Is this a Black Australorp?

[holm25]

Is this an Australorp I think so but it does not look like the rest.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

What does the top of it's head look like?

 

[holm25]

It's black

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Hmmm, australorps generally have a white dot on their head. So, I'm not sure what you've got!

 

[Rocky Rhodes]

What color is the tongue?

 

[farnorth]

Australorp chicks do not have a white spot on the head.

Barred Rock chicks are black and have a white spot on the head.

Black Sex links the male chicks are black with a white spot on the head and the females do not.


How does this chick differ from the other Australorp chicks?

 

[holm25]

This is what all the others look like.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

This is what all the others look like.

Now, that one makes me think more australorp...

 

[holm25]

Anyone else??

 

[farnorth]

Looking at pictures of baby chicks on google of various breeds of black chickens. It appears that they can vary a lot in color....some being a mix of black and lots of yellow and other chicks being almost totally black. So I think it could be an Australorp too even though it doesn't look like a typical australorp chick. I did come across a pic of a Black Copper Maran chick that looked similar to your chick.

Is the chick from a hatchery?