Rhode Island Red Bantam Rooster

This is a one year old, full grown bantam Rhode Island Red Rooster. DVD Regarding Chickens

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Pets & Animals

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• bantam
• rhode
• island
• red
• rooster
• free
• range

[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!!!

[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...

[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.

[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! :-)

[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)

[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!