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How soon were you able to sex them by color ?
I would be interested in knowing the answer to that question as well. That is a pretty bird. Can you relate how good they were on laying eggs?
I have been thinking about something and haven't seemed to be able to find a definitive answer. If I decided to cross a Black Australorp rooster and a Buff Orpington hen, would the chicks be able to be sexed shortly after birth, due to their coloring?
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It's quite strange, as these roosters are getting their tail feathers, but their combs are still small. It's beginning to look like I may have to find some more Black Australorp pullets to round out my flock, after I weed out all of the roosters.
I wish I could find room to disagree with you folks, but I am afraid I can't. Well, I now have to find new homes for at least three more roosters. This is the pits.
Hey, TroutsChicks. Where do you live?
Well, this may just go to show how much I really don't know about this stuff. I purchased three Buff Orpington pullets (I thought) from okiehen and I was fairly well decided that all three were indeed pullets. However, I am beginning to have a great deal of suspicion that all may not be as it...
Wow, it really is a small world. I live in Roland, OK and work in Fort Smith, AR. You are just a hop, skip, and a jump across the state line from me. Welcome to BYC.
So far, I have been lucky/blessed etc. I am unable to turn my birds out into the yard just yet, but the temp inside the coop was only about 92° this evening. That was when it as about 100° outside, with a heat index of 108°. They are panting, but that is to be expected, I think. I gave them a...
Are all of the BOs the same age? If so, there is a lot of difference between the big one in the middle of the first picture and the rest of them. I would have to say it is a rooster.
I have around 2 young Ameraucana roosters for sale and they are not hatchery stock. They are approximately 8 weeks old and the picture really doesn't do them justice. One of them is white, which you can see in the picture, and the other is brown. I am in eastern Oklahoma, near Fort Smith, AR...
I have around one young Rhode Island Red rooster for sale. He is approximately 8 weeks old. I am in eastern Oklahoma, near Fort Smith, AR. With the current heat wave, I wouldn't feel good about shipping the bird, so they should be considered pick up only, or I could meet someone at a reasonable...
I have around 7 young Black Australorp roosters for sale. They are approximately 9 weeks old and the picture really doesn't do them justice. I am in eastern Oklahoma, near Fort Smith, AR. With the current heat wave, I wouldn't feel good about shipping the birds, so they should be considered pick...
Well, I have had quite a few laughs reading through this thread. While I don't advocate cruelty to animals, they sometimes have to be shown who is boss. I probably will not be keeping a rooster because we live in a residential neighborhood, but if I do, he had best mind his manners. He will not...
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Thanks. Yeah, I am figuring that out. I was in the coop this morning, showing the birds off to my father-in-law, and the white bird was bowed up at another bird, feathers all fluffed out, etc. He looked like he was spoiling for a fight and is looking more and more like a rooster every day.