Australorps breed Thread

[Monterey]

Two of our Australorps roosters feeling their barley...

 

[Outdoorlover]

Looks like they're dancing!

 

[cactusrota]

LOL! Looks like they just keep playing leap frog! How cute.

 

[Outdoorlover]

Does anyone have Lavender As?

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

There is no such thing as lavender anything. It is actually self blue which means all the same shade of blue or actually gray. I raise Blue, Black and Splash Australorps and the blues look like this when they grow up.

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

Here is a better pic of a Blue with good lacing.

 

[BlueBaby]

Here is a better pic of a Blue with good lacing.

Hi, Kurt! I just put 16 eggs of mine in the incubator yesterday. I'm trying out that dry hatching method this time. Chicks are due to hatch on May 3rd.

 

[ronott1]

Hi, Kurt! I just put 16 eggs of mine in the incubator yesterday. I'm trying out that dry hatching method this time. Chicks are due to hatch on May 3rd.

Make sure that humidity does not go below 25%.

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

Barb,
I never had any luck with the dry hatch. They got shrink-wrapped when they tried to get out. I stick with 40-50 % Humidity the first 18 days and then bump up to 65% till hatch after lockdown without the turner. When they do start hatching humidity will climb so remember to vent if it gets too high.
Kurt

PS Barb, make a road trip, I will have about 70 babies on Sunday

 

[ronott1]

Barb,
I never had any luck with the dry hatch. They got shrink-wrapped when they tried to get out. I stick with 40-50 % Humidity the first 18 days and then bump up to 65% till hatch after lockdown without the turner. When they do start hatching humidity will climb so remember to vent if it gets too high.
Kurt

Yes!

Temperature is much more important and most do not use a good enough thermometer or calibrate the one the are using.