Australorps breed Thread

[ronott1]

Pictures of my 10 week old Australorp Matilda


, She is a joy!

She is very nice looking!

 

[DeesHens]

I enjoyed seeing pics of your Matilda. She is a cutie! I am looking forward to someday sharing the "joy" you are experiencing when I get my BA chicks this spring. ~Dee~

Pictures of my 10 week old Australorp Matilda


, She is a joy!

 

[ronott1]

I caught some of my Hens dirt bathing today:



This one is molting



And not liking it at all

 

[DeesHens]

I caught some of my Hens dirt bathing today:



This one is molting



And not liking it at all

What is that? The chicken molt dance?! Absolutely love that shot.

~Dee~

 

[islandgal99]

 I just want to warn people do not order Chickens through the mail. I ordered three and they where dead upon arrival. I wanted to replace my Australorp that died from egg impaction. But I will wait until next Spring to get a Australorp. Miss my black fuzzy butt chicken, she was so friendly. Ps- Never order Chicks through the mail.

Sorry for your loss on both accounts. Not sure what folks do on your side of the border, but up here in Canada none of the hatcheries will ship less than 15-25 chicks, as this is the only way to ensure they have enough heat. I have received shipments from as far as Murray Mcmurray hatchery and had no problems.

 

[huppfarm]

Thank you Walt, that cleared up a long time needed to be answered question.
Have a good one

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

Chet,
Good to see you back. The molt is kicking my butt even with the different ages of my BA's. Out of 13 hens I am lucky to get 4 eggs. My Urch hens are in full blown molt. DUNDEE the roo looks terrible and the hens are tearing out feathers as soon as they come in. In my opinion chickens are dinosaurs and blood thirsty when they want to be. I tried putting Dundees son "COAL" 22 weeks old in with my wives EE and AMeraucanas and they beat the crap out of him. My SLW breeders have not laid an egg in over a month and their molt looks like it is finally over.

Ron, That chicken dance is the FUNKY CHICKEN from the 60's!!!! LMAO

 

[ronott1]

Chet,
Good to see you back. The molt is kicking my butt even with the different ages of my BA's. Out of 13 hens I am lucky to get 4 eggs. My Urch hens are in full blown molt. DUNDEE the roo looks terrible and the hens are tearing out feathers as soon as they come in. In my opinion chickens are dinosaurs and blood thirsty when they want to be. I tried putting Dundees son "COAL" 22 weeks old in with my wives EE and AMeraucanas and they beat the crap out of him. My SLW breeders have not laid an egg in over a month and their molt looks like it is finally over.

Ron, That chicken dance is the FUNKY CHICKEN from the 60's!!!! LMAO

Yes, When I was in high school, our high school jazz band played Swing musing for a Dance club. When we took a break, they would play Disco Duck and do a dance to it where they pretended to be flapping wings...Kind of like that picture.

 

[groche]

Hi Walt,
I'm sorry we got off on the wrong foot, as I agree with all that you say on here. The Australian Standard came after both the British and American. We were too busy squabbling among the various States as to what it should be and it ended up largely based on the British one. The 4-6 points in our Standard apparently stem from these squabbles too, with northern States tending to favor 4 points, while down south here our strains tend to have 5. Guru, Ray Conner, writes re combs, " I know it's the icing on the cake but as long as it's neat and well set on the head no more is needed".
Cheers Geoff from Aus

 

[fowlman01]

Hi Walt,
I'm sorry we got off on the wrong foot, as I agree with all that you say on here. The Australian Standard came after both the British and American. We were too busy squabbling among the various States as to what it should be and it ended up largely based on the British one. The 4-6 points in our Standard apparently stem from these squabbles too, with northern States tending to favor 4 points, while down south here our strains tend to have 5. Guru, Ray Conner, writes re combs, " I know it's the icing on the cake but as long as it's neat and well set on the head no more is needed".
Cheers Geoff from Aus

Hi Geoff,

Many of the people I get off to on the wrong foot online end up being good friends. I don't seem to have much trouble in person for some reason. I guess it is how I come across online. Since you live in the country of origin you will have insights we don't have here. Welcome back!

I have been looking at a Rhode Island Red male that was shown last week at the APA National in OH and the people who have seen it in person are going on about how perfect it is etc. I even had a call from Dave Anderson the past President of the APA to tell me how wonderful this bird is...well...it has about 7 points on the comb. No one cares!!! While judging I would only consider it if I had two birds so close that I could not decide. I want people to understand that it is not the end of the world and while each part of the Aussie description is important, the points on the comb are pretty far down the list. I have a British Standard on the way, so I will have the APA, ABA, Aussie and Brit Standard here for reference.

I didn't have a chance to say this while we were having our discussions, but I appreciate the look of your birds. We could use some of that blood here. Aveca has good birds, but many I see in shows....even the winners....are too short in the back. shallow in the lower chest and basically look like Orps.

Walt