Australorps breed Thread

[Jordi15]

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BYC member name is huppfarm

found him! Just sent him a PM. Thanks for helping me out!

 

[groche]

Hi again,
these pics may give a bit better idea of the girls I'm working with.
Happy Hatching Geoff

 

[Vamvakas]

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Can you post feet pictures? I want to see what color feet/shanks also how the toes should look like so I get and idea on witch rooster to keep.

 

[groche]

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Can you post feet pictures? I want to see what color feet/shanks also how the toes should look like so I get and idea on witch rooster to keep.

Good'ay, mate,
I could, but it's been wet here for a change and I'd need to wash their feet. Bit of a hassle. To keep it simple, a BA should have black, or dark slate in older birds, shanks and feet. The toenails and underside of feet and toes should be white. Don't stress about a little black flecking on the sole. Most important is, that if its legs are any other color, it aint a BA!
Hope this helps Geoff

 

[Jordann]

Hello all!
I do not have any chickies yet, but this fall/winter my husband and I are building our coop!!! To pass the time I have been drafting what the inside of my coop will look like, but cannot for the life of me remember how much perch space I should have per bird. I'm planning on getting Australorps and a grey Langshan, because I fell in love with my friend's low man on the totem pole grey Langshan ... (I know I could get one with a different temperament .... Dinner table for naughty birds! =P)
The birds will have 1/2 an acre to roam. Have been working with my dogs, with my friend's flock. So far so good!
I cannot wait to join the chicky world!

 

[ronott1]

Hello all!
I do not have any chickies yet, but this fall/winter my husband and I are building our coop!!! To pass the time I have been drafting what the inside of my coop will look like, but cannot for the life of me remember how much perch space I should have per bird. I'm planning on getting Australorps and a grey Langshan, because I fell in love with my friend's low man on the totem pole grey Langshan ... (I know I could get one with a different temperament .... Dinner table for naughty birds! =P)
The birds will have 1/2 an acre to roam. Have been working with my dogs, with my friend's flock. So far so good!
I cannot wait to join the chicky world!

One foot of perch per Large Fowl Chicken.

Welcome to the world of Poultry!

Use 2x4 boards with the 4 inch part flat for them to perch on. Do not go over 18 inches high.

 

[Vamvakas]

Good'ay, mate,
I could, but it's been wet here for a change and I'd need to wash their feet. Bit of a hassle. To keep it simple, a BA should have black, or dark slate in older birds, shanks and feet. The toenails and underside of feet and toes should be white. Don't stress about a little black flecking on the sole. Most important is, that if its legs are any other color, it aint a BA!
Hope this helps Geoff

I got 3 BA roosters that are 3.5 months all 3 are big, but the one who's the biggest one with the wider body, he has a black/blueish shanks/toes and his outer toes slant out a tiny bit he's got nice comb/body. The other 2 have black feet/shank and straight toes but I am not feeling there combs atm, all 3 have white under there feet. I know there still young but then again I am new to BA's so idk what o look for..

How far from Melbourne do you live? A lot of greek people live there lol

 

[RossAussie]

G'day Geoff,

Great pictures Geoff. I'm happy that you have now taken on Brian Newell's line as they will give you a real improvement in your stock and will given you a real competitive edge in the shows.

A few years ago Denis Dowdle judged the 1st Victorian Australorp Titles and he placed one of Brian's pullets as Champion of Show with one of George Norman's cockerels as his Reserve.
The following year I judged their 2nd Titles and placed a cockerel of George's over one of Brian's pullets. If I recall I carded Brian's pullets 1, 2 and 4 in the class of about 40 or so pullets, so you are onto a very good line from an exceptional breeder. I spend quite some time discussing the birds with Brian and George and they are both very good people.

This year George won the Australian Titles with a lovely cockerel at Dubbo in June and we pushed him with a pullet, jointly bred by Ray Connor and me. Somewhere in here is a picture of them.

Here is a picture of George (left) with the 2nd placed cockerel and me (right) holding the Champion of the Show just after I had judged them.



Kind regards,

Ross

 

[Gramma Chick]

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18 inches high seems pretty low to me ...

 

[RoseMarie1]

Hi again,
these pics may give a bit better idea of the girls I'm working with.
Happy Hatching Geoff

by the waddles and the comb I'd thought those were roosters. ????? Man these are hard to figure out what's a he and what's a she!