Black Australorp green eggs?

That's not an australorp.
Australorps don't have cheek puffs, they are solid black with no other colors anywhere at all. They have deep slate legs with no hint of green. They have a single comb and a heavy body type.

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Your bird is an easter egger is all. (Chances are good your "ameraucana" is too.)
 
That's not an australorp.
Australorps don't have cheek puffs, they are solid black with no other colors anywhere at all. They have deep slate legs with no hint of green. They have a single comb and a heavy body type.

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Your bird is an easter egger is all. (Chances are good your "ameraucana" is too.)
Was an oddball when we got her she was in with the cage when we got her she always look like Australorp to us as she is solid black with the blue green Sheen. Well I guess she is whatever she is pretty sure she put out a green egg though 😊
 
Was an oddball when we got her she was in with the cage when we got her she always look like Australorp to us as she is solid black with the blue green Sheen. Well I guess she is whatever she is pretty sure she put out a green egg though 😊

Almost every black chicken has that greenish sheen due to oils on their feathers and there's a LOT of solid black chickens out there. Black leghorn, white faced spanish, Jersey Giant, Black Ameraucanas, Svart Honas - all solid black with green sheen, but all different bird types. It's important to look past just color for IDing for that reason.

But your bird clearly has brown around her neck under her chin, just a little bit, so that's not actually solid black. Australorps never have even one brown feather. She's a real pretty bird and lays really lovely eggs - but just isn't an australorp. :)
 

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