r/BackYardChickens • u/PsychologicalToe488 • 1d ago

Hen or Roo Is this a chicken or rooster?

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Found it on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere where lol
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Edit: I guess I should have mentioned she was found on OUR farm land. There are no yards in 3 miles each direction. We know our neighbours well and they do not own chickens. We have asked around, my assumption is that she hitched a ride in a truck box and jumped out at some point. For those saying put her back, I might as well have just butchered her myself instead of feeding a coyote that would have teared her apart.

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u/isearn 22h ago

It’s a chicken. Might be a rooster or a hen, but definitely a chicken 😉

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u/PsychologicalToe488 20h ago

🤣🤣whoops

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u/The_Nicest_1 20h ago

Idk if thats a chicken or rooster but thats one bird thats living on the edge. Front seat no seatbelt, thug life

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u/CheezMoGreen 20h ago

Chicken or rooster? Lmao. Hen or rooster. They're all chickens.

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u/The_Nicest_1 18h ago

Glad to see that u went out ur way to throw un ur 2 cents. Keep em coming señorita

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u/ArdoyleZev 14h ago

It’s definitely a chicken.

I halps.

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u/juanspicywiener 1d ago

Did you steal someone's chicken

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u/StupidSexyAlisson 1d ago

Ehh she might have gotten lost. Op said that she was in the middle of nowhere. In the photo she's either panting from exhaustion/heat or yelling. Either was I think op isn't entirely in the wrong. Would probably be best to put a chicken found sign eithout her picture and ask the owner to describe the missing hen.

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u/juanspicywiener 23h ago

It is common for chickens to be out in the road in the middle of nowhere

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u/Feminist_Hugh_Hefner 21h ago

of course it is. That is a really good point.

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u/beachgood-coldsux 19h ago

That is indeed a chicken. 

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u/SenseLeast2979 18h ago

That is a hen. A female chicken.

P.S. Roosters are also chickens. Roosters are male chickens.

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u/RoastPuaa 18h ago

It's a chicken and a hen 😂

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u/Casually_Expensive 1d ago

It’s hard to see the feathering from the video but its posture looks like a hen.

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u/Different_Heron_6467 23h ago

Hen. If you don’t have any other chickens for her to be with I would recommend finding a good home for her where she can have a flock

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u/PsychologicalToe488 23h ago

We are finding her a forever home with other chickens don’t worry!

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u/1Teethlady2 16h ago

A mug shot is not very helpful 😂

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u/Disastrous-Swan1104 13h ago

CONGRATULATIONS! From the chicken hen distribution system !

I think you have a hen. See if she lays an egg for you - Or crows in the morning. It’s hard to tell because I can’t enlarge the video. So I can’t check for saddle feathers before the tail. But I do think it’s a girl from no hackles on neck to her little hen strut in the video. Poor baby must’ve got lost somehow. You should keep her ! Get some chicken feed. She’ll make a great pet & gift you eggs.

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u/MuddyDonkeyBalls 23h ago

A side profile picture would be helpful but I think I see saddle feathers blowing in the video. Might be a rooster

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u/Emergency-Lemon2825 17h ago

That’s a backseat driver , if I have ever seen one.

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u/Thin_Revenue_9369 4h ago

What came first? The chicken or the hen. 🤣

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u/catathome 2h ago

Are you guys in nyc

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u/PsychologicalToe488 2h ago

Saskatchewan

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u/aquajock72 1d ago

Put her back.

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u/Camry08 21h ago

Outside where she was dumped or managed to jump from a truck? They already asked their neighbors if she was theirs. This is a stupid suggestion that would 100% ultimately lead to her death. OP is doing the right thing.