Australorps breed Thread

[chickeneurope]

Our Australorps breed:

My web site:

http://perutnina.blogspot.com/

 

[ronott1]

Our Australorps breed:

My web site:

http://perutnina.blogspot.com/

The the BYC Australorp Page!

They look very nice!

I checked out the website. you have a lot of pretty poultry too.

 

[groche]

G'day Kurt,
you could be right that it's a young bird and the face color does change as they grow. One of the more obvious differences between our Utility and Exhibition strains is face color. Our Utilities tend to have mulberry/plum colored faces. In poorer examples, the face is often shrunken, wrinkled and hairy. Ron's bird seems to be full faced, round headed and without wrinkles or hairs. I was just struck by how dark her face seems in the pic. My birds start off very pale in the face and gradually get redder.
Cheers Geoff

 

[bonnylass79]

I think she just has feathering on her face. Mine had it as well, but the feathers have fallen out to reveal the red face as they've gotten older.

 

[granthamkk]

I've currently got two welsummers and am considering adding Australorps and/or Easter eggers. What is the general temperament of this breed? I've heard they fair well in texas. Are they decent layers?

 

[ronott1]

I've currently got two welsummers and am considering adding Australorps and/or Easter eggers. What is the general temperament of this breed? I've heard they fair well in texas. Are they decent layers?

They do well in the heat. They are calm and curious but are not too pet like.

I like them a bunch. EEs are nice too and both are good in the heat.

 

[bonnylass79]

I've currently got two welsummers and am considering adding Australorps and/or Easter eggers. What is the general temperament of this breed? I've heard they fair well in texas. Are they decent layers?

They have great temperaments and I known as great layers. My girls give me a large egg each every day.

Also, I live in Florida and they haven't had any issue with the heat.

 

[tnmommy]

I've had at least one egg through most of the winter so far, some days all 3 of them lay. No supplemental lighting.

 

[ronott1]

I've had at least one egg through most of the winter so far, some days all 3 of them lay. No supplemental lighting.

For a lot of breeds, laying through the first winter is normal.

How old are your Australoprs?

 

[tnmommy]

About 9 months