Australorps breed Thread

[Hillbilly Hen]

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Very pretty!

 

[huppfarm]

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several years ago there was and the best breeders of australorps were in it, they have all become owners of the golden years so they disbanded the club.
it would be great if there were enough prominent quality show breeders who wanted to start another one up, but im finding it hard to find any here in the states.
it seems there are more hatchery bird owners out there that are just happy having chickens run around the yard, than serious breeders of quality.
if they are out there, they are certainly keeping to them selves. some of them are very secretive and dont want to share any of their secret stock so they can just corner all the markets when it comes to poultry shows.
they are afraid that someone will create a better bird than them and take away their thunder. i know! ive tried to purchase birds from some of them and that just shows me that they ARE afraid. i wont mention any names but they know who they are and they know who i am ............and i coming their way with my own stock, not theirs.
(evil laughter........................)

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

Thanks everyone for all your help.
Would someone be interested in critiquing my bird please? Like I said before, Im a serama expert on type, but know nothing about these birds, so you won't hurt my feelings. Ill try to get some pics of the hens later too. Id really like someone to break it all down for me, and add some pics of some super typey birds with qualities I DO want, or even birds that show a quality I don't want. Looks like I might be focusing on breeding some more of these until next year. Some critter got in and killed all but 8 of my adult serama in my chicken tractors last night. (Well, something bit into the heads of my phesants and a pair and the other 20 birds just disappeared with hardly a trace!) Luckily I have 4 pens full of started chicks, but that gives me a bit of time to learn about Australorps. Thanks!

Id love to see a blue one too! How pretty!

 

[ronott1]

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There is a guy from California that is a Poultry Judge. Send a pm to: fowlman01. He is on the Bay Area Forum. If he is not up on Australorp standards he probably knows someone that is.

Good luck!

 

[huppfarm]

i would be happy to help you out with that, you can email them to me in an attachment or put them up as pics here, either way i know all about the australorp breed and will help you out any way i can.
have a good one

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

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Could you start with him until I get pics of the hens?
Thanks!

 

[aveca]

you cant go wrong with hupp farms he has great birds and great personality to go with it...by the way chet when we went to the show the tip you gave me on the vet rx was fantastic..not only did the birds smell great but they just glowed ...the cockeral even won the special award for best orpington out of all at the show..every little bit matters when your at the APA shows..thanks for all the little tips..you should write a book..a lot of people have a lot of aussie questions...

 

[goobhen]

I am planning my next set of chickens..... How would you compare RIR to Australorps? I saw on the breed list that RIR are an agressive breed and that Australorps are a friendly breed. What are your opinions? How are A for laying eggs? Thank you for any answers ! Theresa

 

[cubalaya]

australorps outlay them and are more docile and i have had both types of rir.

 

[ronott1]

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I have four BA's, three RIR and two Golden Comets. They are too young to tell about laying rates for sure, but they seem to be comparable. The Poultry sites I checked on said about 250 per year for the BA's and RIR's and 300 per for the Golden Comets. Since these are averages there will be individual differences. With my Golden Comets, one lays an egg every day and the other lays a double yolk egg every two days, so that is hard to figure

The RIR's are noisier and are the only ones so far to jump the fence into the neighbors yard. The BA's will eat out of my hand while the RIR's act scared and back away. One of the RIR's will come up and peck my leg if I don't have a treat though, so there are still individual differences. The BA's get a long with both the Golden Comets and the RIR's though, which is what the chicken sites say about them.

I would not say that the RIR's are particularly aggressive, but they are not the best back yard city chicken because of the noise. Luckily I live in a city that allows chickens so I don't have to hide them

The Black does look good with the reddish brown color of the RIR's though.

I hope this helps,

Ron