Australorps breed Thread

[Foster's Freehold]

Oh man lol. <tells self> no more chickens, you have your breeding ideas, leave it at the Black <not that self will listen> lol

 

[BlueBaby]

Oh man lol. <tells self> no more chickens, you have your breeding ideas, leave it at the Black <not that self will listen> lol

This breeder has them too and they are closer to where you live at. (I will enable you because they are so pretty). Mine usually sell like hot cakes locally once I do a hatch of them.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/australorp-bbs-hatching-egg.1223517/

 

[Foster's Freehold]

Yikes! $30 a dozen, $25 shipping. I think I'll try Valley Farms Chicks. If I don't like them, I can sell them and find an incubator for next year. After all, there is always next year right?

 

[bruceha2000]

Good to see Kurt posting. He's had some beautiful Australorps.

 

[BlueBaby]

Good to see Kurt posting. He's had some beautiful Australorps.

Yes, and I got my start of them from Kurt's hatching eggs.

 

[Foster's Freehold]

I think he was active the last time I had chickies. Between a racoon, a fox and a hawk, my last flock was wiped out. I'm building a freakin' Ft. Knox this time.

 

[BlueBaby]

Yikes! $30 a dozen, $25 shipping. I think I'll try Valley Farms Chicks. If I don't like them, I can sell them and find an incubator for next year. After all, there is always next year right?

When I bought mine from Kurt, he was charging more than that for his.

 

[BlueBaby]

I think he was active the last time I had chickies. Between a racoon, a fox and a hawk, my last flock was wiped out. I'm building a freakin' Ft. Knox this time.

That's the best way to go if you have pedators around. Mine are in a Fort Knox too with even a padlock on my walk-in door to the coop, and the run is completely covered and attached to the coop.

 

[Foster's Freehold]

I'm spending probably a couple K on coop/greenhouse, then will have to see how much I have left to spend on pricey birds lol. Picked up a breeding trio of Golden Cuckoo Marans today. Fairly cheap too, $36 for the trio.

 

[Foster's Freehold]

That's the best way to go if you have pedators around. Mine are in a Fort Knox too with even a padlock on my walk-in door to the coop, and the run is completely covered and attached to the coop.

Don't know what I'm gonna do about the paddock. I'm going to build a hoop coop chicken powered composter attached to the 16x24 coop so they will have that secure place. But I'll have about 1200 sq ft with 6ft chain link and hot wire. I might have to add a fenced area so I can net it. They can paddock when I'm out there working. With a shotgun.