Australorp??

[ButchGood]

Here's my pretty boy. The Photo does not do him justice, but you can get the Idea. he was 16 weeks old Monday.

 

[Vickilynn45]

Here's my pretty boy. The Photo does not do him justice, but you can get the Idea. he was 16 weeks old Monday.

 

[SouthernChicka8]

I have 2 of them. They are pretty nice but have only seen the green on them.

 

[Hezz]

I have 7 of them and some of them have both purple and green sheen on them. It's normal.

 

[Spring12]

Ignore all the "green sheen" talk. It's just people who don't realize ALL black chickens of hundreds of breeds have a green sheen, sorry. Purple sheen is fine, happens on any black color too, it's just a different rate of feather growth that causes purple bands in the feathers.


As long as she has white soles and a pinkish case around the soles, she's an Australorp.

If she has a purple sheen and is an australorp acording to the australorp standards used at shows it is a fault in the line and would be disqualified at a show a good australorp will have a green sheen

 

[Frazzemrat1]

When would a purple sheen go away? My BJG is a year old and still sheens both green and purple. And I love it.