Australorps breed Thread

[RoseMarie1]

Hi,
Your BA is a cockerel.

OK thank you!!!! So I have 11 pullets out of 22 BA's. I guess it could be worse huh?

Thank you SO MUCH!!!

 

[MeanV2]

OK thank you!!!! So I have 11 pullets out of 22 BA's. I guess it could be worse huh?

Thank you SO MUCH!!!

I ended up with 9 pullets out of the 20 chicks I got from Gilbert. I am happy!

Dan

 

[Mikokoke]

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I am interested in ordering BA's. I want to buy from a breeder not a hatchery if possible. I am in AZ and I have already posted in my states thread. Does anyone here know of a breeder near me? If not in my state maybe close and I could order live chicks or hatching eggs. I'm trying hard to find a good breeder in my state so I can drive and get them...but I must be looking in all the wrong places. I need to be pointed in the right direction. Can anyone help me?[/quote
Check out "hatchbacks.com". I purchased my chicks from them in April and I am very happy with my BAs, RIR, SLW and amueracanas. I don't know if they are breeders, but they produce healthy chicks and are willing to work with you if you end up with a rooster or are I satisfied with your chicks. Good luck!

 

[Gramma Chick]

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Thanks for clarifying that ..I too have seen & heard both ..
I wasnt sure which was right ..I think I was saying Waddle not Wattle too ..

 

[Jordann]

RoseMarie, you have some gorgeous birds! Your pen looks really nice (and huge!!!)

 

[amwchickin]

My Black Australorp, Black Betty, is such a talker!! Also, this girl runs and flaps her wings like she's running a race everywhere she goes!

 

[Jordann]

My Black Australorp, Black Betty, is such a talker!! Also, this girl runs and flaps her wings like she's running a race everywhere she goes!

That's hilarious!

 

[groche]

Hi RoseMarie,
I have some recent experience in cockerel selection and this is my advice, for what it's worth. You want to breed from your best boy, but all will have faults, even in good lines of SQ BA's. So, you need to understand that breeding is about balancing 'faults' from either side. eg. try not to breed 2 similar faults together or you'll magnify the fault. I'll try to keep this super simple -
* reject birds which don't fit what a BA is - any with any feather color than black, some white in younger birds, and yellow in chicks, of course.
- any with legs other than black or slate grey
- any with eyes other than black, or dark brown at a pinch
- any with obvious deformities other than incubation caused ones
* look for - white soles on feet
- white toes
- dark beak, preferably black
- well-formed comb, with least number of comb points, less than 6 preferably
- size - a good BA is a big solid bird
- conformation - it's a bird of curves, no sharp angles from side-on. See my avatar
- note the full tail on the pic of my boy posted recently. Compare with the bird whose tail you show here. Pick a bird with a tail like my avatar side-on and my bird from top
view. This is a big ask from utility stock!
This is just somewhere to start and it's much more complex. If it helps whittle down your cockerel numbers that'd be great.
Cheers Geoff

 

[RoseMarie1]

I ended up with 9 pullets out of the 20 chicks I got from Gilbert. I am happy!

Dan

that's pretty good Dan.

 

[RoseMarie1]

RoseMarie, you have some gorgeous birds! Your pen looks really nice (and huge!!!)

Thank you Jordann.