Please help with this gender & breed

[Camberwellchook]

Hi there,

I brought raised a baby chick thinking it was an australorp hen, however I'm now thinking it may be a Roo due to the tail feathers.

Also due to the red coloring rather than green I'm thinking it may be a black star rather than an australorp.

Can anyone help please?

 

[cppeace]

Yeah doesn't look like the austrolorps we raised so think you're right about that and those tail feathers do look pretty roostery to me

 

[Majd]

Thats hands down a rooster. Sorry. Probabli BSL

 

[keesmom]

It is a cockerel, but not a black star. Black sex link cockerels are barred.

 

[Camberwellchook]

Oh, what a shame. It's a beautiful bird but I can't keep a Roo here.

Any ideas re: breed? BTW what does barred refer too?

 

[cppeace]

Oh, what a shame. It's a beautiful bird but I can't keep a Roo here.

Any ideas re: breed? BTW what does barred refer too?

barred means striped. Sorry I don't recognize it.

 

[Camberwellchook]

Hi all,

Can I ask what confirms in the picture that it's a cockerel?

 

[cppeace]

The very confidant stance and tail feathers did for me.

 

[rides2far]

There's also the red patches on the wings

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Hi all, 

Can I ask what confirms in the picture that it's a cockerel?

He has a large comb for a young chicken, he has colorful patches on it's wings that always indicate cockerel, and pointed hackle and saddle feathers. He also has a upright stance which sometimes indicates cockerel too. Also he is a mixed breed since Australorps don't have any red on them.