Mottled Black hen- sold to me as a black Australorp

[Capricoco]

I have an Australorp hen, she’s always had white leakage. I gave her away when she was 3 years old, and now getting her back because she’s slowed down egg production. I remembered her having white leakage, but after getting her back, she looks mottled almost? What’s going on here?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

She’s not an Australorp

 

[Capricoco]

She’s not an Australorp

What is she then? We got her as an Australorp (hatchery)

 

[TheOddOneOut]

What is she then? We got her as an Australorp (hatchery)

Looks like a mottled bantam mix. She’s small right?

 

[Capricoco]

Looks like a mottled bantam mix. She’s small right?

No not really. In the last picture you can see her next to a sebright hen and a standard Cochin rooster

 

[Mamatomany123]

Not sure what she is but definitely not an australorp.

 

[Capricoco]

Not sure what she is but definitely not an australorp.

More pictures of her. Idk what to think

 

[Mamatomany123]

More pictures of her. Idk what to think View attachment 3118972View attachment 3118975View attachment 3118977View attachment 3118979View attachment 3118982View attachment 3118984

She kind of looks like a molted Ancona to me but her leg color is definitely wrong. Honestly, I'm not sure what she is. She doesn't have the body shape for an australorp either.

 

[Capricoco]

I have

She kind of looks like a molted Ancona to me but her leg color is definitely wrong. Honestly, I'm not sure what she is. She doesn't have the body shape for an australorp either.

no clue… I guess the question is where to go from here?

 

[Mamatomany123]

I have

no clue… I guess the question is where to go from here?

Just let her live? Knowing or not knowing her breed usually isn't any issues for backyard chicken keepers. I have a few mutts that I don't know what they are. They're nice girls and good layers so they have a home here until they pass.