The Australorp was also exported in 1921 from Australia to Britain, where it achieved some success as a family backyard bird. The Black Australorp chicken, though slightly smaller and trimmer than ...

This was established in 1922 when six hens attracted world attention by sensationally producing 1,857 eggs during a trail lasting 365 days. One particular Australorp hen achieved an even more ...

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 ...

After it was laid Feb. 18 by an Australorp hen, 37-year-old Nathan Batten carried the egg around in his coat pocket for a couple of days to show his friends. He has since put it in his refrigerator.

We've compiled the key characteristics and anecdotal information on 20 compelling heritage chicken breeds, including the Rhode Island Red, Leghorn, Australorp, Jersey Giant and more.

Australorp breeder Peter D'Arcy at his Carwoola property feeding his hens and rooster. Jeffrey Chan "His confirmation is close to ideal, he's broad, lovely curves, very good black round eye," says ...

After it was laid Feb. 18 by an Australorp hen, 37-year-old Nathan Batten carried the egg around in his coat pocket for a couple of days to show his friends. He's since put it in his refrigerator.

Isobel was the Head Hen at a farm in Berrima in the NSW Southern Highlands, ruling over 6,000 birds. Since 2004 Isobel has written a fortnightly letter to her customers, tucked away in the egg ...

Iowa hen lays 'egg-normous' prizeAfter it was laid Feb. 18 by an Australorp hen, 37-year-old Nathan Batten carried the egg around in his coat pocket for a couple of days to show his friends. He ...

Two years ago, Good Living ran a story about a literary hen called Isobel. Her owner, Anne Stuckey from Berrima Ridge Farm, an egg producer in the southern highlands, had turned Isobel into a ...

After it was laid February 18 by an Australorp hen, 37-year-old Nathan Batten carried the egg around in his coat pocket for a couple of days to show his friends. He's since put it in his refrigerator.