Australorps breed Thread

[Gramma Chick]

The Brown one could be ...Redstars = Comet = Red Sexlink a different name for the same bird

 

[jbkirk]

The Brown one could be ...Redstars = Comet = Red Sexlink a different name for the same bird

Agreed. You can call a hybrid just about anything you want. Although most named ones do have specific parents there is often no way you could tell the end results apart.
Marshall

 

[appps]

the top two are my roosters the blue one is very protective but I think the young one was a rooster that the hawk got! this is steve he will take food out of your hand so gently to make sure he doesn't bite you!! this is to show ginger and spices size difference! they where in the wrong spot at rural king but they where a happy mistake this bird wasn't one my they are the sweetest birds!! yes I have a little of everything because I am a first timer!! my friend said my isa browns are redstars idk if there a difference

If you are talking about the red one in this photo I wouldn't have picked it as an isa brown. Ours were much darker in colour than that.

 

[kellyloveschad]

It was in the isa brown container at the feed store! Ginger and Spice where in the light brahma spot and they are a Ausralorp or jersey giant!

 

[BlueBaby]

It was in the isa brown container at the feed store! Ginger and Spice where in the light brahma spot and they are a Ausralorp or jersey giant!

Well, I guess that you have learned that if you want to have a certain breed, then make sure that you do not shop at that place again.

 

[bruceha2000]

I have 2 26week old BA that are not laying yet. I bought this breed based on reading that they mature around 20-22 weeks and lay well in the winter. I have them on 13 hours of light.
Just wondering if anyone else has had slow maturing BA's.

The BA's I got from Meyer in June 2015 both started at 28.5 weeks

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Or most any other "farm store". You have no idea who has taken a chick from one pen and put it back in another. Kind of like the hardware store, too "hard" to remember where you got this pipe fitting or that screw, just throw it in the bin in front of you.

 

[BlueBaby]

The BA's I got from Meyer in June 2015 both started at 28.5 weeks


Or most any other "farm store". You have no idea who has taken a chick from one pen and put it back in another. Kind of like the hardware store, too "hard" to remember where you got this pipe fitting or that screw, just throw it in the bin in front of you.

You are right. Too many people seem to have very short term memories, or are too lazy to put things back where they found them at.

 

[kellyloveschad]

Idk I have a little of everything!!! I only know a silky/frizzle/sizzle breeder I have a sizzle porcelain which I guess is rare!! but shes not very bright..... ginger and spice are so sweet the come up and get on your lap and put their head on you shoulder!!!

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

Kelly,
When chicks are born after April, like May or June, they may not lay until next spring or at least 7 or 8 months old. I don't know why, but that has been my experience especially if you have cold winters. A chicken needs 12 to 14 hours of Sunlight or artificial light to keep laying in the winter unless they were born between Dec and April then they start laying about 5 to 6 months old and keep on laying in the winter, of course depending on the breed.
Has your blue and brown easter egger in the front started laying yet? Should lay a blue or blue green egg.
Kurt

 

[getaclue]

We got our rental deposit check, and the refund for our home owners insurance check. Now we can start getting the rest of the materials needed to build my coop. YAY!