Help identify this black beauty!

[TheBushyFamilyFarm]

We recently acquired this chicken from someone who doesn’t know what breed she is. They *think* she is around 4-5 months old and she is very friendly! Does anyone have any insight?

 

[Noraaaaa]

Looks like a Austrolorp!

 

[CCsGarden]

Looks like a Austrolorp!

Yes!

 

[Jener8or]

She doesn't quite have the body type of an Australorp. I'm not sure what else she could be, though. Do you know if she came from a hatchery? If she didn't, she's probably a mix. Cute, though.

And I would guess she's closer to 4 months with how small her comb is, so maybe she'll fill out a bit.

 

[WingItRanch]

That's a crow.

Just kidding! She looks like an Australorp to me.

 

[TheBushyFamilyFarm]

She doesn't quite have the body type of an Australorp. I'm not sure what else she could be, though. Do you know if she came from a hatchery? If she didn't, she's probably a mix. Cute, though.

And I would guess she's closer to 4 months with how small her comb is, so maybe she'll fill out a bit.

We aren’t really sure where she came from. She might have come from a hatchery… or not. Our friend owns a chicken farm, and his roommate got chicks from a hatchery about 5 months ago. They think this girl is from that batch of chicks… But they say it’s also possible she came from a neighbor because she sort of just showed up in the garage one day and wanted to hang out, and didn’t leave their side. I guess it’s hard to keep track when you have 600+ chickens on your property and all your surrounding neighbors have chickens too.

The chickens we have at home that are supposedly the same age (buff Orpingtons) are already quite a bit larger with bright red combs. But this little sweetie is sort of a mystery! Which is part of her charm and why my 10 year old wanted to keep her.

 

[Noraaaaa]

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She doesn't quite have the body type of an Australorp. I'm not sure what else she could be, though. Do you know if she came from a hatchery? If she didn't, she's probably a mix. Cute, though.

And I would guess she's closer to 4 months with how small her comb is, so maybe she'll fill out a bit.

My austrolorps have all started very similar. They get the shape around the time they started laying.

 

[Jener8or]

M

My austrolorps have all started very similar. They get the shape around the time they started laying.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. She could fill out. If she doesn't though, I'd guess she was a mix. All my Australorps are chunky-floofy.

 

[Noraaaaa]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. She could fill out. If she doesn't though, I'd guess she was a mix. All my Australorps are chunky-floofy.

This is mine:

 

[TheBushyFamilyFarm]

This is mine:
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Our girl looks very similar to the first photo!