The road less traveled...back to good health! They have lice, mites, scale mites, worms, anemia, gl

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Most people do not know Australorps are Orpingtons that were shipped to Australia.

Well....not quite...but it is part of their ancestry. They are as different as night and day.

. From 1925 Wal Scott set to work to have Australorp recognized as a breed with the Poultry Society as he developed the breed. Equally as persuasive a claim came in 1919 from Arthur Harwood who suggested that the "Australian Laying Orpingtons" be named "Australs". The letters "orp" were suggested as a suffix to denote the major breed in the fowl's development. A further overseas claim to the name came from Britain's W. Powell-Owen who drafted the British Standard for the breed in 1921 following the importation of the "Australian Utility Black Orpingtons." It is certain that the name "Australorp" was being used in the early 1920s when the breed was launched internationally. In 1929, the Australorp was admitted to the Standard of Perfection.

 

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And maybe a video or two? Just some good ol' country folks showing us how it's done without all the holding, petting and trying to be sweet to the chicken before the deed. Just plain , simple gettin' it done.



This second one is field dressing...for when you want to dress one in a hurry and it's not really big enough or has enough meat on it for a full processing or if you want to do a necropsy and want to look at the internal organs in a hurry without all the usual fuss.

The field dressing video was pretty amazing. I had no idea. Tucking that away for future reference.
Thanks, as always Bee!
Those will be fantastic on the blog site, Bulldogma!

 

[nyanamia]

Bulldogma, thank you so much for putting all of this wonderful information in to such an organized format! Now I can quick-reference all the important subjects. I had saved a lot of info into a word file, but that thing is almost as random as the threads themselves.

I subscribed to the blog through my yahoo front page. I hope that helps. Will also be linking it in my signature!

 

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I've changed my siggy as well! Phooey on my old web page....BDM's is so much better!!!

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

I've changed my siggy as well! Phooey on my old web page....BDM's is so much better!!!

Oh my gosh, this is amazing!!!!
Bee and Bulldogma~ salut!

 

[pigeonguy]

I got 2 Eggs today.

 

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Is that a good thing or a bad thing at your place?

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

Is that a good thing or a bad thing at your place?

while waiting for pigeonguy to answer, I can't help but jump right in and say within 1 week of feeding FF, we have gone from 0,1 or 2 eggs a day to 4 or 5!
Their molting has been eased and everybody is showing beautiful feathers already! Their 'Lorp green is really green, and we haven't seen the sun for ages!
I also feed the exact same amount of feed I used to feed, dry to 10 chickens, to the 20 I have now. The chicks are eating machines at 11 weeks old. This is of course in addition to forest and clearing free range from dawn til dusk.
I am elated, and suddenly my husband has hope again.

 

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I am so pleased! Please continue to keep us updated on their progress...I love hearing how much the FF has done to improve laying and health. Let us know about the size of the yolks? Mine got huge and others have reported the same thing.

I wish the FF would jump start this old crew of mine...I went from 3 eggs, to 2 and am now down to 1 and some days I have none. And nearly everyone looks to be finished with molt except two hens.

 

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I am so pleased! Please continue to keep us updated on their progress...I love hearing how much the FF has done to improve laying and health. Let us know about the size of the yolks? Mine got huge and others have reported the same thing.

I wish the FF would jump start this old crew of mine...I went from 3 eggs, to 2 and am now down to 1 and some days I have none. And nearly everyone looks to be finished with molt except two hens.

when I started all but 2 adults were molting, either mid or finishing up. I am hoping the help with feathering is the same help for laying. The babies are growing like weeds, hardly babies anymore. They gleam when they aren't filthy from being out in the rain!

I do send laying juju to your pretty girls. They have been through so much, and it would be nice if they could come back all the way. That Raggedy Ann has some eggs in her, I can feel it!
Oh edited to include: I will let you know what I notice about the yolks. I have been keeping an eye on them, but so far, about normal, which has always been good sized, but not really big.