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  1. Pyxis

    Australorp or Jersey Giant?

    You're determined to believe you have Giants even though everyone says otherwise. No one is likely going to agree with you. As I said in my earlier post, it doesn't really matter. No matter what you call them, they are very poor examples of the JG breed. Not a problem if you're just keeping...
  2. Pyxis

    Australorp or Jersey Giant?

    The 'breeder' of these birds wasn't breeding very good birds and they weren't breeding to the standard. They probably started with hatchery stock 'Jersey Giants' which, as has been pointed out, could have easily been australorps as hatcheries often send them as giants and vice versa because they...
  3. Pyxis

    Australorp or Jersey Giant?

    That has nothing to do with breeding practices. All it means is that they don't have certain diseases. All hatcheries are NPIP too.
  4. Pyxis

    Australorp or Jersey Giant?

    If you got them from a hatchery they're likely not really representative of either breed. Hatcheries don't breed to the standard. They're just rough likenesses of the breed they are supposed to be. There is a way you're supposed to be able to tell them apart by foot color, but I'm not sure which...
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