“I ordered 7 chicks (1 died day 2, 2 were roosters!), one of which was an australorp. "She" was a very friendly chick and loved my 5 year old holding her, playing with her, giving her treats, etc. "She" quickly became a family favorite...everything was great for several months...then it became obvious that our favorite "girl" was, in fact, a rooster. He crowed..ALOT...but we were okay with this. Then he became VERY aggressive. He would bite me every time I tried to refill their feeder or tidy up the coop. I couldn't go near the girls without him trying to peck me as well. I had to wear gloves and long sleeves to prevent him from drawing blood. The final straw was when my daughter came into the chicken pasture and he ran straight for her and attacked her. Luckily he just scratched her legs a little, but she was hysterical. She couldn't understand why her favorite chicken was now attacking her. I had been trying to find a home for him, but after I saw him attack my daughter, I realized that he was too dangerous to re-home. He found his way into a stew pot after that.”
“I ordered 15 chicks in February, and couldn't decide on the last one. My husband picked the austrolarp, probably because of the lower price after we had picked the more expensive breeds we wanted first! I am so glad he did! She has been a reliable layer of large double Yorkers! Now of course I wish I had ordered a few more of her!!(chicken math!!)”
“My favorite chicken of all time! Pip was a great bird. She free-ranged only because she refused to be in the pen with the others. She layed everyday and then foraged and did whatever she wanted. I liked her spirit!”
“Two or three years ago MyPetChicken graced me with two wonderful Australorp hens, Evie and Jack, very sweet birds, Evie enjoys hitching a ride on the scratch bucket every morning, certainly not shy with letting me handle her, Jack is similar but not as trusting as to hitch a ride. They both sit at the bottom of the pecking order as a result of such a gentle nature. Their feathers are a beautiful black with a green and purple sheen, out of all my birds Jack is the model image of them all. They lay nice, soft brown eggs, Evie tends to lay more elongated eggs, while Jack keeps her eggs more natural looking, but good in size. Consistently they lay, I will add. I recommend this bird to first-time chicken people.”
