Austra White or White Leghorn?

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GaryDean26 said:
My dad got some Austa Whites in the Early 60's for a 4H projects. That is the only mention I have ever seen to Austra Whites. They a cross of Orpingtons and Leghorns. What you have look like Ideal 236 Leghorns. The Austra Whited are fuller birds with red ear lobes. Your show white earlobes. The black specs are the Hallmark of the Ideal 236.
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Thanks! Okay, so they're not pure Leghorns or Austra Whites?

EggSighted4Life said:
Definitely not a leghorn.

Doesn't look white rock to me either. I'm not familiar with the Austra's yet.

I do know that white is a dominant gene and can be hiding many colors underneath. Possibly creating the bleed through. I have paints that I specifically breed for the wholes in pigmentation.

But your leghorn looks like it has bleed through spots too? I just love their big red combs against their white bodies! Very striking. :love

Breed/gender game is one of my faves... even when I stink. :p :pop
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Oh, I know! I have 6 White Leghorn hens who are so purely white, and they have huge red combs :love I just stare at them :lol:
 
Jadesun6 said:
I'll just say first off I'm fairly new to chickens myself. Ill put my two cents in anyways! I think they might be California whites. They take a leghorn hen and breed with a California Grey rooster. That gives the white dominant gene with the black leakage spots. I just got a couple last August. I don't remember how old they are here. I don't have any current pictures. View attachment 1250493 View attachment 1250499
When I looked them up when I first got them another member poster a picture of theirs. I don't remember who it was, but I saved the image.

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Like I said, i may be wrong, but that's my best guess! Oh, and here is one of them as a chick.View attachment 1250502
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Oh, they do resemble your California Whites! Here is a pic of my girls as chicks:
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Brahma Chicken5000 said:
They are either Ideal 236 Leghorns or California Grays. Austra Whites are a cross between a white leghorn and an australorp.
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Thanks! :)
Gray Farms said:
They are a White Leghorn hybrid of some kind. Depending on the hatchery they came from depends on what they would "technically" be called. Ideal 236, California Whites, etc... Most every hatchery has a bird like this that is their own breeding but most look like these "white with a little black leakage".
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In our town we have three feed stores, Tractor Supply and Rural King know their breeds, where they got them from, etc.
But Co-op is where we got these chicks from, and their breeds sometimes get mixed up. A Red sex link was supposed to be just that, but ended up being an Easter Egger :rolleyes:
 
Late to this conversation but interested in the post. I have 2 supposedly California Whites. They do not list Austra Whites in their catalog. I also am trying to figure out what I have. Do slate colored legs tell us anything? Or how much flecks of black they have throughout their feathers? Here's pictures of mine taken around 10 to11 weeks of age. TIA
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A couple of weeks old.

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