Red feathers on Black Australorp?

[BantamLover21]

She looks like a Black Copper Marans to me, though she could also be a mix.

 

[dan26552]

She looks like a Black Copper Marans to me, though she could also be a mix.

Isn't a black sex link a mix

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Isn't a black sex link a mix

Technically, yes - but most differentiate between specific hybrids such as sex links who are cross-bred for specific genetic traits and general "mixed breed" birds

 

[GimmeCake]

Oddly enough, today the same hen in question.. crowed. Definitely doesn't look like a rooster, but it crowed.

Also, it's developing red on it's feathers, so there's that.

 

[Michael OShay]

Oddly enough, today the same hen in question.. crowed. Definitely doesn't look like a rooster, but it crowed.

Also, it's developing red on it's feathers, so there's that.

If it's crowing, I think Kev is correct and it's a rooster. While hens do rarely crow, it's almost always a hen over two years old that has assumed the role of the rooster in a roosterless flock.

 

[GimmeCake]

Oddly enough, today the same hen in question.. crowed. Definitely doesn't look like a rooster, but it crowed.

Also, it's developing red on it's feathers, so there's that.

Typing mistake, I meant to say it's developing red on it's wings now.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Typing mistake, I meant to say it's developing red on it's wings now.

Post a current photo?
Red on the wings and crowing both point to cockerel.

 

[GimmeCake]

Post a current photo?
Red on the wings and crowing both point to cockerel.

Sorry it took me this long. I took this picture a while ago (like 10 days) but forgot to upload it.

It was difficult to take the picture. It was raining so much the ground surrounding the area of the coop (and in the run) was essentially a mixture of mud and rocks.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Sorry it took me this long. I took this picture a while ago (like 10 days) but forgot to upload it.

It was difficult to take the picture. It was raining so much the ground surrounding the area of the coop (and in the run) was essentially a mixture of mud and rocks.

That's a cockerel - sorry. Nice set of male saddle feathers hanging down there and a lovely "mane" of male hackles.

 

[Michael OShay]

Sorry it took me this long. I took this picture a while ago (like 10 days) but forgot to upload it.

It's definitely a cockerel. Sorry. (