Thanks to all for the great pictures. Speaking of australorp roos, I have one additional question. I bought some australorp chicks in September (totally different group of chickens from the hens I was discussing) from a young man who breed his black australorps that he had purchased from...
Chickenbottom, I was typing another post while you were downloading pics off google. Thanks for that. My birds look more like the top picture--black australorp. Mine do not look nearly as puffy as the one in the bottom picture, so might it be safe to say I have black australorps? I'll post a...
Also, chickenbottom and for whomever else, I forgot to mention that the hens I have have a beautiful bluish-green sheen to their feathers which I thought was a typical trait of australorps. However, the description you gave makes my hens sound like black orpingtons. Mine are really...
I bought 5 young black hens from a couple about a month ago. I thought they were black australorps (the couple did not know--they bought them as chicks in a bantam bin--they are not bantams by the way--at Tractor Supply). I was planning to breed them to a young australorp roo that I have. I...