I’ve been searching for any info on Australorp-Faverolle hybrids—I actually have several, but only know what I’ve learn from the young birds I’ve recently hatched on 10/15/20. (This clutch of eggs was salvaged from a raccoon-ransacked coop. Two hens survived, but all my other hens and rooster didn’t.)
As for appearances: Everyone’s guesses seemed to be pretty close to the real results, but honestly, these birds are really surprising to say the least. Except:
-They all 5 toes
-All have fluffy legs (some more than others)
BUT every bird is a different color pattern! Two chicks were born yellow, four were born black. All the black chicks are a black variant, and the two yellow chicks have filled out with brown/white/black feathers. I still can’t differentiate between hens and Roos.
My Salmon Faverolle rooster fathered all of them but the mothers could have been either Australorp (highly likely because of the coloring) or Salmon Faverolle (maybe the lighter chicks). There’s obvious mixes.
I’d love to see what other Austra-Favers hybrids look like. And if anyone wants to try there hand at figuring out what’s going with all these crazy genes, I would appreciate the input.