HallFamily, do you ship birds as well as eggs? I'm somewhat interested in blue Orpingtons. (....I see them in your 'for sale' box...)
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Lovely Orpingtons, Aveca!
I'm a little confused about the Australorps, really, so I hope someone can help.
First, are Australorps supposed to be more egg-laying, (f.e. the record Australorp that took a single day off from laying) or are they broody?
Next, are they foraging, or is it just the hatchery Australorps that I've heard are not good foragers?
Finally, how is their temperament, from all of you who deal with yours more than just for changing food and water and collecting eggs?
Hi Jim,
as old Will Shakespeare said, this is "much ado about nothing" or "What's in a name? A rose.....". I applaud your efforts and wish you every success. I think that, in retrospect, you might just agree that using the word "international" could create the wrong impression. I think we're losing sight of the fact that an Australorp is a bloody Australorp wherever it lives! As your mate, Walt, points out in a rare moment of clarity, there's not much difference between the SOP's, anyway. Would I prefer that you changed the name? Yes. Do I care enough to engage with your Walt. No! Missed a career in diplomacy, that guy. Seems preoccupied with having a bigger one than ours!
Of course you're not stupid, Aveca. In my experience, truelly stupid people always think they're actually smarter than the rest of us. See things in simplistic 'black and white' terms. Thanks for the pics. I haven't seen many of your show birds. I'll have a closer look when I calm down from Walt!
Cheers Geoff frm Aus
Hi Jim,
as old Will Shakespeare said, this is "much ado about nothing" or "What's in a name? A rose.....". I applaud your efforts and wish you every success. I think that, in retrospect, you might just agree that using the word "international" could create the wrong impression. I think we're losing sight of the fact that an Australorp is a bloody Australorp wherever it lives! As your mate, Walt, points out in a rare moment of clarity, there's not much difference between the SOP's, anyway. Would I prefer that you changed the name? Yes. Do I care enough to engage with your Walt. No! Missed a career in diplomacy, that guy. Seems preoccupied with having a bigger one than ours!
Of course you're not stupid, Aveca. In my experience, truelly stupid people always think they're actually smarter than the rest of us. See things in simplistic 'black and white' terms. Thanks for the pics. I haven't seen many of your show birds. I'll have a closer look when I calm down from Walt!
Cheers Geoff frm Aus
I was finished with what I had to say, but since you are posting to me I have one last thing to say to you. You can be cute and flip, but I have had good friends blown up fighting for the US flag and some bozo comes on here and starts talking about burning it up I might get a bit annoyed .....know what I mean? so.....our interactions have not been the way I would usually deal with people. People know how I am, you can post all kinds of crap about me after this post, I don't care, I won't respond to that kind of post...knock yourself out! You can try to be cute and so on, but there is no way you can convince any real American that burning the US flag is funny.
Any posts from me here will be about birds.
Walt
BlackPanther I have had hatchery and breeder Australorps. They have all been good layers and foragers. None of my birds have been aggressive, but they are not people oriented like some of my other breeds. I think they benefit from handling while they are chicks. Broodiness is unpredictable. I don't think you can make a blanket statement on broodiness for the breed.Lovely Orpingtons, Aveca!
I'm a little confused about the Australorps, really, so I hope someone can help.
First, are Australorps supposed to be more egg-laying, (f.e. the record Australorp that took a single day off from laying) or are they broody?
Next, are they foraging, or is it just the hatchery Australorps that I've heard are not good foragers?
Finally, how is their temperament, from all of you who deal with yours more than just for changing food and water and collecting eggs?