Rescued Black Cockerel, No Origin Info, Breed ID?

heatherbeast

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Mar 26, 2021
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Local message group posted about a "loose chicken" near a busy 4-lane. I went and caught it, because I'm a sucker. It's definitely a boy, right at 3 months old. All of the sounds he makes are still chick sounds, although he did tidbit for me (albeit high and squeaky) this morning.

So, while he's sitting in quarantine, I'm trying to figure out his breed. He's dark on the face, with a bay? yellow? colored eye underneath the very last of the usual baby blue. His legs are light (can't tell if it's flesh, pink, white, or yellow) underneath dark scales, and his feet are absolutely HUGE, without his legs being super thick. Little to no tail, and has a purple metallic sheen all over.

Is this dumped guy a specific breed of chicken, do you think? Which one, if so? Thanks for having a look.

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Okay, I got these pics while he was settling in for the night. Scales are yellow with black edges (snazzy!) while his shank is grey, and the bottom of his feet are kind of unremarkable, like grey/fleshy colored.

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