Bearded hen?

[King Cobra]

Looks like a bearded hen to me. The darker coloring some are mentioning could be a result of the very light background and lighting in the photograph.

[Dougas]

Like I said before, I have a dark colored hen or two in my yard all the time with black tipped breast and back feathers. The snood, head color, thin beard and lack of spur buttons clearly show that it is a hen.

[Cut N Run]

It looks like a bearded hen to me.  There's a pair of bearded hens around here that have that same slender beard.   I'd think spur bumps would show if it already had that much beard on a jake.

Jim