Australorp Chicken

Black Australorp is a fantastic chicken breed and most of the backyard poultry keepers like to raise them. They are also an ideal breed for the novice domestic keepers. Generally Black Australorps are good looking, hardy, easygoing and highly prolific layers. Their name Black Australorp, is a combination of Orpington and Australian. During the early 1900s they were developed from English Black Orpingtons by Australian breeders. The American Poultry Association recognize Black Australorp as a standard breed in 1929 although they were imported to Americal in 1920s. Now it is one of the best prolific layer breeds. However, the Black Australorp characteristics are described below.

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Characteristics

• Black Australorps are large, heavy and very beautiful. 
• They have close fitting feathers. 
• They are soft feathered chicken with an upright stance. 
• They have well rounded breasts and deep bodies. 
• Australorps are broad across the saddles and shoulders. 
• Both hens and roosters hold their compact tails high. 
• Their bright red faces and black feathers with a beetle green sheen give them a striking look, which has make them different from other breeds. 
• They have red colored wattles and single combs. 
• Their combs have not more than seven serrations and they always keep it upright. 
• The faces of Black Australorp chickens are totally feather free and smooth. Legs are black or slate-blue grey colored. 
• Their eyes are preferably black, beaks are dark. 
• The underside of the feet of Black Australorp chickens are white. 
• A large sized Black Australorp rooster weights about 8.5 to 10 pounds and a large sized hen weights about 6.5 to 8 pounds.

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