Australorps breed Thread

[CiceroXY]

Cicero,
The kg weights seem right. I am in the US, and my cock birds are 8 lbs plus and the hens are around 6 lbs.

The black and white matting will not work. The only way to make a splash is a blue and blue matting that will give you 50% blue, 25% black babies and 25% splash babies.

A splash bird has 2 blue genes.
A blue bird has 1 blue gene and 1 black gene.
A black bird has 2 black genes.

A blue bird is actually a diluted black bird.

Kurt

Thank you so much !!

Genetics is really interesting but also very hard to understand !!

 

[CiceroXY]

Cicero,
That black and white combo usually yields a white bird with only a few black marks, and does not really look like a splash without a lot of additional matings.
Kurt

Well, I think I'll experiment !!

 

[appps]

Hi Kurt Your Australorps are beautiful !! Congrats   So the best combination is Blue X Black!   Moreover I have other 2 curiosities and you seem to be very knowledgeable about this breed: 
1 Black and White Australorps can be crossed in order to get the splash colour?
2 Is the Australorp weight standard 4 Kg for roosters and 3 Kg for hens? because here there are breeders who have told me that their Australorp roosters can surpass the 4 Kg.
Thank you   

Just a random photo off internet but you will gent something along these lines. A white bird with bits of black on it.

You might get more or less black spots. To get a splash you need to get from white to soft blue grey and from black spots to dark grey flecks. That's a lot of selective breeding!

Not sure about the Italian standard but this is the Australian one.
WEIGHTS: Recommended weights as proposed by the "2nd Edition Australian Poultry Standards Committee" for their Second Edition Upgrade.
Whilst these weights are not those proposed by the Australorp Club of Australia Inc. in our submissions in 2006, they are within an acceptable range to our breeders.

LARGE AUSTRALORPS

Cock 3.60 - 4.10 kg
Cockerel 3.20 - 3.60 kg
Hen 2.750 - 3.10 kg
Pullet 2.25 - 2.75 kg

BANTAM AUSTRALORPS

Cock 1.00 - 1.230 kg
Cockerel .960 - 1.190 kg
Hen .850 - 1.040 kg
Pullet .790 - 1.020 kg

My girls need weighing but I'm guessing close to 3kg. They weigh a tonne when trying to extract from a nesting box

 

[CiceroXY]

Just a random photo off internet but you will gent something along these lines. A white bird with bits of black on it.


You might get more or less black spots. To get a splash you need to get from white to soft blue grey and from black spots to dark grey flecks. That's a lot of selective breeding!

Not sure about the Italian standard but this is the Australian one.
WEIGHTS: Recommended weights as proposed by the "2nd Edition Australian Poultry Standards Committee" for their Second Edition Upgrade.
Whilst these weights are not those proposed by the Australorp Club of Australia Inc. in our submissions in 2006, they are within an acceptable range to our breeders.

LARGE AUSTRALORPS

Cock 3.60 - 4.10 kg
Cockerel 3.20 - 3.60 kg
Hen 2.750 - 3.10 kg
Pullet 2.25 - 2.75 kg

BANTAM AUSTRALORPS

Cock 1.00 - 1.230 kg
Cockerel .960 - 1.190 kg
Hen .850 - 1.040 kg
Pullet .790 - 1.020 kg

My girls need weighing but I'm guessing close to 3kg. They weigh a tonne when trying to extract from a nesting box

Thank you!!

I think that I will start to experiment next spring It will be a white bird with bits of black but if I cross it again with a Black Australorp, the result will be a white bird with more black spots

And so on... cross after cross

Well, therefore the weights are in standard. Australorp is really a heavy breed

 

[chickchick56]

My favorite bird

 

[AustralorpsAU]

Alrighty a question for all of you. My Blue Australorp cockerel has started turning a brownish colour on his saddle feathers. All the blue Australorp cockerels I've seen are black on top. Is he still ok to breed from?

 

[CiceroXY]

Alrighty a question for all of you. My Blue Australorp cockerel has started turning a brownish colour on his saddle feathers. All the blue Australorp cockerels I've seen are black on top. Is he still ok to breed from?

Hi

Could you take a picture?

Unfortunately Australorps with brown feathers are not in standard but it could be just a slight flaw.

 

[AustralorpsAU]

Hi  Could you take a picture?   Unfortunately Australorps with brown feathers are not in standard but it could be just a slight flaw.

Sorry pics are bad

 

[CiceroXY]

How months old is he? I think you are right, he seems to have a slight shade of brown on the back. In my opinion it's just a slight flaw

but if you wanted to have chicks, it would be better not to use this cockerel.

 

[AustralorpsAU]

How months old is he? I think you are right, he seems to have a slight shade of brown on the back. In my opinion it's just a slight flaw  but if you wanted to have chicks, it would be better not to use this cockerel.

He is 16 weeks old. Do you have any Aussies? Thanks for the input!