Australorp

Australorp
Black Australorp rooster
Conservation status
  • Australia: common
  • United Kingdom: at risk
  • elsewhere: recovering[citation needed]
Other names
  • Black Australorp
  • Australian Orpington
Country of originAustralia
StandardAustralorp Club of Australia
UseDual-purpose breed: eggs, meat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    Large: 3.20–4.10 kg
    Bantam: 0.96–1.23 kg
  • Female:
    Large: 2.250–3.10 kg
    Bantam: 0.79–1.04 kg[1]
Skin colorWhite
Egg colorBrown
Comb typeSingle
Classification
APAEnglish[2]
PCGBsoft feather: heavy[3]
APSHeavy 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]

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  4. ^ a b "AUSTRALORP CHICKEN". livestockconservancy.com. The Livestock Conservancy. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  5. ^ Limited, Victorian Poultry Fanciers Association (2011). Australian poultry standards (2nd ed.). Ballarat, Vic.: Victorian Poultry Fanciers Association Limited (trading as Poultry Stud Breeders and Exhibitors Victoria). pp. 38–40. ISBN 9781921488238. Retrieved 15 November 2014. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "Soft Feather Breeds - Poultry Club South Africa". poultryclubsa.co.za. Poultry Club South Africa. Retrieved 15 November 2014.