Australorps Breeding for SOP and Exhibition Thread

[BlueBaby]

Be careful in selecting future generations as his brass will be in the majority of next generation. It will take careful selection and a lot of birds to work that out. If you can locate another cock, even a black Australorp you may be better off. I'm a huge fan of Blue varieties and brassiness is a problem to watch for. The other problem with Blue is making sure not to breed out the lacing. It usually only shows in the blue birds, if well laced will show in splash. Care has to be taken to not use non laced birds or you can breed out the lace all together in your flock. By always using a blue bird, with lacing, in matings you can guarantee it's succession in your flock. Good luck in your venture.

Thanks for the advice! I will take it into my future consideration. This is a learning experience for me. I joined this thread so that I could learn and try to do right with this breed.

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

Barbara,
He is right about the black and blue matting making a darker blue with lacing that I told you about earlier. You still need splashes mated with blacks to make the blues so sometimes you have to work with what you got. I have seen brassiness and red leakage come and go in my flock of blues and splashes. Just keep breeding the blacks to the blues to improve your flock.
Kurt

 

[BlueBaby]

Barbara,
He is right about the black and blue matting making a darker blue with lacing that I told you about earlier. You still need splashes mated with blacks to make the blues so sometimes you have to work with what you got. I have seen brassiness and red leakage come and go in my flock of blues and splashes. Just keep breeding the blacks to the blues to improve your flock.
Kurt

Thanks, Kurt!

 

[getaclue]

The new home is turning out to be great. It's needed a bit of work here, and there. I will be so glad when we finish the coop, and I can bring my chickens.

 

[BlueBaby]

The new home is turning out to be great. It's needed a bit of work here, and there. I will be so glad when we finish the coop, and I can bring my chickens.

I'm glad that you are happy with it. There is always lots of work to be done on a new place to get it to be the way that you want it to be.

 

[BlueBaby]

Be careful in selecting future generations as his brass will be in the majority of next generation. It will take careful selection and a lot of birds to work that out. If you can locate another cock, even a black Australorp you may be better off. I'm a huge fan of Blue varieties and brassiness is a problem to watch for. The other problem with Blue is making sure not to breed out the lacing. It usually only shows in the blue birds, if well laced will show in splash. Care has to be taken to not use non laced birds or you can breed out the lace all together in your flock. By always using a blue bird, with lacing, in matings you can guarantee it's succession in your flock. Good luck in your venture.

So, may I ask you a question? Where would you find a good quality Black Australorp that does not have any red genes at all from past ancestry breedings?

 

[ronott1]

So, may I ask you a question? Where would you find a good quality Black Australorp that does not have any red genes at all from past ancestry breedings?

Urch for a bit better than hatchery or cackle for hatchery. This is an old price list for urch turnland

 

[getaclue]

I went to an APA show in Lake City, FL. There I met Matt1616, and told him what I was trying to get. We met at the next show in Inverness, FL. He brought me my initial trio.

 

[ronott1]

I went to an APA show in Lake City, FL. There I met Matt1616, and told him what I was trying to get. We met at the next show in Inverness, FL. He brought me my initial trio.

Matt would be a great source!

 

[Diannastarr]

just a few pics of my Aussies from {{ the HUPP LINE in AZ }} i have a few eggs from this blue hen I call gray girl & my blue roo mr. blue the roo i placed their eggs under one of my black Aussie broody hens & hoping for more blue babies out of this blue pare.