Great pics.
Most hatchery catalogs do not do them justice because their colors look flat in the illustration; there is no way to bring across that black-green luster. I had a Black Australorp that was really beautiful.
As an aside, in my experience I have had more black hens go broody than other colors. Maybe just coincidence, but I have wondered. (the ones I am referring to were crosses, so it was not necessarily a breed thing)
Most hatchery catalogs do not do them justice because their colors look flat in the illustration; there is no way to bring across that black-green luster. I had a Black Australorp that was really beautiful.
As an aside, in my experience I have had more black hens go broody than other colors. Maybe just coincidence, but I have wondered. (the ones I am referring to were crosses, so it was not necessarily a breed thing)