Do I really have three Australorp Sisters?

[Red Barn Farms]

I bought three Australorp pullets when they were mere one week old chicks. I'm having doubts now to all three being actual Australorp.

They are now about 8 weeks of age. Two of them have yellow skin and one has white skin. However, they have all grown and are around the same size for their ages.

I have two with this yellow skin.













This one as you can see has white skin.









Other than the color of the skin they all look like this one. Another interesting thing is this white skinned chicken is the most gentle of the three and loves to be held. The other two hate being held, lol.













They all three came from some Amish neighbors of ours who raised them. I would enjoy hearing your opinions on their true breed!

 

[galanie]

No idea other than knowing that if it has yellow skin, it's not a 'lorp. My guess is that the farmer let them get mixed up a bit. Usually if people can't tell if it's a 'lorp they say look at the feet and if the bottoms are yellow it's a jersey giant. But I've no experience with them.

 

[ramirezframing]

yellow feet are giants and pinkish white are australorps

 

[stellacat]

The two with yellow skin might be black jersey giants and the one with white skin is probably an australorp.

 

[Eggcellent8]

We ordered 8 australorps from My Pet Chicken and one of them had yellow skin. Once she matured into laying, her comb turned red, and she only turns yellow when she is getting ready to lay. Her feet are still yellow, but I'm prettty sure she is a lorp. You may have Jersy Giants, but this was my experience.

Hope that helps!

 

[galanie]

This is why I guessed mixed. Hatchery birds are nearly always a bit mixed as well. I don't think every bird out there that is black with yellow skin is a jersey giant, especially when the parentage is unknown.