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Australorp
Black Australorp rooster
Conservation status
Australia: common
United Kingdom: at risk
elsewhere: recovering[citation needed]
Other names
Black Australorp
Australian Orpington
Country of origin
Australia
Standard
Australorp Club of Australia
Use
Dual-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 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]
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^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.
^"Soft Feather Breeds - Poultry Club South Africa". poultryclubsa.co.za. Poultry Club South Africa. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
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