...Australorp with color leakage? Give me your opinion on my friendliest hen chick <3

[paradisepentacoop]

As the title suggests, I have a very lovely little lady, Shio, in my flock who is not feathering out exactly as expected, though I still find her perfect in her own way.

I ordered two Black Australorps from a local hatchery. I have noticed a large variation in breed standards of birds from this hatchery in the form of my Sebrights. As for the Australorps: Huli, looks very "Black Australorp" in comparison to my question bird. Both are extremely friendly and have the black legs with pale tan/white plantar surface. Differences I have noticed in table below.

	Shio	Huli
Feather sheen	White	Green
Face Feathering	Piebald	Feathering out black
Breast Feathering	white tips	all black

Photos: 1 & 2 of Shio, the mystery splash? Australorp
3 Huli, the more standard appearing Black Astralorp
4 is of both, sorry for blur. They are very active. Arrow pointing to Shio, the mystery hen.

 

[JedJackson]

I'm only speculating here, but it looks to me like both of those birds are going to have white earlobes. If so, they are not Australorps. The spotted one could be an Ancona, and the other could be a black Andalusian. I'm interested in reading what others have to say.

 

[paradisepentacoop]

Ooo, I didn't mention in the post, but they are about two months old. They were both very similar when chicks-

 

[SilverBirds]

I don't think she's an Ancona, she's not the right colors or body type for it. I really don't have any other breed guesses for her though.

 

[paradisepentacoop]

I don't think she's an Ancona, she's not the right colors or body type for it. I really don't have any other breed guesses for her though.

Based on some light research, me either! Ancona seems way more mottled than she is. Maybe there was an Australorp somewhere in there, but blended with another black feathered chicken

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Lately I've seen a lot of Australorps with slight mottling, like hers. I think she's still an Australorp, and she may molt out the white feathers later.