Black Australorp: Eggs, Weights, and Temperament
Sourced Australorp records for brown egg color, annual egg estimates, mature weights, comb type, climate, APA class, breed type, and temperament.
Egg production estimates by source
Each egg is 20 eggs/year. Solid = published minimum; outline = rest of the range. Scale goes to 320.
Mature weights by source
Quick facts
| Attribute | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Eggs Per Year | 250–280 eggs/year |
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| Egg Color | brown |
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| Hen Weight Lb | 6.5 lb |
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| Rooster Weight Lb | 8.5 lb |
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| Comb Type | single |
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| Temperament | calm |
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| Apa Class | English |
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| Breed Type | heritage |
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| Climate Tolerance | all climates |
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| Maturity Weeks | 20 weeks |
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| 15–20 weeks |
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Overview
The Black Australorp is a single-comb, brown-egg heritage breed. Cackle Hatchery's Black Australorp product page records Poultry Show Class as English Class, and McMurray Hatchery's spec table records Heritage Breed as yes (heritage). Meyer Hatchery's Black Australorp product page lists the APA class as English and Origin as Australia. Together those four hatchery records support the displayed APA-class and breed-type fields at seller scope.
Egg records
Cackle Hatchery's Black Australorp spec block lists Egg Production as 250–280 eggs per year and Egg Shell Color as Light Brown. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes list Egg Color as Brown. Those two records describe what each hatchery lists for this variety; they are not a promise for every hen in every flock. The page stores Cackle's range as numeric lower and upper bounds and renders it via the chart's range midpoint.
Cackle's egg-color label is "Light Brown" while Meyer's is "Brown." The page stores the canonical label as brown (the shorthand) and reports each hatchery's exact wording via the visible quick-facts disclosure. The retained evidence supports the displayed egg-color value at seller scope. It does not establish a per-hen color guarantee, a hatchery-wide shade claim, or a seasonal variation pattern, so this profile makes none of those claims.
Mature weight and laying maturity
Cackle's Weights block records 6.5 lbs for hens and 8.5 lbs for roosters. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes independently record Hens 6.5 lbs and Roosters 8.5 lbs. Both hatcheries' numeric values agree; the page stores the typed values 6.5 and 8.5 and renders them in the chart and quick-facts table. McMurray Hatchery's Mature Weight fields record different numbers for this variety, and the page keeps the corroborated values from Cackle and Meyer rather than blending the three.
McMurray's spec table records Weeks to Maturity as 20 weeks. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes record Maturity as 15–20 weeks. The page stores the explicit 20-week value as the maturity fact and does not convert it into a month estimate, because doing so would add a calculation that the source did not publish. The retained facts support only the listed sex-specific weights and the maturity. They do not establish a body-size category, feed use, space requirement, growth rate, or carcass value; those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the numeric values.
Other sourced fields
Cackle's Temperament field records Active Yet Gentle; the same Cackle page describes the breed as having a calm personality. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes list Friendly, Calm. The three records describe the displayed temperament at seller scope. The page stores the canonical label as calm (matching both sources' exact words).
Meyer Hatchery's product attributes list Comb Type as Single. McMurray's spec table records Comb Type as single. Both records agree on single comb. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes also record Hardy in all climates, which this page stores as the climate-tolerance value.
The retained evidence does not establish a per-bird personality, a handling-instruction set, or a flock-management recommendation, so those subjects are deliberately absent rather than inferred from the temperament or climate-tolerance words. The page does not turn "Hardy in all climates" into seasonal care, breed-standard recognition claims, or a heritage classification beyond what the categorical records assert.
Related published pages
Flock size calculator
Enter your household size and target egg output. The calculator returns the flock size and space you'll need based on the productivity tier you pick.
Hens needed: 2
(4 × 2 eggs/week / 5 eggs/hen/week, rounded up)
Coop space: 4 sq ft (2 sq ft/hen × 2 hens)
Run space: 20 sq ft (10 sq ft/hen × 2 hens)
These are minimums. Most backyard keepers give 1.5–2× this much space, especially for run area, to allow range rotation and reduce feather-picking behavior.
Where these numbers come from
- Low tier 3 eggs/hen/week — Egg Production: 150 – 280 eggs per year www.cacklehatchery.com
- Medium tier 5 eggs/hen/week — Egg Production: 200-280 eggs per year www.cacklehatchery.com
- High tier 6 eggs/hen/week — Cackle lists White Leghorns as producing large to extra-large white eggs, with an estimated 280–320 eggs per year. www.cacklehatchery.com
- Coop 2 sq ft + run 10 sq ft per large chicken (minimum) — A small bantam chicken needs a minimum of 1 square foot of indoor space and 4 square feet of outdoor space, while a large chicken needs a minimum of 2 square feet of indoor space and 10 square feet of outdoor space. extension.msstate.edu
Frequently asked questions
What annual egg estimate do the retained Black Australorp sources give?
Cackle Hatchery's Black Australorp spec block lists Egg Production as 250-280 eggs per year. This single range is the canonical egg-production record retained on this page.
What egg color do the retained Black Australorp records list?
Cackle Hatchery's Egg Shell Color field lists Light Brown. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes list Egg Color as Brown. The canonical label stored on this page is brown.
What mature weights do the retained Black Australorp sources list?
Cackle's Weights block records 6.5 lbs for hens and 8.5 lbs for roosters. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes record Hens 6.5 lbs and Roosters 8.5 lbs. Both records agree on the same numbers.
What comb type do the retained Black Australorp sources list?
Cackle's Poultry Show Class block records Comb Type as Single Comb. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes list Comb Type as Single. McMurray's spec table records Comb Type as single. All three records agree on single comb.
What temperament do the retained Black Australorp sources list?
Cackle Hatchery's prose describes the breed as having a calm personality. Meyer Hatchery's product attributes list Friendly, Calm. The canonical label stored on this page is calm.
What APA class, breed type, climate, and maturity do the retained Black Australorp sources list?
Cackle's Poultry Show Class field records English Class. McMurray's Heritage Breed field records yes (heritage). Meyer Hatchery's attributes record Hardy in all climates and Maturity 15-20 weeks. McMurray's Weeks to Maturity records 20. The page stores canonical values: English (APA class), heritage (breed type), all climates (climate tolerance), and 20 weeks (maturity).