Australorps breed Thread

[Dayrel]

OK. Mine was April 1st. Sounds like she will likely start in the next two weeks. My Barred Rock and RIR have both been laying for 1+ weeks, so I was wondering. Thanks.

 

[getaclue]

 

[pineapple416]

Love this breed and their giant brown eggs!

 

[BlueBaby]

This thread has gotten way to quiet! Did anyone get some new Australorp's lately?

 

[getaclue]

My youngsters are doing good, but the pullets are too young to lay yet. My older hens are just finishing their molt, and are slackers.

 

[BlueBaby]

I'm at the same place as you right now. The hen's are laying still, but it has slowed down. I have some pullets that have been laying and are now almost big enough to incubate. The younger one's won't start laying until Feb./March, and yes, I do have more egg's going in the incubator again.

I forgot to mention that I have also bought a second incubator, so that I can do more in the spring.

 

[getaclue]

When mine resume laying, I too will be hatching out more too. It shouldn't be too much longer before they start up again.

 

[BlueBaby]

I was doing hatching here pretty much through the summer. I had some people buying up my chicks as some of the chicks were still hatching out!

 

[apryl29]

I only have one aussie. A couple weeks ago I finally figured out which egg was hers after I caught her on the nest. Of my 12 layers she's only the 2nd whose egg I can identify. She's my favorite of the bunch.

 

[sue25]

I have two hens but not laying everyday. I have 11 layers but 3 of them are older ISA and one is an older legbar. Of the 7 left I am only getting 3 to 5 eggs daily so I'm not sure who's not laying because they are all brown egg layers 2 of them are the Astrolorps hatched last spring.