Australorps breed Thread

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

This is a blue australorp cockerel with his EE buddy born the 1st of Feb. (5 weeks old). Decent dark lacing developing.

 

[Gramma Chick]

This is a blue australorp cockerel with his EE buddy born the 1st of Feb. (5 weeks old). Decent dark lacing developing.

In the awkward grow out stage ..I see .His neck skin doesnt look red yet ..kind of pink like my baby .

 

[Maat]

While we are on the subject of pests like worms and mites I made an interesting observation the last couple of days. Chickens may have something going on because they discovered the sand around my septic system and dug in and had a nice sand bath for themselves. Guessing by their happy behavior it appeared to be giving them more than just a cool fun relaxing playful time but might have been helping them to rid themselves of some pests perhaps?

Good to know that they like sand and fine dusty silty dirt.

Yes, chickens love the sand.
And "bath" in sand help them to prevent attack from various pests.

If you dont have too much space just make something like this:

 

[Maat]

 

[chickisoup]

AWWWW, beautiful babies

 

[shepardlilley]

I got 6 chickens yesterday (all laying hens), and 2 of them are black australorps. Reading about them has me excited! There are also 2 RIR's, who seem to be aggressive, should I separate the sweet ones out so they don't get picked on, or just let them work things out? Nobody's been hurt so far, like I said mostly just picking.

 

[ronott1]

I got 6 chickens yesterday (all laying hens), and 2 of them are black australorps. Reading about them has me excited! There are also 2 RIR's, who seem to be aggressive, should I separate the sweet ones out so they don't get picked on, or just let them work things out? Nobody's been hurt so far, like I said mostly just picking.

It depends on how aggressive they are being. It is normal for a pecking order to be established.

It they are drawing blood, separate them and put them back together at night. If they are still hurting each other, you can make a temp pen for them with a shared fence so that they can see each other. They will figure out the pecking order through the fence and you can combine them after a couple of days.

Always at night though.

 

[chickenaddict99]

I love mine! They are so beautiful!

 

[Gramma Chick]

I love mine! They are so beautiful!

Aussie Are ! Love their Green Sheen !

 

[chickenaddict99]

Aussie Are ! Love their Green Sheen !

Me too! They are such beautiful chickens!