Honestly - I have had chickens for years, yet?

[Mrs. K]

 

[Mrs. K]

He just looks so rooster-ish here. I really wish I had a picture from a month ago, when 'she' was developing into a fine pullet.

 

[3KillerBs]

Here's the picture, I wish I had one from a month ago.View attachment 2924706

Wow, a really late bloomer with only a little more saddle than my almost 12-week-old boys Green and Stripes. No wonder he fooled you.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

He just looks so rooster-ish here. I really wish I had a picture from a month ago, when 'she' was developing into a fine pullet.

Darn. Australorps are definitely late bloomers. Maybe he knows his fate and is just hoping you won't notice.

 

[3KillerBs]

Darn. Australorps are definitely late bloomers. Maybe he knows his fate and is just hoping you won't notice.

Not my Blue Australorps.

Green up there isn't even 12 weeks yet and last year one of my Blue Australorp girls laid her first egg a week before the California White did.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Not my Blue Australorps.

Green up there isn't even 12 weeks yet and last year one of my Blue Australorp girls laid her first egg a week before the California White did.

Maybe I should have specified black, but I didn't think color mattered. Or maybe I should have specified most of the time.... I definitely think my hens didn't lay until they were at least 20 weeks old and they didn't fill all the way out until much later. Blues must be special.

My polish cockerel was already crowing at 9 weeks and already had the beginning feathering of a cockerel. He definitely was an early bloomer. But, with that said, his sister just started laying eggs - they are around 6.5 months now.

 

[3KillerBs]

Maybe I should have specified black, but I didn't think color mattered. Or maybe I should have specified most of the time.... I definitely think my hens didn't lay until they were at least 20 weeks old and they didn't fill all the way out until much later. Blues must be special.

My polish cockerel was already crowing at 9 weeks and already had the beginning feathering of a cockerel. He definitely was an early bloomer. But, with that said, his sister just started laying eggs - they are around 6.5 months now.

I don't know if color matters, but line probably does.

That's why I made sure to get this year's Blue Australorp chicks from Welp rather than risk some other hatchery's not having the characteristics I'd liked so much in last year's 2 hens.

 

[Happy hen lover]

Dang it. That's the bad thing about hatching you don't know what your getting. I hope you can get some hens somewhere.

 

[Mrs. K]

so Killerbee - where did you get your Australorp?

 

[3KillerBs]

so Killerbee - where did you get your Australorp?

My Blue Australorps are from Welp.