Australorps breed Thread

[bhaugh]

Thanks everyone for their comments to my fatty pullet. Today I took some pics and realized that they are just really big birds. Describing them as shy and aloof is pretty much how they are. I will add protective because they both keep a good eye on the yard. Today a cat came to visit and they were not happy. I chased the cat off and once that was done all was well once again. Thought I would share a couple of pics.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks everyone for their comments to my fatty pullet. Today I took some pics and realized that they are just really big birds. Describing them as shy and aloof is pretty much how they are. I will add protective because they both keep a good eye on the yard. Today a cat came to visit and they were not happy. I chased the cat off and once that was done all was well once again. Thought I would share a couple of pics.

They look Great!

They are not ready to lay yet. My best guess is another month.

 

[bhaugh]

Thanks!

 

[DeesHens]

Thanks everyone for their comments to my fatty pullet. Today I took some pics and realized that they are just really big birds. Describing them as shy and aloof is pretty much how they are. I will add protective because they both keep a good eye on the yard. Today a cat came to visit and they were not happy. I chased the cat off and once that was done all was well once again. Thought I would share a couple of pics.

Great pics bhaugh. Thanks so much for sharing them. Your young girls look very nice.
I have always kept raw organic sunflower seeds in my pocket for my girls as a habit. Mine know this so therefore they act very friendly knowing they will be rewarded for hanging out with me.

Try it! They learn fast. But be warned they will follow you around and get under foot after that. But most often I can stoop down and pet them when I want which I enjoy very much. I really do like to take my glove off so I can touch their soft feathers. They are so amazing! Mine also jump up on an old plastic patio table I keep near their coop to set things on. They love to find out what I brought out in my basket. They are extremely curious birds I find in many ways. When they are on the table it makes it easier to inspect them. I like to keep a close eye on their health. The more time I spend with them the more friendly they act. If for any reason I don't spend as much time with them they seem to become more shy so I try hard to not let that happen. The bad weather has hampered me at times. Anyway, I wonder if anyone else has found this to be true? They have been very afraid of our pitchfork which I use to over turn their mulch pile daily. I hate to scare them. Once they realize I opened up "the buffet" I just hope they forgive me.

~Dee~

 

[RoseMarie1]

Thanks everyone for their comments to my fatty pullet. Today I took some pics and realized that they are just really big birds. Describing them as shy and aloof is pretty much how they are. I will add protective because they both keep a good eye on the yard. Today a cat came to visit and they were not happy. I chased the cat off and once that was done all was well once again. Thought I would share a couple of pics.

Hee hee they're very pretty!!!
I can remember when mine were that size. Mine have gotten to be such pretty little hens in the past few weeks. I'll have to get some recent pix of them. Been sick for a week now and it seems like they have really taken off.

 

[RoseMarie1]

Great pics bhaugh. Thanks so much for sharing them. Your young girls look very nice.
I have always kept raw organic sunflower seeds in my pocket for my girls as a habit. Mine know this so therefore they act very friendly knowing they will be rewarded for hanging out with me.

Try it! They learn fast. But be warned they will follow you around and get under foot after that. But most often I can stoop down and pet them when I want which I enjoy very much. I really do like to take my glove off so I can touch their soft feathers. They are so amazing! Mine also jump up on an old plastic patio table I keep near their coop to set things on. They love to find out what I brought out in my basket. They are extremely curious birds I find in many ways. When they are on the table it makes it easier to inspect them. I like to keep a close eye on their health. The more time I spend with them the more friendly they act. If for any reason I don't spend as much time with them they seem to become more shy so I try hard to not let that happen. The bad weather has hampered me at times. Anyway, I wonder if anyone else has found this to be true? They have been very afraid of our pitchfork which I use to over turn their mulch pile daily. I hate to scare them. Once they realize I opened up "the buffet" I just hope they forgive me.

~Dee~

Yes Dee same here but not with the Aussies, it's the RIR's. I noticed just today a huge difference in them. I have been sick so hubby has been taking care of them for me. I used to could just walk up and pick up one of the rir's but it took some effort today to do that since I haven't been hanging out there with them. I was feeding them some chops that they dearly love and there was one of the Aussies that looked like her leg band was getting too tight. I finally kept working around until I caught her to check it. Man the roos didn't like that either. I don't have a Aussie roo only RIR roos.They're very protective of all the girls. Anyway when I seen they wasn't going to fly into me I checked her out and it was fine. After that two of the Aussies left dodge and went to hide under the bush. I guess they thought they were next.

 

[Windy Bay Farm]

Here's a question for ya'll... I recently (yesterday) added a 5 month old Australorpe rooster to a flock of 13 ladies that are 6 months old (6 BR's, 5 RIR's and 2 Black Stars) one of the Black Stars and one of the BR's seem to really be aggressive towards the rooster and fight with him quite a bit. I have had to break them up a couple of times. Is this normal for a hen to act so aggressively towards a rooster and will it stop eventually ?

 

[bhaugh]

Great pics bhaugh. Thanks so much for sharing them. Your young girls look very nice.
I have always kept raw organic sunflower seeds in my pocket for my girls as a habit. Mine know this so therefore they act very friendly knowing they will be rewarded for hanging out with me.

Try it! They learn fast. But be warned they will follow you around and get under foot after that. But most often I can stoop down and pet them when I want which I enjoy very much. I really do like to take my glove off so I can touch their soft feathers. They are so amazing! Mine also jump up on an old plastic patio table I keep near their coop to set things on. They love to find out what I brought out in my basket. They are extremely curious birds I find in many ways. When they are on the table it makes it easier to inspect them. I like to keep a close eye on their health. The more time I spend with them the more friendly they act. If for any reason I don't spend as much time with them they seem to become more shy so I try hard to not let that happen. The bad weather has hampered me at times. Anyway, I wonder if anyone else has found this to be true? They have been very afraid of our pitchfork which I use to over turn their mulch pile daily. I hate to scare them. Once they realize I opened up "the buffet" I just hope they forgive me.

~Dee~

YW. I actually feed mine mealworms and they will eat out of my hand but for some reason they would really prefer that I not pet them. Of course when they are on the roost and with no where to go, they will hang for a pet. They will hang out with me and my other hen but again when I try and put my hand out to pet them, they walk off. They do come for treats. Maybe they will mellow out once they start to lay.

 

[ronott1]

Here's a question for ya'll... I recently (yesterday) added a 5 month old Australorpe rooster to a flock of 13 ladies that are 6 months old (6 BR's, 5 RIR's and 2 Black Stars) one of the Black Stars and one of the BR's seem to really be aggressive towards the rooster and fight with him quite a bit. I have had to break them up a couple of times. Is this normal for a hen to act so aggressively towards a rooster and will it stop eventually ?

He is younger and Cockerels develop a bit slower than pullets. It will take time but he will win them over.

The first time I introduced my Dorking Cockerel to my Hens, several of them attacked them. Two months later I hatched 10 out pf 12 eggs from the flock. Only one was not fertile and one did not hatch.

 

[Windy Bay Farm]

He is younger and Cockerels develop a bit slower than pullets. It will take time but he will win them over.

The first time I introduced my Dorking Cockerel to my Hens, several of them attacked them. Two months later I hatched 10 out pf 12 eggs from the flock. Only one was not fertile and one did not hatch.

Thanks for the info, ronott, I'll give it some more time and see what happens. Hope they work it out soon !