Black Australorp sex confusion

[RCantu]

Hello! I’m new to chickens and ready to learn because of this one chicken. Long story short, I’m in the middle of the country and it just showed up, now I have a chicken. We’ve decided to become chicken people and here I am. We’ve had it a week to the day, I’m almost done with a coop and preparing to buy 2-3 pullets asap. I’ve done a ton of research, doing my best, but I believe I have a young, beautiful black Australorp although a brown bordered eye instead of black(?). I swear the colors have gotten brighter since I got it. I’m too new at this to tell if I have a rooster or hen. I understand the differences that they’re supposed to have in their hackle and saddle feathers, but unless it’s a fully mature bird I get very confused with feather shapes. What do y’all think?

 

[GodLovesU]

Looks male to me.

 

[RCantu]

Is it my inexperience or are the saddle feathers somewhat round AND pointed? Or are rounded feathers always much more obvious? Am I making sense?

 

[Party-chick]

Male

 

[RCantu]

Male feathers are pointed

From bird to bird can the points be more pronounced on some and more rounded on others? Comparing mine to others online, others seem way easier to identify as they’re sharp and slender feathers.

 

[ShrekDawg]

It’s a male but not a BA. Almost looks chocolate or laced. Could be a mix.

 

[RCantu]

So the ones online could have also been a bit older than yours

Got it.

Thank y’all so much!

 

[RCantu]

It’s a male but not a BA. Almost looks chocolate or laced. Could be a mix.

No kidding! Wow, the plot thickens!

 

[GlicksChicks]

It is male, which is probably why someone dumped it. I recently rescues 2 dumped roosters nearby. Someone saw that I was selling eggs and chicks so they took their chance with asking if I could rescue the dumoed roosters.

 

[RCantu]

Well I guess we have a rooster! I haven’t looked into this scenario yet, but now I need to see how to go about introducing pullets to this guy. Hopefully it’s not a big deal. Thank y’all for the help. This is a valuable website for chicken research!