Thank you for your detailed reply! I do not know what the white parents were sorry. I do know the breeder had separate pens for the white australorps so I think he came from that. From what I have learned, australorp are recessive white. So if I breed him I guess I will either get no white...
Hi from down-under 👋🏼 I have two purebred australorp cockerels and do not think I can keep both. One is a white and the other is splash (pictured). They are from heritage lines. I have blue, black and splash hens and I am wondering which cockerel would be the best to keep based on the colouring...
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I’m seeking opinion on the gender of this 9.5 week old blue australorp. Comb and waddles are redder than others but I can see any saddle feathers coming through?
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Apart from the mess, her vent looks normal (not red). She is VERY smelly though. Her crop isnt obvious, like she hasn’t eaten. I think I can feel some water in there though. They normally free range every day and are fed a layer pellet,
Scraps and scratch occasionally. The egg porridge I made...
I have a beautiful Orpington just become POL. Her and her two brothers had very dirty bums so I wormed them and have been treating them for coccidiosis with amprollium for a week. The brothers have since gone to a new home and the hen has become unwell in the last 2 days. I’ve continued the...
Hello, my two silkies and have come into action and I’m wondering if I was to breed them, what I am likely to get, colourwise? It’s a grey roo over a partridge hen. I’m new to silkies so any advice appreciated. Not after show quality just after a variety of colour for my flock.
Thank you