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Baby Chicks: Black Australorp Female Reviews

4.7 Rating 77 Reviews
I was so nervous waiting for my baby chicks to arrive in the mail! I ordered 6 chicks, all different breeds. They all arrived healthy, alert and bright eyed. Growing fat, happy and active! I will definitely call on My Pet Chicken again to replenish my flock. Sincerely, A very proud and pleased Chicken Mama
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Posted 5 years ago
My chicks shipped on 10/15/18 and arrived on 10/17. All the chicks were in excellent health upon arrival. As of today, they are precisely 21 weeks of age. Went to collect eggs and out of 10 ladies, we received 3 eggs. This is amazing as I have always seen Australorp wait until between 24 and 28 weeks to lay. ADDITIONALLY, the eggs are surprisingly dark. Not the typical "Pinky Brown" of most brown layers. I am very pleased with these birds.
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Posted 5 years ago
Another great bird from MPC! She is absolutely beautiful, friendly and a steady layer of a nice size egg. I highly recommend.
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Posted 5 years ago
Great birds. Extremely reliable layer. Very relaxed, and easy to hold or deal with. Super inquisitive and will follow me around. Loves to be around me and I can let her out and never have to chase her or beckon here with treats to get her back into the pen. Great layer - get eggs almost every single day. Never has gone broody (which is good for me).
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Posted 5 years ago
Our Australorp is a calm, friendly bird with beautiful iridescent black feathers and a bright red comb. As a chick she was a bit skittish but as she grew up she became much more tolerant of handling. She loves her treats and pushes her way to the front to get the best ones. She is a consistent layer and doesn't bully the other birds.
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Posted 5 years ago
My australorp has black Pupils with brown Eyes , and isn’t the biggest chicken ...she is no show bird but she does love to be held and Is a great family pet who we adore so for that I will give a 5
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Posted 5 years ago
We ordered 3 Autra White day olds over the summer but due to limited quantity they were unable to ship so ‘my pet chicken’ recommended three Australorps instead to go with the other three Road Island Reds. I am so glad they did! Our three Australorp hens are the sweetest and most hardy birds out of the flock. They have started to lay consistent beautiful brown eggs even in the shorter winter daylight. We thought our reds would be the more docile and friendly of the flock but it’s the other way around. Our Australorps love to run over to us and let us hold them whenever we want. I highly recommend these for your flock. Their beautiful black feathers have a green sheen in the daylight and have been a fan favorite of my visitors.
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Posted 6 years ago
large pretty birds, however, I personally see a couple of down sides. I have two hens and they are aggressive to each other and my six other hens avoid them at all costs. They are from the same egg batch and are just turning seven months old and neither have laid an egg, while all my others lay almost every day. I see reviews and posts saying they need to be eight months old. Hopefully they havent reached "adulthood" yet and they will calm down.
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Posted 6 years ago