Buff Orpington (crossed with) Black Australorp - Orpinglorps!!

[DawnSuiter]

This is my blue boy.. but I call them Australorpingtons

He's 3 months older now.. I'll get a new photo soon
He's going to mate with some Black Australorp hens in a few months to make Black Blue or Splash Australorps eventually.

 

[BackyardBirds720]

You guys will be SO DISAPPOINTED. I took a bunch of pictures with my phone and sent them over to my online account - and they disappeared!!! *boo*

I'll have some up tomorrow hopefully!!

 

[poultryhaven]

Your not gonna have any for sale are you? Cause i'm in central florida too

I can buy or trade =]

 

[BackyardBirds720]

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Maybe... what you got up for trade?

I've never sold/traded before - so... I'm still relatively new at raising chickens BTW. But I'd be willing to possibly work something out. Where exactly are you located (what town)?

 

[poultryhaven]

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Maybe... what you got up for trade?

I've never sold/traded before - so... I'm still relatively new at raising chickens BTW. But I'd be willing to possibly work something out. Where exactly are you located (what town)?

I'm located in ocala. I have white silkies, buff orpingtons, and button quail ( 8 eggs due on the 11th) let me know if you wanna trade anything

 

[galanie]

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Are the parents pure or cross
I ask because Black Australorp and Buff Orpington shouldn't have any lacing and I'm trying to figure out how the offspring got lacing..

chris

Me too. The Australorps must have had lacing in their background is all I can figure. And some BO/Black orp crosses have just a bit of bad looking lacing so maybe BOs have some back in their lineages somewhere too? I have no ideas other than that.

 

[KWAK]

I know this is old.
But I crossed my Black Australorp roo with my bO hen and got 16 chicks to hatch.
The males were black with red on the face and blue on chest/stomach and turned out to have a white neck, Black/white lacing on chest and white and black saddle feathers, And they are HUGE.
The female's are completely black as soon as the hatch and end up completely black. I LOVE THEM

 

[galanie]

I know this is old.

But I crossed my Black Australorp roo with my bO hen and got 16 chicks to hatch.

The males were black with red on the face and blue on chest/stomach and turned out to have a white neck, Black/white lacing on chest and white and black saddle feathers, And they are HUGE.

The female's are completely black as soon as the hatch and end up completely black. I LOVE THEM

I keep reading the same sort of thing from people that actually do mix the two breeds and colors. Yet the genetic calculators and thinkers say they won't be autosexing. I think that's because no one really knows exactly which genes are in buffs and there's something in there that causes it, but only when bred to black australorps for some reason. Or maybe other pure blacks but people just don't post about it? no idea there.

 

[Chickchick30]

I know this is old.
But I crossed my Black Australorp roo with my bO hen and got 16 chicks to hatch.
The males were black with red on the face and blue on chest/stomach and turned out to have a white neck, Black/white lacing on chest and white and black saddle feathers, And they are HUGE.
The female's are completely black as soon as the hatch and end up completely black. I LOVE THEM

Hmmm... I have crossed buffs and australorpes many times. Never got any sexlinks. Mine were all black with a little rust on there faces and some had it on their backs and chests. Wherever the rust appeared on the chicks (of either sex) as adults it would be anywhere from a bronze color to a bright gold color. But this was true with either sex. And I have achieved this by crossing BO roos over BA hens and BA roos over BO hens. Either way same result? I think either a recessive color gene is coming through or the birds being used have mixed stock in their lineage somewhere. But I did have the same finding with the cockerals being huge at young ages. Very tall fellows. Usually twice the size of pullets the same ages from same hatch? I have wondered many times why that is? I do know They make wonderful LAYERS! Literally year round!

 

[fowlmouthgirls]

So what would I get if I crossed a Splash Austrolorpe over a BO?