lol
mine that are old enough to lay are coming out of molt, the young ones are too young, and otherwise they arent laying because the coyotes tried to eat them
and so i decided to worm them so even if i get an egg or two i have to chuck them
i think MPC is over priced for hatchery quality birds :hide for cheap hatchery birds i go ideal out of TX
and YES, they do very much remind me of one of those, but if they arent FULLY NN they arent as scary looking
not my image but these are aloha NNs
I have read good things about SS might...
get real australorps from a breeder not hatchery stock, i have found their personalities are better
AND i think you should get Turkens :love
ETA - they lay big eggs and have smaller bodies