Yes. The rooster in question is a Brahma chicken, a large breed of chicken cultivated in the US. For a while, at the turn of the 20th century, they were the most in-demand meat breed in the country.

That’s because he’s a Brahma chicken. According to The Livestock Conservancy, Brahmas are a breed of large chickens that became popular in the United States and England in the mid-19 th century.

A video posted on Twitter got shared more than 35,000 times. Turns out the big bird is a Heritage Breed Brahma Chicken - also known as the "King of All Poultry," according to The Livestock ...

The Brahma chicken, which can produce giant roosters and hens, was once the most-used breed for poultry meat in the United States, before it became known as more of a laying-hen species.

The average weight of a chicken varies on the breed, but chickens can weigh as little as 1.5 pounds or as much as eight pounds. In the case of this monster fowl, several Twitter users have deduced ...