Black Australorpe?

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Jan 25, 2014
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I had someone "gift" me 5 hens yesterday and they are molting so they're pretty ugly right now but 2 are supposed to be Black Australorpes. One looks like it but the other has quite a big muff like my Americaunas. Is this normal for an Australorpe or do I have something else?
 
catface said:
I had someone "gift" me 5 hens yesterday and they are molting so they're pretty ugly right now but 2 are supposed to be Black Australorpes. One looks like it but the other has quite a big muff like my Americaunas. Is this normal for an Australorpe or do I have something else?
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No, Australorps definitely do not have muffs. If you can post a pic of it, we can probably identify it for you.
 
These are the best pics I could get of the "unknown" girls. The lady who gave them to me told me she ordered a "laying mix" from a hatchery and this is what she got.





 
Your ladies are Easter Eggers. Because Easter Eggers are hybrids, and not a true breed (like pure Ameraucanas), they come in an assortment of colors, and lay eggs in colors other than just blue). EEs are my granddaughter's (pictured in my avatar) favorite chickens. She loves their colored eggs.
 
That's kinda what I thought. I've got some other EE's as well but no black ones. Unfortunately, where I live it seems everyone who has a chicken who lays blue/green eggs assumes they have Americaunas. These girls aren't laying since they're molting right now but they were free and should make a good addition to my laying flock regardless. I've got my breeding flock of English Orps and I've got my "kitchen wenches" who are mostly barnyard mutts.
Thanks for the info!
Christine
 
The first three are likely Easter Eggers. However, the black one could be a true Ameraucana, depending on what color eggs she lays (if they're blue, she's an Ameraucana. if they're greenish, she's not). The fourth bird, with the feathered feet, I think is a Buff Brahma.
 
Wyandottes7 said:
The first three are likely Easter Eggers. However, the black one could be a true Ameraucana, depending on what color eggs she lays (if they're blue, she's an Ameraucana. if they're greenish, she's not). The fourth bird, with the feathered feet, I think is a Buff Brahma.
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Agreed.
 

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