Australorps breed Thread

[birdlady79]

1 of my BA's started laying this morning!!

 

[ronott1]

1 of my BA's started laying this morning!!

Congratulations!

Post a picture if you can.

 

[loobyloo88]

1 of my BA's started laying this morning!!

yey! Can't wait for our first!!!! Pics!

 

[Happy Feathers]

Quote: Congratulations!! How old is she and where did you get her? And yes, pics please

 

[birdlady79]

Congratulations!!  How old is she and where did you get her?  And yes, pics please 

This is Henriettas egg... I'll post pic of my 2 girls in a bit, they're in back 40 right now... Lol Winn Dixie keeps going in coop and singing egg song but no egg yet. Lol.... Hopefully this week she will be laying too!!

 

[bonnylass79]

 I have a question for the veteran Australorp peeps. I just bought a B.O.B. There are no directions with it.  I know someone here uses it,
I just don't remember who   

 Does anyone have suggestions ?   help !

It's 2 tsp, not Tbsp

 

[cracrzy4chicks]

It is two Table spoons teaspoons per gallon fro three days every two weeks. I just finished an application.

It's 2 tsp, not Tbsp

Thanks for the correction. Yesterday I was thinking the qt. wasn't going to last very long

 

[DeesHens]

Back to the dog food vs. cat food posts: Cat food, especially the Orijen, contains added taurine. That is a necessary nutrient for cats and has proven to be very beneficial to birds. Wild birds who can find spiders feed them to the nestlings. Spiders are very rich in taurine, as is dark red meat. Birds fed spiders have proven to be more intelligent than those that have not. Neither birds nor cats can produce taurine, so it must be ingested.

Thank you for your contribution!
Very interesting in regards to spiders/taurine/intelligence. Who knew? lol Guess now I will stop cringing when I see my hens eat spiders.

I cannot find taurine in Orijen 6 fish cat food ingredients:

Orijen 6 fish cat food:
Ingredients - Fresh boneless salmon*, salmon meal, herring meal, fresh boneless herring*, fresh boneless walleye*, fresh boneless lake whitefish*, salmon oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), russet potato, whitefish meal, sweet potato, peas, sun-cured alfalfa, pea fiber, fresh boneless flounder*, fresh boneless northern pike*, organic kelp, pumpkin, carrots, spinach, turnip greens, apples, cranberries, blueberries, licorice root, angelica root, fenugreek, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, chamomile, dandelion, summer savory, rosemary, vitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin E, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, selenium yeast, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Enterococcus faecium
* Delivered fresh, preservative-free and never frozen.

Orijen 6 fish dog food:
Ingredients - Fresh boneless salmon*, salmon meal, herring meal, fresh boneless herring*, fresh boneless walleye*, russet potato, sweet potato, peas, salmon oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), fresh boneless lake whitefish*, sun-cured alfalfa, fresh boneless flounder*, fresh boneless northern pike*, pea fiber, organic kelp, pumpkin, carrots, spinach, turnip greens, apples, cranberries, blueberries, licorice root, angelica root, fenugreek, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, chamomile, dandelion, summer savory, rosemary, vitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin E, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, selenium yeast, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Enterococcus faecium
* Delivered fresh, preservative-free and never frozen.

Other than the order listed and the cat food having d-calcium pantothenate versus the dog food having calcium pantothenate (no d- proceeding it) there appears to be no difference.
Mainly I am interested to know if there are any ingredients in this recipe that chickens cannot tolerate/should not ingest. Does anyone out there know? Please do speak up.

TIA ~Dee~

 

[DeesHens]

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Congrats! It is a wonderful day when they lay the first egg for sure! Very nice looking first egg. ~Dee~

 

[DeesHens]

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I have been using BOB too. I put 1 tsp. in their 1/2 gallon water twice a month for 3 days each time. Mine are on it right now as a matter of fact. Day 1 of the 3 day treatment. I find my 3+ year old hen Betsy has nicer poo after using it. Seeing is believing.

~Dee~