Chicken Breed Focus - Australorp

[BlueBaby]

That is awesome news!!

Durango is still a ways away from me but WAY more doable then other options.

I emailed her and told her about your post and she will probably pop in here shortly.

 

[Julie Gillespie]

Here are my three 14 week old ladies (the one in the middle, who thinks it is a boy?).

Regular, Blue and Splash

Did I hear someone call me a boy?

 

[BlueBaby]

Here are my three 14 week old ladies (the one in the middle, who thinks it is a boy?).
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Regular, Blue and Splash
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Did I hear someone call me a boy?

Yes, it's a boy. I have 3 more that I would sell to you, if you were over here. I'm getting out of doing them. Two are roos, 1 blue 1 black. Then I have the Splash hen, too.

 

[Julie Gillespie]

I will have to re-home him as I live in Sydney's Inner West and you are not allowed to keep roosters. He is turning out to be very handsome, those pics are two weeks old so looks even more like a boy now.

 

[Thomas Lamprogiorgos]

Excellent breed, very good in low density feed and harsh conditions.

A black australorp rooster over barred plymouth rock hens creates black sex links.

 

[RIVERA69R]

Any tricks on sexing while they are chicks before I buy?

 

[getaclue]

Yes, he's a rooster. Too bad you can't keep him.

No tricks on sexing BA chicks. Sorry.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Anyone have any Australorp chicks or hatching eggs. Looking at adding them back to my flock. They were always very good layers. Would love blue and black.

 

[Thomas Lamprogiorgos]

Any tricks on sexing while they are chicks before I buy?

Try to train yourself into vent sexing practices.

 

[getaclue]

Normally, when you order them, they've been vent sexed. I don't recommend doing it yourself though. You can do more harm that good, not knowing what you're doing.