Help with rescue chicken..breed and gender please.

[Bird Collector]

Okay need some help with this one. I have seen this chicken walking along side the road by where I work. Nothing but woods so I am sure he/she is on the lose. Well of course I want to save her/him so one night leaving work I saw it roost... then waited until it got darker and was able to get him/her. I put him/her in a pen today and now that she/he has perked up I think I caught a rooster. I think it is Black Australope. The legs are dark yellow. Thanks for your help.

 

[dee88]

I think you're right that it's a black chicken! BUT I think it's a hen, looks like she should be laying!

 

[banjoejoe4783]

definetly a roo RIR loks like but a roo for shore

 

[gryeyes]

Very Roo feathered. Good looking one, too. Not so sure about Australorp, though, as their legs are not yellow.

 

[KCchickens]

Definitely looks like a black australorp hen!

 

[kingdr85]

that's a roo!

 

[Cats Critters]

A rooster and not a BA they don't have yellow legs.
ETA: Here is what a BA hen looks like:

 

[Rebel Rooster]

Definately a roo... Looks very Buff Orpington-ish to me... possibly a Black Aussie Buff O cross... maybe??

 

[KCchickens]

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yep my bad on the australorp post... I haven't had them for 10 years.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

Young Jersey Giant roo????