australop

Silkies, Australorps, and maybe some mixes! Come along with me on the journey of Marshmallow and her eggs. I candled them yesterday and five out of seven were developing! There “ due date “ is approximately March 29, so it’s coming up soon! They will all be named my me and my family, and I think...

Hi! I have 2 Australop roosters that are about 5 months old. I have 19 other hens. I have realised that when my least dominant rooster hops onto a hen, the dominant rooster starts pecking at the poor hens face. I dont know if this is something i should be concerned about. There isnt any blood...

This is my 9 week old australorp. Any suggestions on whether it’s a pullet or roo? Thanks in advance

Hi, I have 6 australops that are 7 weeks old. I am starting to think that maybe 2 of them are cockerels. They have bright red combs and the combs are bigger than the other babies. One is a grey australop and one in a black australop. Hopefully these photos are helpful. They were free ranging...

What breed is my chicken? Also what is its gender? I think its a hen but could use confirmation. Its name is Crow. Its black with blue/purple feathers on the lower part of its wings. Its about 4 months old.

Hi. I had a 5 1/2 month old Australorp hen today that was acting lethargic, sitting in the run while others were out free ranging, not eating melon (she LOVES melons), etc. Her crop was very squishy, so I assumed she had a sour crop and proceeded to very, very gently induce vomiting, gently...

I bought what I was told were 1 day old female black australorps from a local feed store.... they appear to be barred rock. These are my first chickens I’ve owned and I’d really love some options on if they are in fact girls. This is the 4 of them below today at 5 weeks 1 day old.

hi! i’m new to the chicken farming community and decided to join backyard chickens as i have found most of my helpful chicken info here! i have a barnyard mix of 18 chickens that i am overly in love with! excited for the girls to start laying and finally officially figure out who’s a hen and how...

Since I am not the best at intros, I will go by the template for starters and add information as able/appropriate. :D (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? More or less? Yes. Please help guide me to make my girls happy. I should be getting them in the next month or...

I picked up this 1-2week old Australorp. I am unsure they gave me the right breed as all the pictures I see online of australorp chicks have yellow stomach, and mine doesn’t. Could this be a different breed? Has anyone had a all black australorp chick?

I have 8 baby chickens say your offer I’ll accept a fair amount of money or fair swap I agree to. I live in New Jersey my email is [email protected] if your doing money say your amount your willing to offer and how much chicks you want and I may accept your offer. If your doing a swap tell...

Hi everybody! I’m wondering what sex are this girls or boys.. I have an auracana rooster and an australop hen and this is what I got.. thank you for all the help

Hey everyone, I live in Australia and my australorp has been recently high stepping every few steps she takes on her left leg. We recently moved the flock to their new coop and run, with mulch being the run floor. I first thought she had got a splinter and checked. Nothing. Checked for...

Hi guys. I’ve got one australorp hatched on August 8 last year, she’s been laying since late or early January. She’s doing really well and laying everyday. I’ve got another one that hatched on 18 September and still didn’t lay an egg... is she too young or am I just unlucky? She’s much bigger...

This is my youngest roo Johnny.. does he look like a mix of sorts, Australorp? Jersey Giant? We picked him from a bunch of mixed chicks. He is the same size as my 5 month hens, he’s around 16-17 weeks. Big boy!

Thinking our rescue Australop pullet Pidgy McNugget is a cockeral. The face is a little redder. Born around May 15th and is a bantam size chicken. So about 3 months old. Hasn't crowed yet.

Hello. To explain my problem I have to start at the beginning and let you know this is my first time caring for chickens. I've had three chickens for a little more then a year. Two are Leghorn chickens, named Nuisance and Killer (the names are bad I know. They were the names that stuck) and one...

I'm looking to get new hens. First one were free and just didn't really know about breed and all this other stuff that I now know I want .But now, different story. We have always ate breast meat, so now I will like some decent heritage breed meat, no Cornish X and yes I'm aware it will be a lot...