difference: australorp & orpington

[sammysam]

What is the difference between a black australorp and a black orpington? Besides appearance what about egg production? Which is a better layer?

 

[blackdotte]

The Australorp (Australian Utility Orpington) is smaller and tighter feathered. Lays far better than its ancestor
David

 

[sammysam]

As far as appearance how can you tell them apart?

 

[RAREROO]

Orpingtons are fluffier and usually larger.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Exactly- Orps are more "round", but they are both beautiful breeds. I'd like to see more Australorps(in the US) in the color varieties that we are seeing in Orps.