AUSTRALORP CHICKENS BLACK AUSTRALORP CHICKENS COLOR AND AUSTRALORPS ARE LARGE AND SOFT FEATHERED. GLOSSY BLACK AUSTRALORP CHICKENS WERE THE ORIGINAL COLOR. HOWEVER, OTHER COLOR TYPES OF CHICKENS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND ARE BLUE AND SPLASH. ORIGIN OF BLACK AUSTRALORP CHICKENS BLACK AUSTRALORP CHICKENS WERE DEVELOPED IN AUSTRALIA IN THE EARLY 1900’S FROM ORPINGTONS IMPORTED FROM THE UK, IN A BID TO IMPROVE ON THEIR UTILITY. THEY WERE KNOWN AS BLACK UTILITY ORPINGTONS. SIZE OF AUSTRALORP CHICKENS • LARGE AUSTRALORP: ROOSTERS SHOULD BE BETWEEN 3.9 KG (8.6 LBS) AND 4.7 KG (10.4 LB), WHILE HENS WEIGH IN BETWEEN 3.7 KG (8.2 LB) AND 4.5 KG (9.9 LB). • BANTAM AUSTRALORP: BANTAM ROOSTERS WEIGH FROM 1.8 KG (4 LB) TO 2.3 KG (5 LB), WITH HENS WEIGHING BETWEEN 1.7 KG (3.7 LB) AND 2.2 KG (4.8 LB). TEMPERAMENT OF AUSTRALORP CHICKENS THE AUSTRALORPS ARE QUIET CHICKENS, EASILY CONTAINED AND HANDLED. USES OF THE AUSTRALORP CHICKEN AUSTRALORPS ARE A HARDY, DUAL PURPOSE TYPES OF CHICKENS. ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR EXCEPTIONAL EGG LAYING (AROUND 250 PALE BROWN EGGS A YEAR), THEY ALSO ARE A GOOD MEAT BIRD, WITH REASONABLY EARLY MATU