Heritage Large Fowl - Phase II

[hellbender]

I'm more than a decade older than you two kids. Australorps should be: Cock 8.5 lbs hen: 6.5 lbs. Unless you weigh them you will not know where you are in size/weight.

Walt

Totally agree with you Sir. Over the years, I've had the opportunity to weigh many of my birds and some if not most are as much as three pounds over that size on both genders.

 

[fowlman01]

Other tips, Walt? What is your opinion on types? If you do a image search you see all types. Very few look like the ones in my 1929 I think standard.

There is only one type recognized by the APA and that is the one you see in your 1929 Standard. They were admitted to the APA Standard in 1929. The illustration along with the description will get you where you need to be. Try to go to a poultry show and see what they look like in person. It needs to be a show with several entered to be sure you have the correct image in mind. Images found online don't mean a whole lot until you know what they are supposed to look like..... .which is not a lot of help. Most images of chickens found online are not good representations of their breeds.

Walt

 

[Bluetick340]

I got to looking, a lot of the Wyandotte types seem to be more of the uk standard type.

 

[Bluetick340]

 

[fowlman01]

Most of the Aussies have short backs like this, so they look like Orps. The first picture you posted is correct, but you need to take it down as it is protected by a copyright. It is from the current APA SOP.

Walt

 

[brahmabreeder]

I guess I am a baby cause I am only 22 always grown up with chickens and started to get really into them few year ago... Hopefully when I reach your guys age I'll be a master breeder/judge. *And then I wake up*

Haha yeah I think being just 16 would throw me in the baby category also

. Becoming a master breeder would be a dream come true.

 

[NeilsHamburgs]

You'd be surprised to know there isn't much margin in the feed industry.

google feather meal

no its an intentional additive very high protein content but not much else, makes for a great filler. Its just hard to get a good commercial mass produced feed as they are going to go with the cheapest get by for making major profits just enough so that it will meet the low end of the scale for demand, its no different than most any other product. You can get the GOOD stuff but it'll cost a primo buck too. J/S

Jeff

 

[gjensen]

The back in the first picture looks ok to me. The second is short, but there should be a slope in the back and then rise. The second bird seams to rise straight from the neck. The back should slope a bit.

The fluff should be moderately full. I would not call either one of them moderate. You can see the Orpington.

I do not know anything about Australorps, but the first thing I notice is the slope of the back and the fluff.

Australorps are a fine breed to be interested in.

 

[MagicChicken]

Kind of like a image search for reds or rocks. Same faults. Tails and types. I guess kind of like others if it is black is is a australorp, and if is orange it's a red, and if it has some degree of barring, well it's "bard rock" lol. That's a craigslist quote.

LOL! I must have a lot of "bard rocks" myself. My cockerels "sing" all the time!

 

[hellbender]

Haha yeah I think being just 16 would throw me in the baby category also

. Becoming a master breeder would be a dream come true.

As young men, you both have clear advantages and can make marks any way you will. If nothing is allowed to get in your way, you can both do and be exactly what you want.

Good Luck!