Australorp
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Conservation status |
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Other names |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Standard | Australorp Club of Australia |
Use | Dual-purpose breed: eggs, meat |
Traits | |
Weight |
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Skin color | White |
Egg color | Brown |
Comb type | Single |
Classification | |
APA | English[2] |
PCGB | soft feather: heavy[3] |
APS | Heavy breed softfeather |
The Australorp is a chicken breed of Australian origin, developed as a utility breed with a focus on egg laying and is famous for laying more than 300 eggs per year. It achieved world-wide popularity in the 1920s after the breed broke numerous world records for number of eggs laid and has been a popular breed in the western world since.[4] It is one of eight poultry breeds created in Australia and recognised by the Australian Poultry Standards.[citation needed] The most popular colour of the breed is black, which is the only colour recognised in the United States of America,[4] but blue and white are also recognised in Australia[5] and the Poultry Club South Africa recognises buff, splash, wheaten laced and golden in addition.[6]
History
The original stock used in the development of the Australorp was imported to
The origin of the name "Australorp" seems to be shrouded in as much controversy as the attempts to obtain agreement between the States over a suitable national Standard. The earliest claim to the name was made by one of poultry fancy's institutions, Wiliam Wallace Scott, before the
Characteristics
There are both bantam and standard sized Australorps.
The Australorp has three recognised colours according to the
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Black hen
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White rooster
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Three-day-old chick
Eggs
It was the egg-laying performance of Australorps that attracted attention when in 1922–1923, a team of six hens set a world record by laying 1857 eggs for an average of 309.5 eggs per hen during a 365 consecutive day
References
- Media related to Australorp at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ The Standards. Australorp Club of Australia. Accessed August 2014.
- ^ APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
- ^ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
- ^ a b "AUSTRALORP CHICKEN". livestockconservancy.com. The Livestock Conservancy. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ISBN 9781921488238. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Soft Feather Breeds - Poultry Club South Africa". poultryclubsa.co.za. Poultry Club South Africa. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "White Australorps Breed True". Morning Bulletin. July 15, 1949. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN POULTRY STANDARDS". australorps.com. Australorp Club of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "Australorp Chicken". Retrieved 18 July 2012.
Further reading
- Alanna Moore (1998). Backyard Poultry—Naturally. Bolwarrah, Victoria, Australia: Bolwarrah Press. ISBN 0-9585590-1-5