Australorps breed Thread

[vickiw]

Show off!!!

hee hee     Hey I even got a double yolker today to.   BUT I hope they don't do a lot of those since I sure don't want any laying issues. 

That's what happened with my red sex-link. She started laying, a few days later a huge egg, then a double yolker, soft shell, normal, another huge egg, etc then a miss fire. A couple cycles like that then a skip, a really tiny hard egg and finally a huge shelless and a lot of tissue now she hasn't laid a thing since. It's been over a week now.

23o this morning but still 40o in the coop! . I am going to put in a larger roost board this week tho. I have a rounded 2/3 now but I forgot how large "real" Aussies are so next trip to town I am going to pick up a nice 2 by 4. As I mentioned before, I do have an oil heater (the kind that looks like an old steam radiator) which is very safe in a coop for when it gets below zero, but for those worried about your birds, most Canadian farmers use no heat at all. It's all in the coop design and keeping things dry.

 

[Windy Bay Farm]

That's what happened with my red sex-link. She started laying, a few days later a huge egg, then a double yolker, soft shell, normal, another huge egg, etc then a miss fire. A couple cycles like that then a skip, a really tiny hard egg and finally a huge shelless and a lot of tissue now she hasn't laid a thing since. It's been over a week now.

23o this morning but still 40o in the coop! . I am going to put in a larger roost board this week tho. I have a rounded 2/3 now but I forgot how large "real" Aussies are so next trip to town I am going to pick up a nice 2 by 4. As I mentioned before, I do have an oil heater (the kind that looks like an old steam radiator) which is very safe in a coop for when it gets below zero, but for those worried about your birds, most Canadian farmers use no heat at all. It's all in the coop design and keeping things dry.

Up here in Nova Scotia, which is just a short distance from Maine, there is no one that I know with chickens that use heat during the winter months and I haven't heard of any casualties yet. We just make sure we have cold hardy breeds, no drafts and plenty of fresh feed and water on hand and all seem to fair out well

 

[Highcotton]

OH COOL! We got two today but not from the Aussies. One of them today weighed 81g. Largest one yet and sure hope she doesn't lay many of those because I don't want laying problems. 

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I got 7 eggs from 7 hens today and 2 eggs from 3 Mallards. One egg was an extra large and one was a jumbo at 80 grams. I got one egg that weighed 105 grams a couple of days ago. I am sure that it is a double yolk egg. It will be my third double yolked egg.

 

[RoseMarie1]

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I got 7 eggs from 7 hens today and 2 eggs from 3 Mallards. One egg was an extra large and one was a jumbo at 80 grams. I got one egg that weighed 105 grams a couple of days ago. I am sure that it is a double yolk egg. It will be my third double yolked egg.

WOW can't wait until I start getting more eggs. I have 15 hens....lol

 

[vickiw]

evening everyone! First, I apologize for the poor quality of the pics. I had just put them into the "big girls" run for the first time today and they were being chased around a bit by my 6 month old red sex-link pullets, of course. In case you don't remember my previous posting, the smaller one was stunted by a severe case of cocci @ 9 weeks that turned out to be virulent compounded by the fact she was loaded with round worms when I got her (at 9 weeks) but I didn't know it and I didn't discover those until she started passing them several weeks later!!! Poor girl got a real double whammy and it took till just this past week or so for her to finally stop completely passing blood and tissue, so needless to say she (hopefully a she) was very stunted but has been growing at an incredible rate now to the point she is almost as big as the other one when originally she was half the other's size. Anyway, lots of antibiotics, wazine, etc. and tons of top quality feed, probiotics and proteins later, here they are. As mentioned before, they are supposed to be off a good line, so what do you think??? Hens? Roos? One of each???? Can't tell from their behavior as they have been doing a lot of chest bumping AND squaring off tho no actually fighting, just a lot of head lowering and very funny stare downs. I am thinking they are just making up for lost time from being sick. Neither really acted like a roo today when they mixed with the other girls for the first time. (2 older hens and the mentioned 3 trouble makers). Your expertise is greatly appreciated.

Congratulations on getting them treated. They look healthy. I think you have one of each. You will know for sure when they either crow or lay an egg.

Well, we're half way there. The one, now temporarily renamed "Max" made a very bad attempt to crow at the rain this morning ! Here's hoping you're also right about the little one . However, by the current look of the tail feathers I'm not so sure.

 

[ronott1]

Well, we're half way there. The one, now temporarily renamed "Max" made a very bad attempt to crow at the rain this morning !

Here's hoping you're also right about the little one

. However, by the current look of the tail feathers I'm not so sure.

Thank you for the update!

 

[CochonEstate]

I have a purebred full-size australorp who has just gone broody at 9 months old. she's proving quite hard to break. I know various breeds have different levels of broodiness - this is my first 'Lorp - I'm just wondering from those who've had lots of them, are 'Lorps known for their broodiness? I thought 'Lorps were not very broody, like ISA Browns, but I'm probably wrong

 

[ronott1]

I have a purebred full-size australorp who has just gone broody at 9 months old. she's proving quite hard to break. I know various breeds have different levels of broodiness - this is my first 'Lorp - I'm just wondering from those who've had lots of them, are 'Lorps known for their broodiness? I thought 'Lorps were not very broody, like ISA Browns, but I'm probably wrong

Here in the USA, The Hatchery BAs are less likely to go broody. Any Breed will have some Broodies though. Give her a couple of chicks, That will break her.

 

[CochonEstate]

apologies, 'scuse my ignorance, what's a BA?

 

[ronott1]

apologies, 'scuse my ignorance, what's a BA?

Black Australorp. We love abbreviations here. Sorry for the confusion.