My 10 week old Austrawhite is a beauty!

[candysclucks]

Everytime I get new chicks I like to get different varieties. I got one Austrawhite chick not knowing what they look like. She is one of my favorites!

 

[Chickie Mamma]

Wow, she is a beauty... until she finds a nice mud puddle

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Ok, I've never heard of an Austrawhite. Where did get it?

 

[Featherwisp]

She is quite a pretty girl!
Never heard of Austrawhites...must be a new breed or something!

 

[onthespot]

very pretty!!! Tell us more!

 

[candysclucks]

I got her from my local feed store. This si what I found online from Dunlap Hatchery.
"Austra Whites are a cross between a Black Australorp and a White leghorn. They are a breed that was developed by Dunlap hatchery in the early 1900's. They are an excellent layer of off white eggs. They are a heavier bird and a lot less flighty then a straight leghorn."

So far she is not flighty. She is one of the braver chicks. She likes to fly up on things more so than the other chicks. Austra Whites have a black feather here or there and she has 2 that are hard to see. Her name is Princess Aurora. All my girls this time around have Disney names.


Candy

 

[onthespot]

Thanks for the run-down! If you don't learn something new every day on this site, you aren't tryin' hard enough is all I can say... One more time, She IS a beauty!

 

[JennsPeeps]

I love the look of our australorps. Yours has such a pretty body structure & tail!

 

[cochinbantam-lover]

Very pretty chicken!!!

 

[sloallie10]

Wow!! Kool!!