Rhode Island Red Bantam Rooster

[xXLadyTsunadeHimeXx]

i am in love with your rooster. i just got some babies a month and a half ago, and they put males in for warmth. well i think the boys are rhode island red bantams! thanks for showing wat my boys, freedom and phoenix will look like!

[2408IsaBELLA]

no crow :s

[HTCSWEOD]

@2408IsaBELLA Now that you mention it... I should indeed make a video short simply showing the different roosters crowing... thanks for the idea!!!

[roosterstar123]

I do love your rooster

[HTCSWEOD]

@roosterstar123 Thank You!!!

[alcoholic007]

@HTCSWEOD It really is a fine specimen! I used to raise the Large Rhode Island Red for about 8 years as a breeder, but their genes are so thin that my flock only ever produced 4 offspring that lived longer than a year before my starting pair died. Glad to see the Bantams are still strong. They are a beauty of a bird! :-)

[Aerodil]

Hey, I have a question about balding on pullets. So, our chickens have a lot of feathers missing (on the head, the rump, the tail feathers, and the underbelly.) One is also loosing her breast feathers, which didn't occur before. I know chickens loose them in the winter, but shouldn't they be grown in by now? Thanks for the help!

[HTCSWEOD]

@Aerodil The birds may have a fowl mite... especially based on the areas you are describing. Dust them ALL thoroughly with Diatomaceous (DE) Earth.... also a thorough cleaning of nest boxes and litter areas... see if you can find evidence of eggs. Or, it could just be a molt that's going slow... some birds take several weeks to look right again. Check all the angles...

[alcoholic007]

@Aerodil You could also have a pullet (or 2) that are plucking feathers out of the other ones. Observe them for a few hours and watch their behaviour. (we had one that was doing this, so we gave her to a flock with larger sized birds where she is not dominant enough to pluck the others)

[Aerodil]

@alcoholic007 Thanks. I have been going out there and watching them for 45 minutes or so. They seem not to pluck, except once or twice. I really think it might be slow molt. Our younger brood look amazing though, so I'll see what they do. We are trying to get the younger to mingle with the older ones, but it seems to be going slow. Meh, I'll see what happens. Thanks for your input.

[cata9701]

super pasareeste originala rasa pura

[HTCSWEOD]

@cata9701 thank you...

[ExecuteAllMolesters]

My grandparents have a couple of gray bantams, a rooster and a hen. They tried putting them in the same pen with another flock and installed a fence between the two flocks to avoid fights. That little banty rooster has such a Napoleon complex he tried picking a fight with the other rooster--3 times his size--through the fence and bloodied himself up. They had to install another layer of fencing to keep him from hurting himself.

[HTCSWEOD]

@ExecuteAllMolesters I'm sorry to hear that, at times, there are birds with so many "issues" that they simply can't or won't get along with others... this happens frequently with Old English Game (bantam or standard) and Maylays... the BEST way to try to get them to get along is when they are reared from day one together... this reduces conflicts as the peck order is well established as they grow.

[ExecuteAllMolesters]

@HTCSWEOD

Luckily, he didn't mess himself up too bad. His comb got pecked on some but he's still a healthy, good-looking rooster. The second layer of fencing seems to have done its job. But, being the typical bantam, he's always ready for a fight lol.

[lpunchya]

are these roosters have a loud crow

[HTCSWEOD]

the smaller the bird/chicken, the higher pitch the crow is and the shorter distance the sound carries, so for this little Rhode Island Red, not very loud as compared to the large standard rooster. Thanks for that question!

[0Dist]

@HTCSWEOD are these chickens have a large feet

[fewguyswin]

cool chickens just 2 days ago i got 3 and one was a rhode island red

[PredatorHuntress666]

What a very nice rooster. I have to ask; are the temperments of birds such as yours better than the productions reds?

[HTCSWEOD]

That's a good question and I'm glad you asked it. Some breeds are more or less aggressive, nervous, passive and so on... this flock is the result of many years of selective breeding. You can breed for temperament, ending up with traits you desire in the flock. I had a line of Rhode Island Red roosters many years ago, that would attack everything and anything... too dangerous for visiting children. I bred them out and now have gentle reds. On the flip side, aggressive birds can defend others

[strikeard]

did the rhode island red hen lay that?

[BowHunt1229]

i have 1 dozen pekin ducks,7 quail,15pheasants,26 rhode island reds,2 plymouth rocks, and 7 other little white chickens,4 cocks and 3 hens...im not sure whta kind they are...can anyone help me?

[ffaqueen08]

Now that's a real RIR. Production type are sorry examples of the breed, but when you see the nice exhibition birds, they're a beauty.

[HTCSWEOD]

Thanks for your comment... it's funny how few people know there is a difference.  YOU, know your poultry!

[ffaqueen08]

Well thanks friend. I breed Crele Old English Bantams myself. Don't have but 8 fowl to my name unfortunately. All fantastic show birds, but I'm smack in the city, and my fowl limit is 10...shhh...don't tell I've gone over several times! Lol

[jamkamfan]

he is absoloutely beutifull. i had 1 but not a bantam never new there was a bantam but hes lovely

[HTCSWEOD]

Thanks for your comment. Yes, though the RIR is not a true bantam, they are miniatures with beautiful color and punky dispositions! As chicks, they look like they are wearing tiny mink coats.

[AngelBones84]

Handsome boy he is !

[Gershqui]

oh, ok.  Do you know of somebody who sell Rhode Island Red (Bantam or not)? I like your rooster. Do you breed at all?

[HTCSWEOD]

Yes, I'm a breeder, I suggest that you go to the Poultry Press for breeders, or the Rhode Island Red Club of America for a good source. All my birds/chicks have been purchased in advance for the season. Thanks!

[Gershqui]

where are located and are you selling this?

[HTCSWEOD]

Hi, I'm in the State of Pennsylvania and no, I'm not selling this rooster. I just put this up so people could see what a Bantam Rhode Island Red looks like.