hen doing what she does best. I think had she not gone broody last year she might have laid more than 302 eggs.

 

[aveca]

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Hi,
I'm new on this subject ... what is a Q rooster?

Joe

I think they meant SQ rooster, that means Show quality . has all of the right stuff to be a breeding or show rooster.

And anyone interested in the colored australorps, get ahold of Chet and Berta, (hupp farms.) hes pretty modest but they have done some winning at shows and super nice birds

 

[aveca]

I went out today to try and take some decent pics of our Show breeding rooster Bennie.. Im terrible at taking pictures, had to sit out there looking through the viewfinder waiting for just the right pics, but they can move as fast as you get a pic.
I only have 2 hens that will be going into the breeding pen this year, one is just coming on 2 yrs and the other is buttercups..the rest will be going down to the production rooster next spring, 3 will be sold out. they lay eggs, just not up to what we are after. they just srnt SQ either.
In the book by Ray connor, he said choose your roosters first, then select hens that are strong in his weak points, that is how the master breeders think..its a book that beginner and advanced breeder can learn from.
Bennie has super nice color, no purpleing, he has one more point than he should so chose hens that have what needed to hopefully correct that..he is one big curve head to tail, he came fromthe Whineys in Bath, they are the east coast champions, australorps and langshans


Bennie

 

[aveca]

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Hupp farms of arizona has some impressive blue aussies..hes doing a really nice job, Hes a member in here, but also has a website on wetpaint. He needs people to sign on , they are trying to get the blue and lavander? recognised by standard.like they are in australia

Aveca

Thank you so MUCH for your insight and knowledge. This is a breed i have been "lurking around" but find it difficult to gain alot of knowledge or information from the breeders viewpoint. I think perhaps the curves you speak of are what draw me - as many say oh it is just a black bird. Alot of books i have read the main common thing is this is a breed that deserves more notoriety than it has - due to hardiness - temperament- laying abilities etc. Where would i be able to find the book you mentioned to read? And i am assuming go to the australian website to find pics of the other colors? Once again thank you - one of the most informative posts i have read in a while on a breed i seem to have a "crush" on

Hi, Its called the Australorp by Ray connor, he is 17 time world champion australorps breeder and is a master breeder so lots to be learned from him.. I bought mine right from australia, I was suprised how fast it arrived. I had purchased things from EBay at the same time and the book from australia got here first..

I bought it right at this site and used paypal.
http://www.yp-connect.net/~poultry/australorp.htm
here is excerpt;
Ray Connor, the authority behind the Australorp Book, is possibly the most respected and certainly one of the most sought after judges in the country. His successes at the Sydney Royal Show with his Australorps are unprecedented being 17 times Champion Softfeathered Fowl in the last twenty five years. To find a genuine breeder with this degree of success is particularly difficult.



This is the first in a series of books published by Bellsouth that tap into the great knowledge and experience of master breeders in Australia. 'The Doyens of Poultry' as the series is to be known, will cover a range of popular show breeds as described, and finer points detailed, by an authorative judge and breeder; in other words, a doyen in the field.


Ray Connor is indeed an authority on Australorp. Specimens from his pens have taken out 17 Champion Softfeather fowl awards in the last 25 Sydney Royal Shows. Ray says that despite the fact he has kept a range of breeds he has always come back to Australorp. Our national breed has ever appealed to him, and his very first prize at a poultry show, in 1937, was secured with an Australorp.


So how has the book been organised and Ray's breadth of experience presented? Adrian Kuys has extensively interviewed this doyen and shaped the material into a range of chapters starting with Ray's life with Australorp; explaining points of the breed standard; preparing for show; achieving breeding excellence; management; buying and selling and, finally, judging Australorp. A chapter outlining the historical steps from Orpington to Australorp has been contributed by writer Adrian Kuys, as has a section on genetics in the chapter on breeding excellence. An eight page colour section complements the explanations of the breed standard.


If one chapter can be selected for special mention it is 'The Standard'. It is particularly detailed, for example, when Ray is discussing type, he looks at the components of the bird that make up type and highlights important points. He makes suggestions of what to look for and what faults should be avoided, building up a mental picture of an ideal Australorp. Black and white photos used in this chapter and others give further weight to points made in the text.


If you want to learn about Australorps or flesh out your knowledge, this will be an invaluable reference. In fact, you probably won't need to read anything else. The book is concisely written and Ray's very detailed descriptions and explanations will be enthusiastically read by beginner and expert alike.


Adrian Kuys has done a fine job translating Ray's years of experience into a highly informative but easy to read book. This is another feather in Ray's cap and a most promising start to this inspiring and helpful series.