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Kitsch6:
Wow, John, learn something new every day!  We knew about the Orpington, but not Australorp.  Will is not on social media so I will pass that along.  (side note, we have your 1/4 Wheaten male on some of our buff hens, so I'm curious to find what we get.  Kind of excited that for the first time ever, our buffs are laying better than the other varieties.)

Sharon Yorks:
Congratulations to Will! That's awesome!


--- Quote from: John Blehm on January 20, 2015, 12:43:14 PM ---
Using Australorps, instead of Orpingtons, to create the blacks put them out front of the other LF varieties and then outcrossing blacks with whites, blues, brown reds and silvers improved them.  The original Australorps were hatchery chicks, but later I obtained a quality Australorp male, from Jim Fegan, to cross in. 

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John...Are the Ameraucanas you're selling now crossed with Australorps, and if so, how many generations back?

John:

--- Quote from: Sharon Yorks on January 20, 2015, 05:10:41 PM ---Congratulations to Will! That's awesome!


--- Quote from: John Blehm on January 20, 2015, 12:43:14 PM ---
Using Australorps, instead of Orpingtons, to create the blacks put them out front of the other LF varieties and then outcrossing blacks with whites, blues, brown reds and silvers improved them.  The original Australorps were hatchery chicks, but later I obtained a quality Australorp male, from Jim Fegan, to cross in. 

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John...Are the Ameraucanas you're selling now crossed with Australorps, and if so, how many generations back?

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That's what I used to create them close to 30 years ago, so yes...as I say every chicken is related to every other chicken in the world.

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