“Olive is my only Australorp. Laying large light brown eggs at the same time every day. She‚Äôs my quietest hen, who doesn‚Äôt even bother announcing when she‚Äôs laying like my other breeds do. I love my Olive, and will definitely be getting more Australorps in the future.”
“We love our australorps SO much. We ordered two random brown egg layer assortments and got two of these babies! One ended up being a roo, but we LOVE him, so sweet and loves our girls so much. Our little girl just started laying her eggs at around 4 months old. She lays extra large, double yolked, cream colored eggs that put our barred rocks to shame. We love her even though she is very, very dumb -also, a little skittish but so sweet. She is usually about 30-60 seconds behind and gets rather nervous when she isn't with the others but all we need to do is yell her name and she runs over... cutest thing. Thanks MPC!!!!”
“My chick is happy and very healthy. She was the first one to the food bowl and is the sweetest thing in the world. I couldn't ask for a healthier/cuter chick.”
“We wanted 4 to start our adventure, but 7 was the minimum. All 7 arrived in great shape and are now 10 months old. The first ones started laying at Week 22 and 23. They've handled single-digit temperatures in Texas with only a minor reduction in laying (from 5-6 eggs a day down to 2-3). All seem healthy and forage aggressively when we allow them into the larger yard. I guess we should have handled them more as chicks, because only 2 of them will allow us to pick them up now as adults, but they are all docile and come flying when we have scratch grain and mealworms to spread around.”
“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!”
