AUSTRALORP CHICKENS
(Gallus gallus)
Range: Australia
Habitat:  
Diet: Grains, seeds, worms, insects
Approx. Dimensions
of Adult:
 
Lifespan:  
Reproduction: Australorps are good egg producers and hold the world's record for egg production with one hen having laid 364 eggs in 365 days under official Australian trapnest testing. The eggshell color is brown.

Australorps have intense beetle-green sheen on the black birds, dark eyes, deep bodies and are very active. They have a featherless face with whites soles to their feet.


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