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So these are the two different eggs I get from the two chickens.

Thanks everyone for your input. Like I said I am new to chickens so I am not quite versed in all the different breeds of chickens, and have a lot to learn still. So I will take any and all input on what these two black beauties could possibly be. Cochin mix of some sort definitely seems to be...

Thanks for all the quick reply’s! So based off what everyone is saying possibly a Rhode Island Red (I was told that the mom was a Rhode Island Red) and Cochin mix.

I am a first time owner and was given these two chickens, and was told the mom was a Rhode Island Red and the dad I believe she said was a black Australorp, but given the feathered feet that doesn’t seem correct to me. As pictures I have seen of black Australorp they don’t have feathered feet. I...

I clipped the wings on my rhode island reds as they are able to jump the fence and go into my neighbors yard. So to stop that from happening I had to clip their wings.

Thank you so much! I was hoping it was something along those lines, and not something else.

So I am new to owning chickens, and got two chickens that are mixed rhode island red and black australorp. They are 8-9 months old and were laying eggs. One has seemed to settle in fine and within 2 days was laying eggs again, and has laid every day. The other girl laid one egg that we believe...