Is Anyone Breeding Show-Quality Australorps?

[3KillerBs]

I don't want to actually show birds, but I do want my Australorps to be decent representatives of their breed.

I'm trying to learn from the Australian standard, since it's available online and the American standard isn't: http://www.openpoultrystandards.com/Australorp but it's very difficult when the majority of the traits are described as "medium" -- even though the main thing that has attracted me to the Australorps is the fact that they fit my mental concept of the word "chicken" so well.

I'd love to see photos of high-quality Australorps to help me fix in my mind what an Australorp should look like in order to help me as I move forward.

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

Sorry, I don't but I like that website! Is there one for the American standard?

 

[Tre3hugger]

@3KillerBs gimme a sec, i will post the American stnadard

 

[3KillerBs]

Sorry, I don't but I like that website! Is there one for the American standard?

I wasn't able to find one.

@3KillerBs gimme a sec, i will post the American stnadard

That would be very much appreciated.

 

[Tre3hugger]

I wasn't able to find one.



That would be very much appreciated.

It's comin! Just waitin on my slooowwwww interent

 

[3KillerBs]

It's comin! Just waitin on my slooowwwww interent

I understand that.

We kept getting our cellular internet throttled halfway through the month (deceptive find print about "unlimited" that actually had a cap far too small for our household), and had to switch to painfully slow rural cable internet.

Not 14.4 dial-up, but back when we had 14.4 dial-up websites had few photos.

 

[Tre3hugger]

Here is what the American standard says for Austrolorps. It is from the 44th edition, so 2015.
pg 1

pg 2

visual example

 

[3KillerBs]

Here is what the American standard says for Austrolorps. It is from the 44th edition, so 2015.
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pg 2
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visual example
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Thank you.

Not much difference between the two, especially when you compare the pictures -- the comb the Australian standard calls "medium" and the US standard calls "moderately large" appear to be essentially identical.

I really hope that people with show-quality Australorps will post photos.

 

[3KillerBs]

No one here is breeding/showing Australorps and able to share photos?

 

[Windrider]

No one here is breeding/showing Australorps and able to share photos?

I was hoping you'd get more responses. I've been wanting some bantam Australorps and haven't had much luck finding someone breeding quality ones of those, either. I'll be going to a summer poultry show or two here in Cali, and I'll get pics for you if I see any.

I did find some beautiful 'lorp pics online, but almost all show winners from Australia not the US. What I notice compared to hatchery birds is a different top line and angle of tail, large dark eye, and breadth of breast.

Champion blue hen at Australian National Show this year:

Show Cockerel. Notice how large and dark his eye is.