Australorps breed Thread

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

Definately a sport of a BA. I don't think I'd breed her unless you just want eggs and keep her. Genetics are funny that way, you never know what pops out or when, there can always be a sport.

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

The month old ugly chicken stage!

 

[willowbranchfarm]

My rooster (Jet) is growing up. He's a not all black but is getting these brown feather. I guess it's from breeding.

~Rebecca

 

[Inkheart]

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I call it the baby dinosaur stage! - look good tho!!!!

 

[tigercreek]

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I have had a brown feather or 2 show up, but they dissapear at the 1st molt. Not sure about your roo though, his legs almost have a yellow look in the pictures. They should be black. ......stan

 

[nickrex98]

does my BA look like she is ready to lay

sorry about the pictures

 

[ronott1]

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Mine had bigger combs and wattles. They started laying about two weeks after the egg squat.

It is hard to say because the low number of day light hours slows them down by a couple of weeks or so. I would guess she will lay in a month or so.

Mine were almost six months old and were hatched in early February.

Look for the first egg countdown forum. It's fun and should start seeing more activity as we move past winter.

 

[nickrex98]

im sorry i didnt noticed till now that was a old picture, she is about 22 weeks old and i dont think she will squat for me because i have a rooster

 

[willowbranchfarm]

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I have had a brown feather or 2 show up, but they dissapear at the 1st molt. Not sure about your roo though, his legs almost have a yellow look in the pictures. They should be black. ......stan

He has a lot of brown feather's.......here's a picture. So here's one of his neck feathers that are brown. Sorry the pictures so bright.

And here's his back feathers.

 

[ronott1]

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A BYC Member on the San Francisco Bay Area forum just had her 27 week old Wyendotte start laying. Someone else has 33 week old chickens laying.

You can wait or give them some light. There is a lot of information about this, but the way that works for me is to add a couple of hours of regular incandescent light in the morning. I am using 40 watt, but the directions say they need enough light to see their food.

Good luck!