Possible Astralorp?

[cheeperchick]

Need some help identifying these gals, they're about 2 months old. thanx!

 

[donrae]

Black sex link hens.

 

[ramirezframing]

Black sex link hens.

x2

 

[Wyandottes7]

Black Star (also called Black Sex-Link)

 

[ChickenGrit]

Black Australorps are all black and have black legs. Yours has brown and lighter legs so I would guess Black Star.

 

[cheeperchick]

K got it, thanks ;-)

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Black sex link hens.

Agreed!

 

[sarah2202]

These look identical to mine, I was told they were Australorp cross breads, what does Black Star Mean?

 

[BantamLover21]

Black sex link hens.

X3

 

[donrae]

These look identical to mine, I was told they were Australorp cross breads, what does Black Star Mean?

Black star is a cross of a Red rooster over a barred Rock hen. The male babies have a white spot on the head and grow up barred like the momma, the females have a solid dark head and grow up to look like this. You can sex them at hatch by the color, thus they're called black sex links. Black Star is like a brand name of one hatchery for a black sex link.


This is also a common color when you cross a black bird with another color, so if your birds are part Australorp, they could be bred with (to my understanding) several other breeds and get close to the same color. The difference being your Aussie parents wouldn't have sex-linked babies.

Clear as mud?