Is this a blue australorp hen?

[EllieandOlive]

Seller said she was 5 months. Looks to me to be closer to 3-4. Seller promised she was a Blue Australorp hen. Just wanted to double check with you guys as I am not an expert in any way! We named her Betty <3 She Is going to be a wife to one of my Blue Australorp roos.

 

[Duckee]

Does she have white feet pads?
Is that stripes on her neck? Here is my 1/2 Blue Australorp (production blue, 14 weeks in pic.).
She is a darker charcoal one with white feet pads and strips on her chest & neck and starting to cover her head.
If she has white feet pads, i would say she is at least 1/2 Blue Aussie.

 

[EllieandOlive]

Does she have white feet pads?
Is that stripes on her neck? Here is my 1/2 Blue Australorp (production blue, 14 weeks in pic.).
She is a darker charcoal one with white feet pads and strips on her chest & neck and starting to cover her head.
If she has white feet pads, i would say she is at least 1/2 Blue Aussie.
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Yes her feet at whitish on the bottoms.

 

[Duckee]

Yes her feet at whitish on the bottoms.

She has the squared U shape from head to tail like an australorp too. So she is for sure at least part blue aussie. I dont know about her neck coloring though. Maybe some clearer pictures would help?

 

[JedJackson]

It's tough to say, because blue Australorps aren't a Standard variety like the black ones. But if the undersides of her feet are white, than she's probably what the seller said she is. The only other variety she could be a is a blue Orpington, really, and she looks too small for that.

She is also a little young, so it will be easier to compare her to other Australorps when she's full grown.

If you are concerned about her, then you could use a black Australorp female with your blue cockerel, which would give you 50% blue and 50% black chicks. Mating blue to blue will give you 50% blue chicks, too, with 25% black and 25% splash.

 

[EllieandOlive]

It's tough to say, because blue Australorps aren't a Standard variety like the black ones. But if the undersides of her feet are white, than she's probably what the seller said she is. The only other variety she could be a is a blue Orpington, really, and she looks too small for that.

She is also a little young, so it will be easier to compare her to other Australorps when she's full grown.

If you are concerned about her, then you could use a black Australorp female with your blue cockerel, which would give you 50% blue and 50% black chicks. Mating blue to blue will give you 50% blue chicks, too, with 25% black and 25% splash.

Thank you, that is excellent info!

 

[EllieandOlive]

@JedJackson @Duckee I got a better look at her feet pads. They are more pink than white, but still whitish.