Spring Softball. 1  Date: January 15 - February 15. 2  Fee: $65 (includes shirt, shorts, socks) 3  Ages: 5-12; 4 years old may play, but must turn 5 by December 31. 4  Age Control Date: January 1.
The Australorp Breed was developed in Australia at the end of the nineteenth century with Black Orpington stock from England. The breed also has genes from Rhode Island Red, White Leghorn, Langshan and Minorca crosses. The purpose of the breed was as a utility chicken for both high egg production and meat.
Comments. A strong dual purpose chicken, the Black Australorp is a fun heritage breed chicken to raise (and to say!). A good choice for both egg laying and meat production, this heritage poulty breed chicken traces its heritage to the Orpington, bred in the village of the same name in Kent by William Cook in the 1880s.