Another black bird question...

[PittyLova]

We have this girl we adopted and we're not sure what she is. All of the birds she came with are purebreds other than 1 EE. She has yellow soles (and nubby toes I dont know how she lost) and pretty eyes. She's the size of our buff orpingtons and full grown so I doubt she's a JG. Any ideas?

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

Black Australorp!

 

[PittyLova]

I thought so but read they couldn't have yellow soles?

 

[alexa009]

She is an Australorp x another purebred it seems. A true purebred Australorp should have gray feet with pinkish white soles.
Her face doesn't 100% resemble a Black Australorp either. Did the breeder or owner you purchased her from have any hens or roosters of different breeds?

 

[Ribh]

Black Australorp X. Her feathers don't have the true Australorp sheen & her feet are the wrong colour. Face shape is weird too but I don't know what she has been crossed with.

 

[PittyLova]

I'm not positive where she originally came from. Most if their birds were from a hatchery mix. We have a couple of austrolorp and ribh is right, she doesnt have the same sheen. We got a whole bunch of different birds from them: orpingtons, barred rock, leghorn, favorelle, an EE, wynadotte, brahma, andalusian, and a barnvelder. ‍

She is probably a little older I would guess. There were mixed ages in the flock I took. And they didnt have any roos.

 

[chickens really]

@Brahma Chicken5000
He probably knows...

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Hatchery quality black jersey giant. My BJG is about the same size as my Wyandotte, but she's hatchery bred.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Looks like a hatchery quality Black Jersey Giant hen.