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12/26/11 at 7:05pm

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12/28/11 at 10:53am

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How soon were you able to sex them by color ?

Hi Clint,

I am trying to remember. Seems like when they all hatched they were uniform in coloration. . . I suppose then by default, the difference would have become apparent when they started growing their first real feathers. Sorry I can't be of more help . . .

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12/28/11 at 11:03am

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They laid large nice eggs very well for several years. They slowed down quite a lot this last year. They're now about 6 years of age. I probably got 5 eggs per week out of each hen in their best seasons. The last year got maybe 3 per week per bird. (I am trying the red cayenne pepper trick from another thread. That may jolt them into laying a few.)

As I mentioned to Clint in a post above - I think the chicks were all identical at the point of hatching. I let Jenn take care of them all the way. (That's another happy story . . . ) To the best of my recollection once some adult feathers started coming in it became obvious there were going to be two different color combos. Since I am new to chicken cross breeding I wasn't looking for a sex-link difference. But when all the black/gold turned out female and the males were all b/w I understood I had a sex-link thing going.

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12/28/11 at 3:23pm

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Thanks for letting me know. That information gives me something to look for when I start trying to breed the crosses.

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4/10/12 at 10:48am

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I'm going to do this. You just made up my mind on which rooster I'm going to keep. I have 4. 2 australorps and 2 buff orps. I'm keeping the best Buff Orp and try to make these my breed. Beautiful color, nice temperament and decent egg layers.

7 Australorps, 6 Buff Orpingtons, 1 production red, 1 young bared rock roo, 1 pair of Old English Game Bantams, 4 bantam hens, 4 Freakin' cats, (RIP Cookie) best dog ever, 1 dog sky(smartsmartsmart), and a variety of new chicks.