Black chicken breeds include: Black Australorp. Also known as the Australian Orpington, this breed has two variations. ... Egg color. The color of the eggshell depends on the breed.

The Black Australorp chicken, though slightly smaller and trimmer than the Orpington, remains deep bodied. Cocks weigh up to 8.5 pounds and hens about 7 pounds. The coloration of the dark-eyed ...

Australorp chickens lay between 250 and 300 eggs per year, and individual Australorps once held world records for egg laying.

BONAPARTE, Iowa, March 1 (UPI) -- Experts said a 4.1-ounce egg laid by an Iowa chicken is unusual, but not without precedent. Nathan Batten, 37, said Aussie, a black Australorp chicken, laid the ...

A chicken named Aussie is getting a whole lot of attention after she plunked down a jumbo egg. The black Australorp hen laid an egg that weighs 4.1 ounces and measures 3 1/2-inches long and 6 1/2 ...