Barred Rock or Black Australorp?

[chickenma]

They are not barred rocks.
Barred color comes pretty early even with the younger chickens you can easy see the different when they fluff out .
As chick they are similar but after a couple weeks it is easy to see.
Those chickens look like black austrolorp to me. Too black to be barred.

 

[MammaMoose]

Do BA have a greenish tint to their feathers, and can they have white speckles on their chests? I have 2 black chickens that I forgot what kind they are.

 

[broadlad]

I have 15 of the BA's,young birds and several have the white spot. With so many having it I just figured it to be normal.A friend of mine who has raised them for years says they should have the green sheen to them.

 

[gryeyes]

I love the beetle-green sheen of my BA's feathers. This is my Matilda.

You can even see it when she's dust bathing.

 

[lildinkem]

Barred Rocks are yellow legs and should have zero black or dark colors on their feet and legs. I don't know many Black Aussies that have too much yellow or any to come to think of it on my Black Australorps feet & legs as NEWBIE CHICKS. mine usually came out of the shell with very dark if not black legged. And like another person mentioned, if you wait, in about a week you should see barring develope on the BR's.