Orpington vs austrolorp

[Chickenpoonumber2]

Thank you for the information! My girls are almost 12 weeks and I hope because they're at the "teenager" stage they just haven't fully fluffed.

 

[Bsmac]

Can someone explain to me the difference between black austrolorps and orpingtons? I have 2 chocolate orpingtons that came from hoover hatchery. 1 looks very much like an orpington, getting the fluffy butt and the other....not so much.

They look just like our Chocolate Orphingtons. We have two laying pullets right now. They are colored about like dark chocolate. Black Australorps will have a beetle green sheen to their feathers like other black birds like Black Jersey Giants.

 

[Chickenpoonumber2]

They look just like our Chocolate Orphingtons. We have two laying pullets right now. They are colored about like dark chocolate. Black Australorps will have a beetle green sheen to their feathers like other black birds like Black Jersey Giants.

Are your chocolate orpingtons fluffy?