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Quote: Hi John! Would have to say they are not Australorps, the shape is all wrong. I'm not up on what breeds you have over there, but they don't really match anything I've seen here in Australia, still very nice, healthy looking birds none the less, they are a credit to you husbandry skills!

Something with a yellow leg, I'm thinking New Hampshire maybe or RIR. Not sure what other breeds may fit the bill in the US, so think about yellow legged red/browns.

Quote: Thats what I'm assuming, its just a buff cuckoo, but then again we should never just assume! lol Stone looking forwrd to seeing pics of your chicks!

Okay I just took pics of the blues, I figured you've seen blacks! Excuse the red in them, thats just sun bleaching, I also have a darker blue boy but he decided to be very camera shy, so he will have to keep for another day! This one you can see a young white pullet in there, they were very...

You are doing a good job then, yours look like ours, thats a big credit to you! I've been looking through an old copy of your standards just to compare, but they must not have been introduced back then. I've started uploading some pics I took this morning will post them when they are done, this...

Finally read the whole thread! Amazing how different ours (Australian) look to yours. We don't have Chocolate Australorps either, there are rumoured to be some Choc Orpingtons in the making, but the true Choc gene has been missing in the great land of Oz for many moons! I must get my finger out...

I havn't heard of Jubilee's being done here, that would be one awesome birdy! But you never know what people have kicking around in their backyard now do you! I know there is red, gold barred buff and gold/blue partridge in the making as well, we also have blue cuckoos over here, I had two...

If they are the dark purplish/blue marks, they turn black, that normally is from frost bite/extreme cold, lack of oxygen, could even have been from some sort of trauma to the combs ie: being pecked. As long as they don't appear to be in bad health its nothing to worry about, if they are...

Lav orps arn't really available here in Australia, there are breeders working on them but they are breeders who keep them closley guarded, they might still be a couple of years off perfect too and I know one particular breeder will not release them until they are! Sussex won't be too hard...

These are nice looking birds. Glad to see you are getting nice feather structure, lavender can be hard in that respect! Just wondering what standard you are aiming or regarding shank, beak and eye colour? I'm not quite sure what the US standards are (I'm in Australia), but I assume they would...

Oh bugger! I've just aquired a Coronation Sussex to start on my little Lav Lorp project and was keen to see how others were getting on!

I apologise, I know this is an older post! Just wondering if there are any updates and where I could view the pics from this post, they have all disappeared! Cheers Michelle

Quote: Hi Buns, your post caught my eye indeed! I'm in Australia and have large blues and blacks, splashes should appear in the next month or two, and have toyed with the idea of creating lav Australorps here in Oz using a coronation sussex as a donor bird. Would love to see pics of your...

Most interested in talking to Australorp breeders! I have large black, splash and blue, and working on large whites. Would like to work on lavenders for my next project!