Hoover's Blue Australorps?

[3KillerBs]

Since the feed store didn't have the Black Australorps I was intending to get, I got two Blue Australorps instead. They'd proven to be big, fast-growing, active ladies (currently about 9.5 weeks). They're almost as big as the 11.5-week-old Brahmas and their voices have changed completely from the baby peeping to adult clucking -- all good qualities, IMO.

I'm wondering if anyone has experience with them and could tell me what to expect from them in terms of when they're likely to start laying, what color and size the eggs are likely to be, if they're apt to go broody, etc. Do they share the characteristics of Black Australorps or do they have differences due to the influence of whatever breed was used to bring in the blue coloring?

 

[Sally PB]

I don't know anything about them other than I would love to see pictures!!

 

[3KillerBs]

I don't know anything about them other than I would love to see pictures!!

Here you go. Cordon and Teriyaki (Cordon has white flight feathers at the end of her wings but you can't see them if she doesn't flap), at 8-9 weeks. I don't know if I'll be able to tell them apart after the next juvenile molt (which is starting).

 

[ladybrasa]

Could those possibly be Hoover’s Sapphire Gems? I don’t see Blue Australorps on their website. I would definitely be interested in one, if they ever appeared in my Tractor Supply (they use Hoover)!!

 

[3KillerBs]

Ooops. I had occasion to look at earlier notes and realized that I goofed. It was Welp, not Hoover with the Blue Australorps.

The farm store orders from multiple hatcheries and I got them mixed up.

 

[BlueBaby]

The Blue Australorp's are the same as the Black Australorp's one's are, just a different color. The pullet's start laying at about 5 1/2 to 6 month's old, and will be a brown egg layer. Some can go broody. Are you planning on breeding them later?

 

[3KillerBs]

The Blue Australorp's are the same as the Black Australorp's one's are, just a different color. The pullet's start laying at about 5 1/2 to 6 month's old, and will be a brown egg layer. Some can go broody. Are you planning on breeding them later?

I didn't know if whatever was used to introduce the blue coloration had brought any other characteristics along with the color. The ones I have are vigorously healthy and growing fast.

I'm considering possible roosters for my flock and they could be on the list.

 

[3KillerBs]

Picture from today:

They're a little camera shy so I couldn't get a close one.

 

[RevlisRemmah]

Picture from today:

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They're a little camera shy so I couldn't get a close one.

Gorgeous!!!!

 

[BlueBaby]

I didn't know if whatever was used to introduce the blue coloration had brought any other characteristics along with the color. The ones I have are vigorously healthy and growing fast.

I'm considering possible roosters for my flock and they could be on the list.

I had them before. Breeding the Blue Australorp rooster over Blue Australorp hen's can give you Australorp chick's of black, blue, and occasionally even a splash.