Australorps breed Thread

[lightchick]

My little (BIG!) bundles of joy. <3 Six weeks checking in!

MrsB

They're so cute!

 

[MrsBrooke]

They look so big for six weeks!

As it turns out, I misspoke....

These little ones are FIVE weeks old.

The bunch from the New Year's HAL.

I got extra-large nuggets.

MrsB

 

[jldward]

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[MrsBrooke]

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Welcome!

MrsB

 

[jldward]

Thanks-I have some 3 week old BA chicks among bunches of other breeds, big & small. Hopefully have some nice pics to share eventually.

 

[orumpoultry]

As usual Mrs.B you're killing it. Not to CUT this short, but..

I have mine on turkey starter,and offer them BOSS daily. They're all nearing eight to ten ounces, I'm going to have to get pictures. Mine are five days older than yours.

 

[MrsBrooke]

Callaway at three weeks.

Callaway at five weeks (this evening).

So much growth! I love how his sheen is coming in a little. ♡

MrsB

 

[MrsBrooke]

They're so cute!

Thank you!

Thanks-I have some 3 week old BA chicks among bunches of other breeds, big & small. Hopefully have some nice pics to share eventually.

Did you get them from a hatchery or are they your own? Looking forward to pictures!!!

As usual Mrs.B you're killing it. Not to CUT this short, but..

I have mine on turkey starter,and offer them BOSS daily. They're all nearing eight to ten ounces, I'm going to have to get pictures. Mine are five days older than yours.

I should probably invest in a scale, huh?? I want to see your babies, too!

Silly question, because I know you are..... are you providing them with grit?

MrsB

 

[jldward]

They're from Ideal....we've had chickens for many years, but I just started getting into Layers almost a year ago with some other breeds & decided to expand some. My boyfriend has his games & I have my layers, some more regular, some a little less common & I take care of them all plus the rest of our "zoo" because he works out of town a lot.

 

[orumpoultry]

They are outside already so they have a plentiful supply of grit and greens. They've almost gobbled up all the grass in their run though. I start offering all of my birds from a week on. They get it as they need it.

I offer them fruit and other greens starting young, in small amounts, to get them used to me. It's a quick way to tame game breeds and I just transferred it over to layers when I got into them years back.

Jld, Ideal has great Australorps production wise. Most of mine originated from them.