#australorp

[superfluffychickens]

I love Stella’s preening hurgles!

[occaisional-chunkens]

everyone got to enjoy some peaches before tonights thunderstorm rolls in

[epipremnum-aureum]

Magnificent chimkens

[inexplicably-spookified]

something different today

[velociterv]

Amelia’s feathers have a lovely green sheen right now. 😍 Not the best pics because she’s all ruffled and annoyed that she’s being held and the other two are getting treats, oh no!

[mrburnsnuclearpussy]

Sunny pancake

[homeofhousechickens]

Australorp roosters are so cute and handsome.

Whats not to love? They have such deep dark soulful eyes and a friendly open expression. Their dark beaks and feet just compliment them and make their comb and wattles look beautifully vibrant. Then they have such lovely and friendly personalities, what a wonderful bird.

[whattheflockbirbs]

Friends come in all shapes and sizes 🥰

[journiland]

Speaking of chickens, we're not thrilled with the Copper Maran. She's gone broody three times this summer. Then she has to spend three days in chicken jail, and doesn't lay for another week or so. She'd be at risk of becoming soup if I didn't like seeing her dark brown egg in the carton so much. (Google says Marans only occasionally become broody, but ours apparently didn't read those articles.)

We've been leaning more towards the hybrid chickens since they have better egg production. The 8 we just raised are 3 Amberlinks, 4 Black Sexlinks, and 1 Black Australorp (not a hybrid but I've always wanted one). The dozen new chicks we kept are 4 Amberlinks and 8 Black Sexlinks. (We like the look of the Black Sexlinks better...black with some copper, plus they're supposed to be slightly higher in egg production than the Amberlinks).

Black Sexlinks (the amount of copper can vary from almost none to a ton):

Australorp (Vampire calls her and the Maran demon chickens, because their irises are so dark that their eyes look all black, like when someone is possessed on tv):

Amberlinks:

And the roo (he's an Americauna):

[unusual-uraniidae]

My sweet beebs 🥰 getting over the flighty teenager stage and finally letting me pet them more often; I just adore all their little noises 🥹 The Silkie is Boeing, the Australorp is Duchess, and the Wyandotte is one of our rescues, Ruthie. Oh, and the Ameraucana at the very beginning is Jumper, lol!

[superfluffychickens]

I found a kiddie pool at a yard sale and made a sandbox for the chickies! Stella seems to love it already!

[occaisional-chunkens]

chunkens enjoy berry platter :)

[farmsthetic20]

[velociterv]

Pretty Amelia

[mrburnsnuclearpussy]

I want you to see my chickens eating avocado (only the flesh, not skin or stone)

[halltastic]

Australorp & Leghorn Chickens