Australorps breed Thread

[Bens-Hens]

Legs look black/slate to me

 

[tigercreek]

Black legs and white toes....

 

[Bens-Hens]

Are the underside of the feet white or yellow?

It's hard to make some details out in that pic with the colour's. My guess is if it's black, and resembles an Australorp, but has yellow feet it could be a Black Orpington. Depending on where they come from they can sometimes look similar.

Easiest to judge with a clear day time pic, could also draw a wider experience base posting the same info in the 'breed and gender' section.

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

Hi, We got this girl from Meyers as a meal maker. Any ideas on what breed she is? I thought maybe a BA but not really sure!!!

She is the dark one up top!

Black Orps have the same pinkish white soles of feet as our BA's. If the soles are yellow then it can be a Jersey Giant or any mix. There are a lot of black birds but, that does not make them Black Australorps unless they meet the other qualifications like shape, beak color, red face, etc, etc.
Kurt

 

[chickisoup]

Great afternoon everyone, would very much like some input from you experienced Aussie folks. I had to buy Nutrena MEDICATED starter for my 5 little, now 2 1/2 wk old chicks because it was all I could get. I now have a bag of UNmedicated Nutrena chick starter.

Here's what I don't know. How and when do I go about getting them off the medicated feed and on to the unmedicated?

Really appreciate any instruction from you all who are much wiser than I

 

[Gramma Chick]

Great afternoon everyone, would very much like some input from you experienced Aussie folks. I had to buy Nutrena MEDICATED starter for my 5 little, now 2 1/2 wk old chicks because it was all I could get. I now have a bag of UNmedicated Nutrena chick starter.

Here's what I don't know. How and when do I go about getting them off the medicated feed and on to the unmedicated?

Really appreciate any instruction from you all who are much wiser than I

Here is what I did ...I had my hubby pick up chick feed ...turns out it was medicated too.
So when I went to switch them back to non medicated ..I did it gradually...Mixed in a little of the non medicated in ..
then mixed in a little more each time ...so eventually they were totally on non mediated.
In case there was any dependance on the medicine

 

[Bens-Hens]

Black Orps have the same pinkish white soles of feet as our BA's. If the soles are yellow then it can be a Jersey Giant or any mix. There are a lot of black birds but, that does not make them Black Australorps unless they meet the other qualifications like shape, beak color, red face, etc, etc.
Kurt

Well there you go, I always thought Orp's had yellow soles. Thanks for bringing me up to speed on that. One of those things I heard someone say and just took it as correct.

 

[chickisoup]

Quote: Thank you for the feedback Grammachick

Good idea. That's what I'll do

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote:
your welcome

 

[DCchicken]

Here is what I did ...I had my hubby pick up chick feed ...turns out it was medicated too.
So when I went to switch them back to non medicated ..I did it gradually...Mixed in a little of the non medicated in ..
then mixed in a little more each time ...so eventually they were totally on non mediated.
In case there was any dependance on the medicine

You actually don't need to do that since "medicated" chick starter is not medicine. It contains a coccidiostat which is a thiamine uptake inhibitor. It is not actually medicating the chick. It is inhibiting the consumption of thiamin in the protozoa that causes coccidiosis and lives off of thiamine. The level is just a preventative level and usually too low to actually prevent coccidiosis. I stopped using the medicated feed not because of the coccidiostat in it, but because it was expensive and unnecessary. If the chicks do show signs of coccidiosis, it is better to start them on the treatment dosage of Corid.

I would just mix the two bags together and then use it up. You could also just save it for the future in case you want to use the medicated feed and Corid for a severe case of coccidiosis. But rest assured, there is no withdrawl period for medicated feed. If you want to be extra safe, give them something with thiamine in it to counter-act the medicated feed, such as "Save-a-chick" or any chick vitamins.