Australorps Breeding for SOP and Exhibition Thread

[getaclue]

Those are some nice looking birds. Are you showing your black stock?

 

[getaclue]

I fully understand. I was showing, but there were warnings of a Mareks outbreak after one of the shows down here, so I stopped showing. I'm not willing to risk my birds either.

 

[BluRoo Farm OH]

I have heard nothing about it, and Google didn't produce any results either. Which serum, for which test, are they out of? Do you know?

The Original NPIP test is for Pullorum Disease by Salmanella Pullorum. It has been expanded to include: Salmonella Typhoid; Salmonella Enteritidis; Mycoplasma Gallisepticum; Mycoplasma Synoviae; Mycoplasma Meleagridis and Avian Influenza.

 

[getaclue]

The list of multiple tests is fine. If they've run out of testing reagents, I would like further info, like for which of those tests. As I said, I have not heard anything about it.

 

[getaclue]

I have crosses from the Kirk Keen line, and the Dan Castle line, that I got from Matt. Yes, finding good BA's is VERY hard. There are not many breeders.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks Ronott. I had hatchery Australorps years ago when I had my first chickens. Thinking about them again! But I have been since spoiled with the SOP birds!

The best ones I have had came from Kurt Chet! They were amazing and large

 

[CountryFriedChicken]

Has anyone found out the origins of Harrison’s Fowl Farm BBS Australorps?
Thanks.