Black orpington or black Astrolorp?

[BantamLover21]

I'm with you, she looks like an Aussie to me.

When I think of Orpington, I'm looking for that big, rounded, fluffy basketball look. Now, a lot of hatchery birds don't have that. And some of the newer colors didn't "build the barn" quite right either, they went for color first. So, she could probably "be" an Orpington, but really not a very good one. If you just bought her as a backyard bird, call her whatever you want, it's really not going to matter. If you planned on breeding black Orpingtons, you would not use her anyway as she is drastically lacking in basic breed type.

I don't think the skin color is going to help here, both Aussies and Orpingtons have white skin.

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