Newly Rescued Bird

[stum3]

Hi any help greatly appreciated we recently got the pictured bird was found in the middle of a main red by a friend and as we have 6 chickens she brought her/him to us I have the bird in a spare coup on her own at the moment and its eating and drinking OK firstly can anyone tell me the breed and secondly if its a hen or cockeral if its a hen I will slowly inter grate her into my others coup if a cockerel then I am not sure thanks stu

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[dutchbunny83]

I would say it's a rooster because of the pointy feathers around the tail.
In all the breeds I know of hens don't get that.
Can't help you on breed though. It does look like Easter Egger roosters I've seen, but I am just taking a guess with that.
If it is a rooster I'm surprised it hasn't crowed since it looks mature enough....

 

[youngchicken5]

rooster

 

[youngchicken5]

put him with the other chickens and watch him and see how he acts

 

[stum3]

Thanks we thought rooster because of the tail but the comb is very small and its very timid was hoping its a hen

 

[youngchicken5]

i would say he is a Easter egg rooster. when I introduced my roosters to my hens, my hens seemed a lot more happy and safe with a rooster to follow around.

 

[ramirezframing]

can you get a picture of him standing, something tells me he might be an undubbed game

 

[dutchbunny83]

My original thought was game bird, but he looks rather large...
Trust Ramirez, she's super smart when it comes to chickens

 

[stum3]

will try and get a picture of him standing tonight he is very small in comparsion

to my other hens i would say half the size

So i think we have confirm its definitely a rooster then

i will put him in with the others tonight as well to see what happens

Thanks

Stu