Could he be a "fighting" cock?

[NanaLantana]

Well, now that you have a rooster, maybe one of your hens will go broody - then you'll get chickens that will likely lay colored eggs! Since his legs are not yellow - he may be an Easter Egger type - just guessing. Also, if you're afraid of those spurs, you can remove them. There's instructions here on BYC how to do that. Otherwise, congratulations on acquiring a nice rooster. Don't worry - if he escaped somewhere, I doubt they'll try and find him - cock fighting is illegal, you know. I once had a rooster that was a fighter cock - got him from a Haitian man over in the Bahamas. It wasn't illegal there - - - - - - - - His comb had been removed, and he was the sweetest rooster ever.

 

[Yoder Farm]

I don't know if I can call Henry "tame", he runs from anyone who tries to pick him up. But he's not "unfriendly"... he will let you hand-feed him and stuff. He just doesn't like being picked up for some reason and he doesn't have a problem with clucking or grumbling at you if you are doing something he doesn't "like"... but he's never attacked us. The hens, they are almost like dogs they are so docile and don't mind being held but he's kind-of in his own little world. We don't plan on getting any more male roosters; if anything I'd been thinking of getting some more hens this year. I'll try the rubber snake, that's a good idea!

 

[Lollipop]

scratch'n'peck :

As long as you haven't had any problems so far i wouldn't worry much. The only thing you might want to watch out for is you have young kids around, just watch them together. Roosters sometimes respond differently to children.

Yup, and not because he may be a "game" cock. Most barnyard breeds have many more mean roosters than game breeds. In fact, cockers do not tolerate mean roosters, called "manfighters". They are culled imediately upon turning mean. Being so, they never get a chance to breed. The fact that your bird has long spurs would preclude the "fighting cock" moniker. He could be game, but fighting cocks usually have their spurs trimmed. Gamefowl are superb birds for the most part, good mothers, foragers, very protective of chicks and hens, not to mention beautiful plumage. You may never like the barnyard types again........Pop​

 

[Yoder Farm]

Finally I managed to "coax" them over from the neighbors' yard with some of their favorite "treat", mealworms. Here's some pics of the old boy with one of his ladies.

 

[featherz]

Wow, that's a pretty roo!

No idea on what he is, but I think you should keep him.

 

[Yoder Farm]

Thanks. As you can see he is getting pretty "fat" LOL. He's very spoiled.

 

[Illia]

That's not fat, that's muscle! He's gorgeous!

 

[muddyhorse]

he is stunning, absolutely stunning

he looks like american gamefowl to me, beautiful just beautiful

 

[Attack Chicken]

What a handsome boy!

 

[schellie69]

What a great looking rooster. If he is not causing any problems I would just let things be. The best rooster I ever knew, we got when I was a kid in Texas. We had just bought a house on some land, when this rooster walks through the gate and into the yard like he owned the place we put him out side the fence but he just kept coming back, we asked everyone if they had lost a rooster no one knew where he came from. We gave up and let him stay he was huge but so nice when my brother and I got some bantams my brothers little rooster started challenging Elmo, I was sure Elmo was going to kill him nope just put his foot on him clucked at the little rooster let him up and that was it no more problems. We knew something had happened to Elmo he had scars all over him but he was just our rooster till one day when 2 fighting rooster jumped our fence and killed him I was so sad.

I still miss him. Enjoy you new rooster.