Australorps breed Thread

[negrita]

well honestly he's quite the fast maturing roo im no chicken expert by anymeans but i spent a lot of time with my pets and this crazy roo ive seen him since 10 weeks got on top of my sussex grabs her head with his beaks and mounts her the poor thing screams and then shakes herself he first started tryng to crow at 6 weeks sounded really weird

 

[negrita]

i think i even asked if that was normal behaviour because me and my hubby were freaked out o and he gets on top of my leghorn roo and does his thing i mean everything exactly as if mating him and the the leghorn shakes himself too afterwards

 

[negrita]

o my i just checked my post and he was actually 7 weeks when he first tried to mate and that's why we call him THE PERVE

 

[Birdrain92]

Roosters mature sooner than hens ...4 months is average ..
even when they are younger ...they are more dominant over the pullets ..
Not trying to mate them necessarily earlier but definitely bossing them around

My rooster never got the hint then. He's hen pecked.

 

[Gramma Chick]

i think i even asked if that was normal behaviour because me and my hubby were freaked out o and he gets on top of my leghorn roo and does his thing i mean everything exactly as if mating him and the the leghorn shakes himself too afterwards

Are you sure the Leghorn is a Roo ?

 

[Gramma Chick]

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[Gramma Chick]

Anyone else have early Broodys ? My little Sumatra is Broody ..
So shes got 4 eggs

 

[blueclip]

Hey everyone,

I'm looking to add a bunch of australorps to my flock of 6 month old dominiques (with a dom rooster), and I want to know if these two breeds would function well together in one flock. I would assume so since they are both fairly docile (of course I cant speak for the lorps since I've never owned any). What do you all think?

 

[Birdrain92]

Hey everyone,

I'm looking to add a bunch of australorps to my flock of 6 month old dominiques (with a dom rooster), and I want to know if these two breeds would function well together in one flock. I would assume so since they are both fairly docile (of course I cant speak for the lorps since I've never owned any). What do you all think?

They should do perfectly fine.

 

[Clinton 78]

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Hey everyone,

I'm looking to add a bunch of australorps to my flock of 6 month old dominiques (with a dom rooster), and I want to know if these two breeds would function well together in one flock. I would assume so since they are both fairly docile (of course I cant speak for the lorps since I've never owned any). What do you all think?[/quote
I have 2 Domq and 3 BA's the domq's are old and don't lay any more. They BA's are a lot bigger than them and pick on them some. But I got 3 more BA pullets and they tried it too. But the Domqu wouldn't have it from them cause there the same size for now. But for the most part they really get along good.