Australorps breed Thread

[Saerasx]

she doesnt appear to yet. my cuckoo marans who also has a comb seems to have the thicker legs

 

[chickisoup]

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[iwiw60]

They are ADORABLE!! They look like mine did several weeks back. Right now mine are in that gawky "teenager" stage....they bump into each other, starting the ''pecking order" and stumble all over each other...aaack!! I can't wait to get them to the coop!!

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

You can usually tell a cockerel in 6 to 7 weeks for sure. Forget worrying at 3 and 4 weeks, you can not tell. I took a lot of pics of my birds growing up and their development every two weeks, so look at my profile and check the pics under Australorp Breed Thread.

PS Ron, I will be checking out the SOP thread, thanks.

Kurt

 

[TINCHER]

Does anyone have an australorp with light colored eyes? A light brownish/yellow/amber with a black pupil to be somewhat more specific...

 

[Bens-Hens]

hoping this one is the winner! had hubs help me
Around 3 weeks, just started developing a comb. Our other BA doesnt have anything really showing yet.

If you have two, try get a pic of each, straight on so we can see the thickness of the comb.

A number of pages back we talked about early sexing using this method in BA's. WOuld be great to give it another run and see how it works for your birds.

Just a single clear photo of each bird, something like this one please and we can have a go and track it, see if this method is accurate across different lines.



These were two samples of Blue Australorp males at about 2-3 weeks.

 

[bonnylass79]

Does anyone have an australorp with light colored eyes? A light brownish/yellow/amber with a black pupil to be somewhat more specific...

It isn't desirable. They should have dark brown to black eyes. Birds with light colored eyes are usually culled.

 

[getaclue]

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Young Roos can be very selfish ...wanting all the treats for themselves .
I have seen roos less than a year old do this too .
The smart ones call the hen & let them have the treat knowing there is a fringe benefit to them

He'll stop taking when he's grown and will call them over, they will get the best of the food treats. He will get treated, well, to a treat of his own when they mosey over to him.

Yeah, but he's only 4 weeks old, so he's got a long way to go before he does the rooster version of chocolates, and dancing. Something else, he has discovered: he can jump off the little roost with his wings flapping, and land on the girls. He's soooo pleased with himself. The gals hate it, and the oldest, and largest (yeah, she's 12 hours older) was getting mad about it, and would chase and peck him UNTIL, she discovered she could do it too. They were taking turns jumping, and landing on the younger (12 hours younger) smaller gal. When he got down off the roost to get something to eat, older gal would jump on him, so if he wasn't on the roost, and she got on it, he would run over to her, and knock her off the roost, then go back to eat. The second time this happened, she started squawking. I KNOW she said "Mom, he pushed me". I fussed at all of them, and they've settled down.

 

[subhanalah]

It isn't desirable. They should have dark brown to black eyes. Birds with light colored eyes are usually culled.

still lays a tasty egg though!

 

[bonnylass79]

still lays a tasty egg though!

It'll also make a tasty chicken dinner.

But that is why I said "usually." Personally, I would cull an Australorp with light eyes if it's a rooster. If it's a hen, it would go in the egg laying flock, but not used for breeding.