Australorps breed Thread

[JessMorris]

She's beautiful!

 

[threescompany]

A cockerel I got for my pullet. FREE! I think I got a good deal.



He never STOPS!! But I love the sound!

Beautiful boy!!

 

[dowgirl71]

This is a picture of 2 chicks I selected hoping that they are Black Australorps. Thoughts? And: does it look like one might be a cockerel? We can't have roosters where I live. They are about 5 weeks old.

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

At 5 weeks you have one cockerel to the right. If the legs are slate grey, bottom of feet pinkish white, all black feathering with green sheen down the road then maybe. There are a lot of different breed black chicks out there. Not every black chick is an Australorp that TSC would have you believe.
Kurt

 

[hellbender]

Nothing I can put my finger on but they just don't give me that 'Australorp' feeling...but I surely can and have been wrong!

 

[ronott1]

Nothing I can put my finger on but they just don't give me that 'Australorp' feeling...but I surely can and have been wrong!

You may be correct.

Waiting for a report on the leg and foot sole color. Do the legs have feathers? Black Copper or silver marans can look like those chicks--and sometimes black orpingtons too.

 

[dowgirl71]

At 5 weeks you have one cockerel to the right. If the legs are slate grey, bottom of feet pinkish white, all black feathering with green sheen down the road then maybe. There are a lot of different breed black chicks out there. Not every black chick is an Australorp that TSC would have you believe.
Kurt

Good to know. I got these chicks from Aubuchon Hardware & they were from an order of 200 chicks from McMurray. The store got them at a discount because they were various breeds of cancelled chick orders. The clerks had no idea what they had & no list of what they could be but I took a chance because I REALLY wanted some Black Australorps. After looking at chick pictures, I did my best but now, have my doubts. I read they could be Jersey Giants. The bottoms of their feet look more yellowish than pink but their toes look kinda' pink. I have a 2 year old BA hen & think I remember her being more of a quiet chick & these 2 are a little on the rambunctious side.

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

Good to know. I got these chicks from Aubuchon Hardware & they were from an order of 200 chicks from McMurray. The store got them at a discount because they were various breeds of cancelled chick orders. The clerks had no idea what they had & no list of what they could be but I took a chance because I REALLY wanted some Black Australorps. After looking at chick pictures, I did my best but now, have my doubts. I read they could be Jersey Giants. The bottoms of their feet look more yellowish than pink but their toes look kinda' pink. I have a 2 year old BA hen & think I remember her being more of a quiet chick & these 2 are a little on the rambunctious side.

If the bottom of the feet are yellow they can be Jersey Giants, or Black sexlinks, not BA's.
Kurt

 

[appps]

Being rambunctious doesn't necessarily rule them out. When my Aussie finally went in with the big girls she would actually bounce on the others to get out the door to the food first . Luckily she outgrew that as she would squish them if she did that these days

 

[Gramma Chick]

Being rambunctious doesn't necessarily rule them out. When my Aussie finally went in with the big girls she would actually bounce on the others to get out the door to the food first . Luckily she outgrew that as she would squish them if she did that these days

Must have been hilarious to see !