“We purchased five female chicks from MyPetChicken with a hatch date of June 1, 2020. All five arrived healthy (despite USPS slowdown), and all were sexed correctly. We received two Austra Whites along with three Easter Eggers. The Austra Whites were a bit of an after thought, since they were sold out of some of the other breeds we wanted, but we are SO HAPPY with them. Of the six, only these two have started laying (they are all now twenty four weeks old). One started "squatting" for me at 19 weeks, and laid her first egg at 20 weeks 1 day. The other started laying at 22 weeks of age. Right now they are each laying one egg a day (so two total), and I wish we had more of them! Although we are looking forward to seeing the blue and green eggs from our Easter Eggers, collecting two cream eggs from our Austra Whites each morning has been a joy. One of the Austra Whites is definitely the alpha of our group, but she is generally very gentle with the other chickens (with just an occasional peck to keep them in line), and she is the only one of the group that actually likes to be held and will hop up on my lap if I'm sitting near them. The other is a little more skittish. They are both beautiful white birds with different black spot marking on their back. A great (and affordable) choice - I'll definitely getting more of these if I decide to expand my flock in the future!”
“I had Austra Whites in 2003 to 2009 and loved them. I now have 6, 3 June 1/20 and 3 late July. The June 1 are now laying their small pullet eggs. All of this breed is super sweet and held daily.”
“Miss Nettle is the perfect mix. I got her to replace my leghorn. Not flighty, good layer. Very relaxed and easy to love on. She does not lay white eggs though. More of a red/brown. Not like any of my other birds at all. Curious if anyone else has run into a color other then white.”
“I bought 4 Austra White chicks (all female) in Feb/March, they started laying at about 5 mo old, no surprise! But what did surprise me was that 2 of them went broody within 2 weeks of starting to lay :shocked_face_with_exploding_head: I decided to let them set on a few eggs just to see if they would follow through. I now have 5 new additions to the flock! 1 of them is a BEAUTIFUL blue (Australorpe roo + Austra White hen) my daughter named it "Smokey". I couldn't be more pleased with these hens!”
“Got my first order of Austra White (3) on June 3 and my second one today, July 21. The first 3 are wonderful, sweet and love being held, and are healthy. The new dears, look great and drank right away and are now into their food. Love them.”
“We only have one Austra White but she is the most docile and sweetest of our 25 hens. You can pick her up and she doesn't mind being carried around. She is a consistent layer. I am definitely ordering more.”
“I bought these years ago from My Pet Chicken. They were like dogs, and loved being pet and carried around. Great layers, too. Can't recommend them enough.”
“My daughter saved for months to buy her chickens. We bought a flock of hens consisting of 2 austra whites, 2 australorps, 2 Easter eggers, and 2 white marans. Of all their is one austra white, we call her Grease Spot who is her favorite. She has gray legs like an australorp and white with "grease" spots flung around. She was our first layer and the leader of the pack. Her eggs are a beautiful creamy color. Her sibling has yellow legs and is almost entirely white except for a smudge and she has a much smaller comb. Both are great and mypetchicken did a great job packaging our girls for shipping. You can not go wrong with this breed.”
