australorp hen

  1. R

    Is Ivermectin recommended?

    Hey everyone, I've got a 4 year old Australorp girl that isn't walking properly, she seems quite weak and her muscles tremor slightly when she does try to walk (a symptom of the weakness I'd imagine). I took her inside and checked her and she has a pretty bad mite infestation (mites on nearly...
  2. MaybeMay

    Hen has only ever laid 1 egg in 7 weeks. Help!

    Hello everyone. I have an odd situation going on with my blue Australorp Blueberry who is nearly seven months old. She laid her first egg just over 7 weeks ago and has not laid since. We did have to take her rooster buddy away a couple days afterwards as he finally started to crow and we can’t...
  3. T

    **Lethargic hen with NO BALANCE, low appetite

    Hi everybody. I have a 6-7 month old Black Australorp hen, she is really sweet and friendly with us and got sick suddenly. She gets bullied a lot by the other hens and a few days ago when we saw her a little weak, we brought her inside to eat and drink. Right now she is inside in a cage. She...
  4. A

    Australorp Hens or Roosters?

    Hi there, We have two Australorp chickens we’ve raised since 5 weeks, they were from a straight run mix. I’ve done my best to research the breed, and have not come to a solid conclusion on their sexes. They do both crow - which I enjoy but our neighbors do not. They’re about 5 months old now...
  5. N

    Just found our first 8 eggs!!! Help!

    Hey everyone!! So I was just out feeding my 8 chickens, 6 black australorps (hens), 1 black jersey giant (hen) and 1 salmon faverolle (rooster), and couldn’t find one of the hens. I told my hubby to check the coop, we haven’t put in the 4 best boxes yet as we weren’t expecting the girls to lay...
  6. kinkachy000

    Australorp pullet or roo?

    Hello! I got another mystery gender on my hands. I'm worrying it's a rooster, but praying it's a hen! (S)he is around 9 to 10 weeks old. I have never owned a australorp before, so I have no clue what the differences are or what each gender looks like. Thanks for any and all guesses! And let's...
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