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I do things in order, a routine, in my coops. The BA's are friendly, and chatty, BUT let me do things out of order, and they let me know it. They will tell me off, quite loudly. It's so funny.

They go through stages of friendly, scared, friendly, scared. Just roll with the flow. By the time you get them out in a coop, and they're laying, they should be quite friendly.

In my experience, they are not exactly a quiet breed. They are very social, and vocal. Not excessively loud, but they communicate.

I hope everyone had a joyous, and safe Merry Christmas!

I see pictures of people claiming to have BA's, but their eyes are not solid black. Someone even argued with me that BA's only appear to have solid black eyes when they're not in the sunlight.

Kurt, I'm so glad you're in remission. It takes a bit of time to recuperate from the treatment(s), but once that is over, and you're in remission, you'll start getting back to some semblance of normal. That overly tired, totally drained feeling begins to go away, and slowly you will regain...

You might put a little vaseline regularly on the area where it's scratching. It could simply be the skin is somewhat dry, healing, and itchy. Just keep a check for further development of mites.

I'm going to suggest that it could be a Jersey Giant, or a mix. Post a few good pictures of the whole bird, and a couple of the bottoms of the feet, if you are even concerned about what it is.

The black spots look to me, like peck marks, where another chicken has pecked. Your cockerels could be doing a bit of fighting when they get in close proximity to each other, OR while free ranging they're getting scratched/poked by underbrush, thorns, etc.

Awww, she's cute.

I agree with bruceha. They look good, but then there is some difference between the Australian, and American shape, and standards.

Hey there Kurt. Glad you stopped in. I hope things are going at an even keel for you, and your wife. Thanks for your input.

painted, Of course you can keep these. When you find good BA's, just keep them separate for breeding, and hatching the eggs.

painted, There are only 2 people I know of that had projects going, trying to get Blues, and Splashes up to par, so they could be accepted as SOP colors. The first is Chet Hupp of Hupp Farms in Az. The second was Kurt aka RattlesnakeRidgeWV. This was recently posted by Kurt aka...

BA's have completely black eyes. No discernible iris. The chickens in the photos have irises, so they are not BA's. The legs will be gray, and the bottom of the feet will be pink, not yellow. While those are pretty birds, and could possibly be a mixed breed, they are not BA's. Yes, Kurt's...

You might want to post is on one of the threads that is more suited to identifying chicken breeds. There are quite a few on here that are good at it, but I'm not one of them.

These are not BA's.

Nice, painted. Where did you get them?

The areas that are fenced, but open to the sky, you can string fishing line all across the top, and the chickens should be safe from the hawks. The hawks look for ways to escape, and fly off with their prey. When they don't have a large enough opening to escape with the prey, they don't...