The prodigal rooster

[Ginevive]

Well, Chipotle is back. Some months back, Mark rescued this rooster from a "breeder" (more like "producer..) in Buffalo who was running a rooster-fighting operation. Mark brought him home, and he hung around for a few days before preferring to spend time out in the trees in back. We had not seen him for months, and all of a sudden now he has started staying in the barn. I guess that the onset of cold weather, and the chicken feed/cracked corn we spread around (for our two standard roosters) lured him back.
He spends the nights up in the rafter (about 12 feet up!) and I snapepd a pic.. he is definately a bantam rooster (smaller than normal) but I am having trouble finding out just what type. I am told that the fighters breed this specific kind, and they are not found anywhere else really.. still digging for info though. He is about 1/2 the size of our '"typical" roosters, one being a Plymouth rock.

[littleindiangirl]

Thats pretty cool, he's going to be a "feral" rooster. Coming and going as he pleases.

[Ginevive]

Yeah. He knows how to "take advantage of the system" and get food.. yet he retains his freedom, flying up into the pine trees by the barn. But he never goes too far.. probably doesn't like the cold. My other 2 bigger roosters don't even leave the barn now that it has turned cold! Spoiled buggers..

[joepythons]

He cant be called a dumb cluck ,sorry i had to use it .He is a good looking boy